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Published on 05/09/2019
» Sap ChomphuArboretum was an exciting find for me. Theword arboretum makes the place sound boring but apart from learning about plants from fresh and dried specimens, here you can also enjoy three waterfalls and a fossil site (chunks of rock with seashell fossils are on display in the modest exhibition area).Unfortunately, on the day of my visit atropical storm hit many parts of the Kingdom. To minimise risk of injury or death,the trails to those attractions were closed. According to a local resident, this month is supposed to be the time when the three waterfalls are at their peak. AfterOctober, there may be less water on the cascades.
Scrap hidden carbon subsidies
Oped, Published on 19/04/2022
» The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should terrify policymakers and ordinary people around the world. The IPCC warns that some disastrous climate outcomes are now likely to occur not in the distant future, but within the next 15 years, or even the next decade.
UN climate talks chief pushes for rapid draft deal
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» DUBAI - The head of the UN climate summit pressed nations Friday to strike a deal as talks resumed after a break, with only four days left for negotiators to iron out differences over the fate of fossil fuels.
US, Europe drive emissions higher
Published on 17/05/2025
» The world’s largest power polluter, China, made its biggest cut to power emissions since 2020 so far this year, but global power emissions have still held largely flat due to higher fossil fuel power generation in the United States and Europe.
COP28's UAE chair says 'we respect' climate science
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» DUBAI: The Emirati head of the UN climate conference insisted on Monday that he respects climate science after he came under fire over a leaked video in which he questioned the science on fossil fuels.
Slaughtering the planet -- on a farm
News, Published on 21/09/2020
» Animal agriculture is eclipsing fossil fuels as a driver of climate change, a panel was told.
Eyeing climate change, follow science, warily
Oped, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 06/06/2024
» We endlessly hear the flawed assertion that because climate change is real, we should "follow the science" and end fossil fuel use. We hear this claim from politicians who favour swift carbon cuts, and from natural scientists themselves, as when the editor-in-chief of Nature insists "The science is clear -- fossil fuels must go".
Efforts to clean up power sector too slow: watchdog
AFP, Published on 19/09/2023
» PARIS - Many of the most polluting countries are failing to cut carbon emissions from their energy sectors quickly enough to meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a watchdog said on Tuesday.
Giant penguins once lived in New Zealand
AFP, Published on 14/08/2019
» WELLINGTON: The fossilized remains of a huge penguin almost the size of an adult human have been found in New Zealand's South Island, scientists announced on Wednesday.
In Brazil's pampas, a Triassic Park once flourished
AFP, Published on 20/12/2019
» SãO JOãO DO POLêSINE, Brazil: Millions of years before the arrival of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex, another fearsome dinosaur - the Gnathovorax - roamed what is now southern Brazil, ripping apart its prey with sharp teeth.