Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Environment

Activists expose fox images from Finland fur farms to push EU to ban trade

A red fox frantically scratches the wires of its small cage. An Arctic fox meanders lazily with a bloody tail. Other furry creatures, some with teary eyes, stare blankly into a lig...

One of Bosnia’s largest lakes emptied amid ‘scary’ drought

Gazing out over what was once one of Bosnia's largest reservoirs, Saliha Kuljanin is confronted with a desolate sight: boats stranded on cracked earth as months of relentless...

Heat records shattered as scientists hunt for cause

The world has been getting hotter for decades but a sudden and extraordinary surge in heat has sent the climate deeper into uncharted territory – and scientists are still trying to...

Santa’s Arctic dilemma: Reindeer can fly, but where’s the snow?

With a month to go until Christmas, Santa Claus is busy preparing, but the warming climate and lack of snow in his Arctic hometown have him worried. By this time of year, the town...

Manicurist turns beach plastic into nail art to raise awarenes

Before global leaders take the problem of plastic pollution into their hands this month, Japanese manicurist Naomi Arimoto is putting it on her fingernails. At the beach near her...

Plastics: From life-saving innovation to environmental crisis

Before it threatened biodiversity, the oceans and the global food chain, plastics saved lives and transformed societies as a durable, malleable and cheap material. From the 1950s,...

Scientists discover world’s largest coral near Solomon Islands

Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major discovery 'pulsing with life and colour.' The co...

Shanghai leads in global greenhouse gas emissions, new data shows

Cities in Asia and the United States emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, with Shanghai the most polluting, according to new data that combines observations a...

Rare Sumatran elephant calf born, boosting conservation hope

A critically endangered Sumatran elephant has been born in Indonesia, officials said Tuesday, another rare birth that has given renewed hope to conservation efforts. Sumatran elep...

Turning wild deer into sustainable solution for nature, hunger

In the half-light of dusk, Martin Edwards surveys the shadows of the ancient woodland from a high seat and waits. He sits still, watching with his thermal camera. Even the hares d...

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