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Antarctica hits new record with extended winter heat wave

Antarctica, the world's coldest continent, is experiencing an exceptionally long heatwave during its winter, according to Britain's National Polar Research Institute. Te...

Great Barrier Reef faces crisis with highest water temps in 400 years

Water temperatures in and around Australia's Great Barrier Reef have risen to their warmest in 400 years over the past decade, placing the world's largest reef under thre...

Endangered rhim gazelles start new life on remote Libyan island

Cocooned in white bags and nestled in the arms of volunteers, eight young rhim gazelles – an endangered species native to North Africa – have been transferred to an uninhabited Lib...

Congress to approve sea turtle rescue act amid rising strandings

Sea turtle strandings have ticked up at an alarming rate in New England, but now the reptiles are close to receiving a lifeline from Congress to help them stay in the water. Congr...

Severe drought devastates Sicily’s agriculture, livestock

A crushing drought in Sicily has withered fields of grain, deprived livestock of pastures and fanned a spate of wildfires, causing damage already estimated at 2.7 billion euros ($2...

Amazon degradation emits more carbon than deforestation: Study

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva came into office in 2023, pledging to tackle deforestation in the Amazon and restore his country as a climate leader after years o...

Drought and fires: Forests struggle to combat carbon emissions

Forests and other land ecosystems failed to curb climate change in 2023 as intense drought in the Amazon rainforest and record wildfires in Canada hampered their natural ability to...

Silent sands: Mauritania’s date palms fade amid climate struggles

Wandering atop a small sand dune in central Mauritania, Aliene Haimoud gazed despondently at the yellowing date palms before him – the trees were dying if they were not already dea...

Firefly conservation efforts illuminate environmental challenges

On a muggy July evening, Delaware state biologist Jason Davis is doing what kids have done for ages: Trying to catch a firefly. It's nowhere near as easy as the summer evening...

Emergence of Peru’s largest uncontacted tribe sparks logging concerns

Rare images of the largest uncontacted indigenous tribe in the world were published by Survival International, a human rights organization working with indigenous peoples. More th...

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