Environment
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Tame the water or let it flow? New Zealand grapples with how to protect its braided rivers
Intervention for farming and flood risk change the unique systems as communities grapple with how to live alon…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, China, Environment, Extreme weather, India, Myanmar, Nigeria, South and Central Asia, World news
Weather tracker: Torrential rain in southern China leads to flooding fears
Heatwaves reach 45C across India as unseasonably cold weather affects parts of central CanadaWidespread heavy …
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Record bear sightings in Japan cause alarm as hibernation ends
Woman’s body found in Iwate prefecture last week, soon after a police officer was injured in bear attack nearb…
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‘Pacific ashtray’: Australian billionaire’s plan to ship and burn waste in Fiji condemned by villagers
After his project got rejected in Sydney, a rubbish disposal magnate now hopes to build a $630m port and waste…
- Africa, Agriculture, Americas, Animals, Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme heat, Farm animals, Farming, Fish, Food, Global food crisis, World news
World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns
Severe heatwaves in commonly hot regions could leave farmers unable to work outside, with livestock mortality …
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Global development, South and Central Asia, World news
Heatwaves, floods and wildfires pose rising threat to democracy, report finds
Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024Democrac…
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Sam Neill says New Zealand goldmine supporters have threatened him with violence
Actor, who has publicly objected to plans to fast-track project near his farm, says he has received personal a…
- Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Nepal, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
‘They come right past the house’: learning to live with rhinos as numbers soar in Nepal
The country is seeing an increase in human-wildlife conflict as the number of megafauna, including rhinos and …
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South Koreans breathe sighs of relief as escaped wolf is returned to zoo safely
Nine-day search for two-year-old Neukgu gripped nation and sparked safety concerns for animal and publicThe in…
- Asia Pacific, Energy, Environment, Renewable energy, Solar power, South Korea, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
How South Korea plans to use the Iran crisis to spur a renewables revolution
Energy crisis unfolding in Middle East has added political urgency, and more funding, to transform South Korea…
- Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Climate science, Environment, Japan, Plants, Trees and forests, World news
After 1,200 years, cherry blossom record to live on despite Japanese scientist’s death
Prof Yasuyuki Aono’s meticulous work charted shifting bloom dates as a marker of climate changeEven in his fin…
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Chiang Mai’s New Year revelry hit by smog and war-related price spikes
Air pollution caused by wildfires is another blow to northern Thailand’s tourism industry as businesses suffer…
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‘That’ll be the end’: actor Sam Neill joins fight to stop controversial goldmine near his New Zealand vineyard
Neill says ‘one of the most beautiful and remote places in the world’ will be permanently changed if Bendigo-O…
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Asia ramps up use of dirty fuels to cover energy shortfall triggered by Iran war
South Korea will delay the shutdown of coal-fired plants, while the Philippines also plans to boost the output…
- Asia Pacific, Cruises, Environment, Overtourism, Pacific islands, Shipping emissions, South Pacific, Travel, Vanuatu, World news
Vanuatu Indigenous leaders raise concerns over plans to build resort for cruise tourists
Exclusive: Environmental impact assessments are ‘incomplete’, say leaders, and private beach club could harm f…