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September 17, 2025
WATER WORLD
UK's largest lake 'dying' as algae blooms worsen



Ballyronan, United Kingdom (AFP) Sept 17, 2025
For the third year running toxic blue-green algae blooms that look like pea soup and smell like rotten eggs have covered much of Lough Neagh, the largest lake in the UK and Ireland. But this summer, the thick green veneer - so widespread it is visible from space - has been worse than ever, according to locals living near the Northern Ireland landmark. "The lake is dying," Mary O'Hagan, an open water swimmer, told AFP at Ballyronan, on its western shore, as ducks struggled over slick green-coa ... read more

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FARM NEWS
Floods devastate India's breadbasket of Punjab
Gurdaspur, India (AFP) Sept 17, 2025
The fields are full but the paddy brown and wilted, and the air thick with the stench of rotting crops and livestock - the aftermath of record monsoon rains that have devastated India's breadbasket. ... more
WATER WORLD
Bulgarian mussel farmers face risk, and chance, in hotter sea
Kaliakra, Bulgaria (AFP) Sept 14, 2025
Faced with rising Black Sea temperatures that suffocate his mussels, Bulgarian farmer Nayden Stanev has been forced to change his ways - shifting his seeding schedule and harvesting at cooler depths. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
How mowing less lets flowers bloom along Austria's 'Green Belt'
Sankt-Anna Am Aigen, Austria (AFP) Sept 13, 2025
On a meadow in southeastern Austria near the border with Slovenia, Josef Hadler is working his tractor to mow several acres of land in a bid to better preserve the plot's biodiversity. ... more
FARM NEWS
Fruit fly tests in Greece target invasive species threat
Naousa, Greece (AFP) Sept 15, 2025
In a small persimmon orchard in northern Greece, scientists carefully open paper bags to release thousands of flies, in an experiment aimed at blunting the destructive impact of invasive new species. ... more
WATER WORLD
Invasive plants and bacteria threaten Iraq's Euphrates
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 10, 2025
Iraq's Euphrates river is running at historically low levels as the drought-stricken country faces its worst water scarcity in living memory. ... more
FARM NEWS
Climate change is making rollercoaster harvests the new normal
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
From corn chips to tofu, climate change is messing with the menu. A new global study led by the University of British Columbia shows that hotter and drier conditions are making food production ... more
FARM NEWS
Global warming linked to consumption of sugary drinks, ice cream
Paris (AFP) Sept 8, 2025
People consuming more sugary drinks and ice cream on warmer days, particularly those with less money could pose a growing threat to health as climate change drives up temperatures, new research warned Monday. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Drought hit over half of Europe in mid-August: EU data
Paris (AFP) Sept 8, 2025
More than half of Europe and the Mediterranean basin was hit by drought in mid-August, according to an AFP analysis of data from the European Union's climate monitor. ... more

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'Last generation': Greek island's fading pistachio tradition
Aegina, Greece (AFP) Sept 8, 2025
Four farmhands whacked a pistachio tree with sticks, and ripe nuts rained down onto tarps. The bounty seemed plentiful but the crew was unimpressed. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Drought forces drastic water restrictions in S. Korean city
Seoul (AFP) Sept 5, 2025
An unprecedented drought has led a South Korean coastal city to significantly restrict water use in many people's homes, close public restrooms and scrap sports events, officials said Friday, underscoring the country's climate woes. ... more
FARM NEWS
China to impose temporary duties on EU pork
Beijing (AFP) Sept 5, 2025
China said Friday it would impose temporary anti-dumping duties on European Union pork imports, delivering another blow to shaky ties between the economic powerhouses as Brussels vowed to protect its producers. ... more
WATER WORLD
France, Switzerland agree on Rhone, Lake Geneva water management
Geneva Sept 4, 2025
France and Switzerland on Thursday signed two agreements on how to manage their shared waters of Lake Geneva and the River Rhone - an increasingly pressing issue as climate change takes its toll. ... more
FARM NEWS
Frost, hail, heat sour season for Turkey's lemon growers
Turkey (AFP) Sept 3, 2025
"At first, there was the frost and we lost a lot of blossoms. Then we had a very severe hailstorm when the fruits were small," grimaces Turkish citrus farmer Aleaddin Cogal. ... more
FARM NEWS
USDA backs FAU led FogAg platform to advance precision farming
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
Arslan Munir, Ph.D., an associate professor in FAU's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has secured an $827,533 award from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natio ... more
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SOLAR DAILY
Cornell research tests solar panel crop growth in New York
Ithica NY (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
A series of studies by Cornell researchers is testing how crops might grow when planted between rows of solar panels on a solar farm in New York state. By acquiring real data, researchers may ... more
FARM NEWS
In oil-rich Oman, efforts to preserve frankincense 'white gold'
Dawkah, Oman (AFP) Sept 1, 2025
The arid Dawkah valley is home to one of Oman's most prized resources: not oil or gas but frankincense trees, their fragrant sap harvested for millennia by residents who call it "white gold". ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Ancient tombs unearthed in Iraq due to drought
Khanke, Iraq (AFP) Aug 30, 2025
Archaeologists in drought-hit Iraq have discovered 40 ancient tombs after water levels in the country's largest reservoir declined, an antiquities official said Saturday. ... more
FARM NEWS
'Cocktail' of bacteria, fungi makes the perfect chocolate, study finds
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 28, 2025
An international team of scientists conducted a study to understand how microbial communities involved in cacao bean fermentation shape the flavor of chocolate. ... more
FARM NEWS
Brazil court restores Amazon-protecting soy moratorium
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Aug 26, 2025
A Brazilian court has reinstated a pact between commodities traders not to buy soybeans grown in deforested areas of the Amazon, a week after it was struck out as anticompetitive. A federal ... more
FARM NEWS
'The marshes are dead': Iraqi buffalo herders wander in search of water
Chibayish, Iraq (AFP) Aug 26, 2025
Like his father, Iraqi buffalo herder Watheq Abbas grazes his animals in Iraq's southern wetlands, but with persistent drought shrinking marshland where they feed and decimating the herd, his mi ... more
WATER WORLD
1 in 4 people lack access to safe drinking water: UN
Geneva (AFP) Aug 26, 2025
More than two billion people worldwide still lack access to safely-managed drinking water, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that progress towards universal coverage was moving nowhere ne ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Record drought in Europe, Mediterranean in early August: monitor
Paris (AFP) Aug 25, 2025
More than half of Europe and the Mediterranean basin was affected by drought in the first ten days of August, according to an AFP analysis on Monday of European Drought Observatory (EDO) data. ... more
FARM NEWS
Egyptian farmers behind world's perfumes face climate fight alone
Shubra Balula, Egypt (AFP) Aug 25, 2025
For years, Egyptian jasmine picker Wael al-Sayed has collected blossoms by night in the Nile Delta, supplying top global perfume houses. But in recent summers, his basket has felt lighter and th ... more
WATER WORLD
Plant life role in shaping river patterns reconsidered by Stanford research
Stanford CA (SPX) Aug 25, 2025
A Stanford-led study overturns a long-held belief that vegetation was solely responsible for transforming ancient braided rivers into meandering forms. Geologists had assumed land plants stabilized ... more
FARM NEWS
Agriculture spread via coexistence and gradual mixing; deep roots of the Anthropocene revealed
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
The spread of farming across Europe was shaped by long-term coexistence and gradual interbreeding between migrating Anatolian farmers and local hunter-gatherers, according to new research by the Uni ... more
FARM NEWS
Nestle unveils method to boost cocoa yields as climate change hits
Geneva (AFP) Aug 20, 2025
Faced with climate change diminishing farmers' yields, Nestle announced Wednesday that it was working on a technique to produce chocolate by using up to 30 percent more of the cocoa fruit. C ... more
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WATER WORLD
Pollution hotspots at England's most famous lake need 'urgent' action
London (AFP) Aug 19, 2025
Hotspots of bacteria and phosphorus at England's most famous lake must be addressed urgently, the authors of a study into its water quality warned on Tuesday. Volunteers collected 1,020 samp ... more
FARM NEWS
China extends anti-subsidy probe into EU dairy products
Beijing (AFP) Aug 18, 2025
China on Monday extended its anti-subsidy investigation into European Union dairy imports, another blow in an ongoing trade row between the two giant economies. The investigation will be ext ... more
WATER WORLD
Hong Kong arrests 2 over suspected $6.7 mln water scam
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2025
Hong Kong police said Monday they have arrested two people over a suspected scam involving a water supplier that may have cheated the government in a contract worth nearly $7 million. A comp ... more
FARM NEWS
Global food system reforms urged to reverse land degradation and climate threats
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
In a new paper in Nature, 21 scientists outline strategies to transform global food systems as a top priority to curb land degradation, mitigate climate change, and protect biodiversity. Their model ... more
WATER WORLD
Rising Himalayan river flows present mixed blessings for regional communities
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
Rapid glacier melt is driving higher water volumes in at least 10% of rivers across High Mountain Asia, including the Yangtze, Amu Darya and Syr Darya, according to a new University of Massachusetts ... more
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