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Top India court orders new steps to protect threatened elephants
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
India's top court has ordered tough new steps to protect wild elephant herds as habitat loss and human-elephant conflict intensify, a move welcomed by campaigne...
Rising Kenyan lakes push crocodiles closer to homes
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
A crocodile basks in the sunshine on the roof of a submerged conference hall at a holiday resort in central Kenya, in a visible sign of how rising lake waters a...
Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fueled drought
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal will cut the number of ships passing through it starting next month because of drought caused by the El Nino phenomenon, the operator of the st...
Morocco's lower-cadmium fertiliser bound for Europe
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
At a phosphate mine in Morocco, an excavator tears into the earth to extract a mineral that is at the centre of Europe's growing concern over cadmium in the foo...
What a record-breaking El Nino could mean for the world
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
This year's El Nino is on track to be the strongest on record, threatening to unleash extreme weather across the globe and make 2027 the hottest recorded year b...
UK forecasts 'biggest' El Nino will smash records, spark hottest year
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
This year's El Nino weather pattern will be the biggest in over a century and could make 2027 the hottest year globally, Britain's national weather agency predi...
'How many will die?': the mysterious ailment killing Kenyan elephants
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
Lying on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, the elephant slowly exhausted himself in futile attempts to stand, the latest victim of a mysterious ailment...
As Europe's rivers recede, shippers scramble to limit damage
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Exceptionally low river levels in a Europe hit hard by drought and record heat have plunged transporters into turmoil this summer, driving up costs that everyda...
Scorching summer triggers record rockfalls in Alps, scientist says
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
The exceptionally hot summer in the Alps has been marked by a record number of rockfalls, some of them fatal, with "a large majority attributable to the climate...
Serbian blaze forces evacuations, as Russian waterbomber arrives
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
A Serbian wildfire burning for weeks in a vast nature reserve forced evacuations on Thursday, according to state media, as a Russian water-bombing aircraft help...
Germany reports record 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Germany registered a record of around 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer as Europe struggled through a series of punishing heatwaves, official data showed T...
Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fueled drought
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal will reduce shipping volumes from next month because of a drought fueled by the El Nino phenomenon, the operator of the strategic waterway link...
North Sea drilling tests UK govt climate pledge
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham must decide in the coming weeks whether to authorise two North Sea drilling projects, an issue which has divided his own Lab...
'Worst' ever El Nino to bring heavy rains, drought to Sri Lanka
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Heavy rains and severe drought are likely to hit Sri Lanka in the coming months as the largely agricultural nation faces its "worst" ever El Nino climate phenom...
Climate change could triple area hit by European wildfires: study
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Climate change could nearly triple the area of land hit by wildfires every year in Europe, and even fuel blazes in regions with little experience of tackling th...
'It is tough': Indonesia battles wildfires, bracing for worse to come
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Smog is choking parts of Indonesia's Borneo, home to pristine rainforest and vast plantations, but the worst is yet to come, officials and experts warned Thursd...
Spain records nearly 4,500 heat-related deaths since June 1: public institute
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Spain registered nearly 4,500 heat-related deaths from June 1 to August 19, the highest amount during this period since 2022, according to figures from the publ...
Firefighters quell 'numerous flare-ups' in Belgian wildfire
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters wrestled "numerous flare-ups" under control overnight in a final push to quell Belgium's massive High Fens wildfire, officials said Thursday, pushi...
Germany logged 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer: govt data
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Germany registered around 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer as Europe struggled through a series of punishing heatwaves, worse than a previous record high ...
Belgium's fire of the century now 'under control'
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Belgium's largest wildfire in a century was brought "under control" Thursday after a seven-day fight involving hundreds of firefighters in the boggy terrain of ...
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