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  Santa Rosa De Lima, El Salvador (AFP) Mar 6, 2025 El Salvador's San Sebastian river has no fish. The runoff from a gold mine upstream, already shuttered two decades ago, has long killed them all. Now, residents fear the same fate for other rivers - and the creatures and people depending on them - after Congress, at President Nayib Bukele's request, reversed a ban on metal mining. Bukele billed the move as a way of invigorating the Central American country's stagnant economy, but environmentalists and river-side communities fear the potential ... read more |
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Amazon tree loss may worsen both floods and droughts: studyParis (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 Deforestation in the Amazon causes more rain in the wet season and less rain in the dry season, according to new research published Wednesday underscoring the rainforest's "pivotal" role in regulating local and global climate. ... more 
Indonesia seeds clouds to stem rainfall after capital floodsJakarta (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 Indonesian authorities have started to seed clouds to stem heavy rainfall that caused flooding around capital Jakarta, officials said, after one person died and thousands more were displaced. ... more  
FARMing with Data OpenET Introduces FARMS Tool to Aid Water ManagementLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 A collaborative effort supported by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is enhancing the ability of farmers and ranchers to manage their water resources effectively. The initiative, led by Op ... more 
China says to impose fresh tariffs on US agricultural importsBeijing (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 China said Tuesday it would slap fresh tariffs on a range of agricultural imports from the United States as of next week, in retaliation against a hike in levies by Washington. ... more |
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Burn land or plant trees? Bolivian farmers weigh their optionsSanta Cruz, Bolivia (AFP) Mar 1, 2025 Less than a year after the worst wildfires in Bolivia's history, farmers face a choice: continue starting blazes to clear land for agriculture, or plant trees to mitigate worsening droughts. ... more |
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Vietnam drags feet over 'urgent' pollution problemHanoi (AFP) Mar 1, 2025 Toxic smoke billows from a burning mound of plastic bags and leaves on Le Thi Huyen's farm in Hanoi, a city battling an alarming air pollution surge that the communist government appears in no hurry to fix. ... more  
Stuck in eternal drought, UAE turns to AI to make it rainAbu Dhabi (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 In the marbled halls of a luxury hotel, leading experts are discussing a new approach to an age-old problem: how to make it rain in the UAE, the wealthy Gulf state that lies in one of the world's biggest deserts. ... more 
Hong Kong firm makes bid for Thames Water: reportLondon (AFP) Feb 21, 2025 A Hong Kong company has submitted an initial GBP7-billion ($8.8 billion) bid for a majority stake in Thames Water, a heavily indebted UK water supplier, the Financial Times said Friday. ... more 
Cognac on the rocks: industry seeks French govt help from Chinese tariffsParis (AFP) Feb 21, 2025 The French cognac industry said Friday it was losing 50 million euros ($50 million) per month since the imposition of antidumping duties by China and appealed for government help. ... more |
Trump aid cut imperils water scheme in scorching Pakistan cityJacobabad, Pakistan (AFP) Feb 21, 2025 In one of the world's hottest cities, fresh and filtered water can quench the searing onslaught of climate change - but US President Donald Trump's foreign aid freeze threatens its vital supply, an NGO says. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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EU eyes stricter food import rules in agriculture policy reviewBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 19, 2025 The EU plans to crack down on food imports that do not meet its standards as part of an agricultural policy review published Wednesday that looks to appease disgruntled farmers amid global trade tensions. ... more
UK court backs loan for indebted Thames WaterLondon (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 A court on Tuesday approved a GBP3 billion ($3.8 billion) emergency loan for Britain's largest water supplier Thames Water, offering it a lifeline as it buckles under a mountain of debt. ... more 
How Satellites Are Enhancing Lake Health MonitoringSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 Human activities and environmental shifts since the Holocene epoch have profoundly impacted lake ecosystems, particularly in China, where algal blooms have become increasingly frequent. A breakthrou ... more 
Bordeaux wine harvest drops to lowest level since 1991Bordeaux (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 Cold weather, disease and capacity cuts pushed wine production in France's Bordeaux region last year to a low not seen in three-and-a-half decades, the local industry body said Friday. ... more |
Arid Athens turns to ancient aqueduct as climate crisis bitesAthens (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 Between parked cars in a suburban street in Athens, workers fix a pump to an ancient stone well that in turn accesses an aqueduct built almost 2,000 years ago. ... more 
Pesticides causing widespread harm to animals and plants: studyParis (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 Pesticides are significantly harming wildlife across the planet, stunting growth, damaging reproduction and even causing behavioural changes in animals not meant to be targeted, according to a large-scale study published on Thursday. ... more
French mineral water companies face new investigationsParis (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 A French magistrate has opened a fraud inquiry into mineral water giants Nestle and Sources Alma over suspicions of illegal processing of water, a source close to the investigation said Thursday. ... more 
Hong Kong scientists fight to save fragrant incense treesTai Po (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Geneticist Zhang Huarong walks through the forest near his Hong Kong research lab, gesturing towards a rotting incense tree stump that is one of over a dozen illegally felled for the valuable wood inside. ... more |
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Drying and rewetting cycles amplify soil CO2 emissionsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 The global release of carbon dioxide (CO2) from microbial decomposition of soil organic carbon is estimated to be roughly five times greater than human-induced CO2 emissions. Given this substantial ... more
Study highlights later-stage infusion of water on EarthLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 A research group led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick expert has determined that water did not show up as early in Earth's assembly as once assumed. Their conclusion, drawn from an analysis of ancient roc ... more  
Crew Wraps Spacewalk Duties and Expands Crop Research in OrbitLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 The Expedition 72 crew began February by tidying up after last week's spacewalk, while also conducting ongoing research in space-based farming and microgravity physics. On Monday, they turned their ... more 
Study examines how African farmers are adapting to mountain climate changeFort Collins, CO (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 A new international study highlights the severity of climate change impacts across African mountains, how farmers are adapting, and the barriers they face - findings relevant to people living in mou ... more |
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French cognac exports to China slump as tariffs bite; Scottish whisky makers fear return of Trump tariffsBordeaux (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 Cognac sales to China dropped 24 percent in value last year after Beijing imposed tariffs on EU brandy imports amid trade tensions with the European Union, an industry body said Tuesday. ... more |
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Trump-ordered water release wasted billions of gallons: experts Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 Donald Trump's demand for billions of gallons (liters) of water to be released in California, in what he said was a move to help combat fires in Los Angeles, was wasteful and pointless, experts say. ... more 
Ancient agricultural strategies unveiled as pre-industrial societies adapted to climate shiftsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2025 A new study explores how ancient agricultural systems displayed resilience and adaptability in response to shifting environmental conditions. By examining archaeological evidence and historical docu ... more  
Thailand orders stubble burning crackdown as pollution spikesBangkok (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 The Thai government has ordered a crackdown on farmers flouting a ban on crop burning, as pollution in Bangkok spiked on Friday a week after toxic air forced hundreds of schools to close. ... more  
Viral Chinese tourist spot stokes nostalgia with staged rural scenesXiapu, China (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 A wizened farmer leads a buffalo through a misty copse of gnarled trees in eastern China, closely followed by a woman in a straw hat heaving pails of water. ... more |
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