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June 02, 2025
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Iraq probes fish die-off in southern marshes



Najaf, Iraq (AFP) June 2, 2025
Iraqi authorities on Monday launched a probe into a mass die-off of fish in the southern marshlands, the latest in a string of such events in recent years. One possible cause for the localised die-off could be a shortage of oxygen sparked by low water flow, increased evaporation and rising temperatures fuelled by climate change. Another possible reason could be chemicals used by fishermen to make it easier to catch their prey, local officials and activists told AFP. AFP images showed large q ... read more

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'Moving forward': the Gen-Z farmer growing Fukushima kiwis
Okuma, Japan (AFP) June 1, 2025
A short drive from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site, novice farmer Takuya Haraguchi tends to his kiwi saplings under the spring sunshine, bringing life back to a former no-go zone. ... more
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Report: 'Future-proofing' crops will require urgent, consistent effort
Champaign, IL (SPX) Jun 02, 2025
In a review in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Stephen Long, a professor of crop sciences and of plant biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, describes resear ... more
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New digital tool provides satellite monitoring of crop health across US
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2025
Researchers from the University of Kansas, with support from the KansasView and AmericaView programs, have created a web-based app for the public that provides free satellite monitoring and analysis ... more
WATER WORLD
UK's muddy saltmarshes vital carbon 'sink', researchers say
London (AFP) May 30, 2025
Muddy saltmarshes are major stores of greenhouse gases and should be protected to help Britain in the battle against climate change, a new report said Friday. ... more
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AI constellation to monitor UK water networks with Quub tech
London, UK (SPX) May 28, 2025
Quub UK has secured GBP 1.3 million in funding through the OFWAT Water Breakthrough Challenge to launch its SpaceEye initiative. Over the next three years, the project will deploy six low-cost satel ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Recycling contaminated soil from Fukushima: Japan's dilemma
Iitate, Japan (AFP) June 1, 2025
To reduce radiation across Japan's northern Fukushima region after the 2011 nuclear disaster, authorities scraped a layer of contaminated soil from swathes of land. ... more
WATER WORLD
UK to build new reservoirs as climate change sparks drought fears
London (AFP) May 28, 2025
The UK government said Wednesday it will step in to fast-track the building of two new reservoirs, amid drought fears as England was on track to record its driest start to spring in more than century. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
German court sets climate precedent but rejects Peruvian farmer's claim
Hamm, Germany (AFP) May 28, 2025
A German court on Wednesday rejected a climate case brought by a Peruvian farmer against energy giant RWE, but set a potentially important precedent on polluters' liability for their carbon emissions. ... more

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Top UK water supplier hit with record fine over pollution
London (AFP) May 28, 2025
Britain's biggest water supplier, Thames Water, was hit Wednesday with a record fine of GBP122.7 million ($165 million) over pollution and improper dividend payments, a regulator said. ... more
FARM NEWS
Mango deal sweetens ties between Bangladesh and China
Dhaka (AFP) May 28, 2025
Bangladesh waved off its first consignment of mangoes to China on Wednesday, a largely symbolic export as Beijing sweetens ties after relations soured between Dhaka and former ally and neighbour India. ... more
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Kazakhstan to allow hunting once endangered antelopes
Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) May 28, 2025
Kazakhstan said Wednesday it will authorise the hunting of saiga antelopes, once an endangered species that the government says is now threatening farming in the vast Central Asian country. ... more
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Ancient bread rises again as Turkey recreates 5,000-year-old loaf
Eskisehir, Turkey (AFP) May 27, 2025
In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central Turkey. ... more
WATER WORLD
India's monsoon lashes Mumbai as rains arrive early
Mumbai (AFP) May 26, 2025
Lashing rains swamped India's financial capital Mumbai on Monday as the annual monsoon arrived some two weeks earlier than usual, according to weather forecasters. ... more
FARM NEWS
Invasive species cost trillions in damages: study
Paris (AFP) May 26, 2025
From river-clogging plants to disease-carrying insects, the direct economic cost of invasive species worldwide has averaged about $35 billion a year for decades, researchers said Monday. ... more
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Iraq's water reserves lowest in 80 years: official
Baghdad (AFP) May 25, 2025
Iraq's water reserves are at their lowest in 80 years after a dry rainy season, a government official said Sunday, as its share from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers shrinks. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Fears for crops as drought hits northern Europe
Paris (AFP) May 23, 2025
Parts of northern Europe have seen their worst drought in decades in recent weeks, with farmers from Scotland to the Netherlands fearing the dry spell will dent harvests if it continues. ... more
FARM NEWS
Rare wild cattle herded in Cambodia by helicopter
Phnom Penh (AFP) May 24, 2025
A helicopter successfully herded 16 critically endangered banteng onto a truck in Cambodia for the first time, conservationists said, marking a "significant achievement" in a country with high rates of deforestation. ... more
WATER WORLD
Penn engineers develop energy-free material that captures and releases water from air
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 22, 2025
A surprising discovery at Penn Engineering has unveiled a new class of nanostructured materials capable of passively extracting water from the air. The breakthrough, published in Science Advances, e ... more
WATER WORLD
'Serious problem': Afghan capital losing race against water shortages
Kabul (AFP) May 21, 2025
Every week, Bibi Jan scrapes together some of her husband's meagre daily wage to buy precious water from rickshaw-drawn tankers that supply residents of Afghanistan's increasingly parched capital. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Severe drought strains wildlife and tourism in Florida's Everglades
Pembroke Pines, United States (AFP) May 21, 2025
At Everglades National Park in Florida, severe drought dries up not only the habitat that wildlife depends on, but the tourism industry in the largest wetland in the United States. ... more
WATER WORLD
Tokyo to waive basic water bills to combat extreme heat
Tokyo (AFP) May 21, 2025
Japan will waive basic water bills will for Tokyo residents this summer to combat the impact of extreme heat, the government said. ... more
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Villagers vow to fight new Panama Canal reservoir 'to the end'
Rio Indio, Panama, Panama (AFP) May 21, 2025
Magdalena Martinez has lived next to the Indio River all her life, but a planned dam aimed at shielding the Panama Canal from drought now threatens to swallow her home. ... more
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Kenyan trial challenges law against seed sharing
Nairobi (AFP) May 20, 2025
Kenyan farmers on Tuesday launched a court challenge to laws that prevent them from selling and sharing unregulated seeds. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
UK farmers pray for rain amid driest spring since 1852
Ramsey, United Kingdom (AFP) May 20, 2025
UK farmers are praying for rain as Britain suffers its driest spring in well over a century, which has left the soil parched and crops stunted from lack of water. ... more
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Reawakening Ancient Crops to Address Modern Climate Challenges
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2025
Efforts to reintroduce ancient, once-abandoned crops in eastern North America could provide new pathways for sustainable agriculture in the face of climate change. Natalie Mueller, an assistant prof ... more
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China, EU suspend Brazil chicken imports over bird flu
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) May 16, 2025
China and the European Union have suspended imports of chicken meat from Brazil, the world's biggest exporter of the commodity, after an outbreak of bird flu on a farm in the South American country, officials said Friday. ... more
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'Serious problem': Afghan capital losing race against water shortages
Kabul (AFP) May 16, 2025
Every week, Bibi Jan scrapes together some of her husband's meagre daily wage to buy precious water from rickshaw-drawn tankers that supply residents of Afghanistan's increasingly parched capital. ... more
WATER WORLD
Trump admin leaves door open for tougher PFAS drinking water standards
Washington (AFP) May 15, 2025
A day after US President Donald Trump's administration announced it was scrapping existing limits on several toxic "forever chemicals" in drinking water, a top official said new standards would be drawn up - and may end up even stricter. ... more
WATER WORLD
Abrupt Soil Moisture Loss Drives Global Water Flow into Oceans, Raising Sea Levels
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2025
A new study led by the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-informatics at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has revealed a significant depletion of global soil moisture, pushing large vo ... more
FARM NEWS
Australian seaweed farm tackles burps to help climate
Triabunna (AFP) May 14, 2025
It is barely visible, and needs no irrigation or fertilisers: lying off the coast of Australia is a vast seaweed crop destined to curb livestock's climate-altering flatulence and belches. ... more
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EU plans to cut red tape for farmers after protests
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) May 14, 2025
The EU unveiled plans to slash red tape and simplify environmental requirements for farmers Wednesday, offering a carrot to a sector that has vociferously protested Brussels' rules in recent years. ... more
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