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The Nigerian fishing community being eaten up by the Atlantic
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
The beach shrinks every year in Ayetoro, in southern Nigeria, and what is left is peppered with the remains of homes swallowed by the ocean -- some years ago, s...
'I'll adapt': First pregnant candidate navigates French presidential race
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
Greens leader Marine Tondelier is campaigning for the 2027 presidential race while pregnant, a first in France that is bringing infertility and motherhood into ...
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...
El Nino to be 'biggest for over a century': UK Met Office
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
This year's El Nino weather pattern will be the biggest in over a century, warming sea surface temperatures to an "unheard-of" level, Britain's national weather...
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...
Indian tycoon's giant Vantara zoo announces 'reset', rethinks imports
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
India's vast Vantara zoo, which calls itself the world's largest animal rescue centre, has announced a major reset under the former head of a global wildlife wa...
Popular forest near Paris to reopen after wildfire
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
A hugely popular forest outside Paris is to reopen to the public this weekend after being partially ravaged by a wildfire in July, a local official said on Frid...
Brazil's Lula urges tariffs resolution in call with Trump
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva urged US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on Friday to resolve their countries' trade dispute, saying US tariff...
Heatwave-hit Europe logs over 30,000 excess summer deaths: first figures
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
Europe saw at least 30,000 excess deaths across a blistering summer of back-to-back heatwaves and drought which scientists have blamed on man-made climate chang...
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...
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...
French heatwave ties for country's longest on record
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
France's latest heatwave has already tied for the country's longest on record after lasting more than three weeks, the country's meteorological service said Thu...
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...
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...
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...
'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...
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...
'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...
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