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Untested tech touted as climate fix
AFP, Published on 23/08/2019
» PARIS: Draft guidelines for how industry fights climate change promote the widespread use of untested technologies that experts fear could undermine efforts to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, AFP can reveal.
New images from asteroid probe yield clues on planet formation
AFP, Published on 23/08/2019
» WASHINGTON - Photographs snapped by a shoebox-sized probe that explored the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu offer new clues about its composition, insights that are expected to help scientists understand the formation of our solar system.
New images from asteroid probe offer clues on planet formation
AFP, Published on 23/08/2019
» WASHINGTON - Photographs snapped by a shoebox-sized probe that explored the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have offered new clues about its composition, insights that will help scientists understand the formation of our solar system.
Earth's toughest creatures may now be living on Moon
AFP, Published on 07/08/2019
» WASHINGTON: There might be life on the Moon after all: thousands of virtually indestructible creatures that can withstand extreme radiation, sizzling heat, the coldest temperatures of the universe, and decades without food.
Putin foe Navalny may have been exposed to 'toxic agent': doctor
AFP, Published on 29/07/2019
» MOSCOW: Russia's jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny might have been targeted by a "toxic agent," his doctor said on Monday, as the Kremlin scrambled to contain a fresh political crisis after major protests.
Great Barrier Reef agency breaks with Australia govt in climate warning
AFP, Published on 19/07/2019
» SYDNEY: The agency that manages the Great Barrier Reef broke ranks with Australia's conservative government to call for the "strongest and fastest possible action" against climate change to save the world heritage marine wonder.
Nature under siege as a million species face extinction, UN warns
AFP, Published on 06/05/2019
» PARIS - Humanity is squandering the natural capital that has allowed society to thrive, driving a million species to the brink of extinction in the process, a landmark UN report on the state of Nature warned Monday.
A million species risk extinction, are we one of them?
AFP, Published on 06/05/2019
» PARIS: Humanity is rapidly destroying the natural world upon which our prosperity -- and ultimately our survival -- depends, according to a landmark UN assessment of the state of Nature released Monday.
One million species risk extinction due to humans: draft UN report
AFP, Published on 23/04/2019
» PARIS - Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft UN report obtained by AFP that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which its very survival depends.
Rare world's fattest parrot has record breeding season
AFP, Published on 18/04/2019
» WELLINGTON: Said to be the world's fattest parrot, the critically endangered kakapo has enjoyed a record breaking breeding season, New Zealand scientists said on Thursday, with climate change possibly aiding the species' unique mating spree.