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Climate: 'dangerous heat' could afflict billions by 2100
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» PARIS - Current policies to limit global warming will expose more than a fifth of humanity to extreme and potentially life-threatening heat by century's end, researchers warned Monday.
Australian surfs for 40 hours to smash world record
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» SYDNEY - Australian Blake Johnston on Friday shredded the world record for the longest surfing session, dodging swarms of jellyfish to ride hundreds of waves across 40 punishing hours.
Governments vet crucial UN climate science report
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» PARIS: Diplomats from nearly 200 nations and top climate scientists began a week-long huddle in Switzerland on Monday to distil nearly a decade of published science into a 20-odd-page warning about the existential danger of global warming and what to do about it.
Narwhals' climate-vulnerable winter feeding crucial for survival: study
AFP, Published on 22/02/2023
» PARIS - Narwhals are likely more dependent on fat reserves and abundant prey in climate-threatened winter habitats than previously thought, researchers said Wednesday, warning of severe risks posed by global warming.
Fear the biggest rival: first person to complete Antarctic 2.5 km swim
AFP, Published on 20/02/2023
» SANTIAGO - Chilean Barbara Hernandez, who became the first person recorded to have swum 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) in the near-freezing Antarctic Ocean, says fear -- not other people -- is her rival.
Climate tipping points in Amazon, Tibet 'linked': scientists
AFP, Published on 26/01/2023
» PARIS - Climate extremes in the Amazon rainforest are directly affecting those in the Tibetan Plateau, scientists said Thursday, warning that the Himalayan region crucial for the water security of millions was close to a potentially disastrous "tipping point".
China: Tracking Covid cases now impossible
AFP, Published on 14/12/2022
» BEIJING: China's top health body said Wednesday the true scale of coronavirus infections in the country is now "impossible" to track, with officials warning cases are rising rapidly in Beijing after the government abruptly abandoned its zero-Covid policy last week.
Receding ice leaves Canada's polar bears at rising risk
AFP, Published on 30/09/2022
» CHURCHILL (CANADA) - Sprawled on rocky ground far from sea ice, a lone Canadian polar bear sits under a dazzling sun, his white fur utterly useless as camouflage.
Thousands of litres of water to stop '60-degree' Tour de France roads melting
AFP, Published on 16/07/2022
» SAINT-ÉTIENNE (FRANCE) - With a heatwave building towards a sweltering peak this weekend, Tour de France organisers are ready to pour tens of thousands of litres of cold water onto a route that risks melting at road temperatures of 60 degrees.
Western Europe wilts under heatwave
AFP, Published on 13/07/2022
» BORDEAUX: France and Britain suffered soaring temperatures Wednesday, edging closer to the blistering heat already engulfing Spain and Portugal as wildfires destroyed vast stretches of Western European forestland.