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'Air-pocalypse': Indian capital launches 'Green War Room'
AFP, Published on 03/11/2023
» NEW DELHI - The enemy is nearly invisible and there are no soldiers, but the Indian capital's new "Green War Room" is battling air pollution that is cutting lives of residents by over a decade.
The 'kidneys of Kolkata': Indian wetlands under threat
AFP, Published on 18/07/2023
» KOLKATA - Wetlands just outside India's Kolkata have for generations provided tonnes of food daily and thousands of jobs as they filter sewage through fish ponds -- but rapid urbanisation is threatening the ecosystem.
UN's global disaster alert systems goal faces uphill climb
AFP, Published on 24/03/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - How can anyone seek shelter from a natural disaster they don't even know is coming? Last year the United Nations called for every person on the planet to be covered by early warning systems by 2027 -- but months into the effort it is becoming clear that the project will require more data and expertise.
How Vietnam is trying to stop rice warming the planet
AFP, Published on 24/03/2023
» CAN THO, Vietnam: As a child, Dong Van Canh watched while the rice fields of Vietnam's Mekong Delta were set alight to make way for the next crop, blackening the sky and flooding the air with potent greenhouse gases.
Indonesian farmers fight for their land in nickel mining boom
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» WAWONII, Indonesia: Three women with machetes stood guard at their farm hilltop on Indonesia's Wawonii Island, directing their blades towards the nickel miners working in the forest clearing below.
Why Vietnam is celebrating the Year of the Cat, not the Rabbit
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» HANOI - As China gears up to welcome the Year of the Rabbit, Lunar New Year looks slightly different in Vietnam, where the Year of the Cat is about to begin.
India at 75: Melting glaciers, heatwaves and climate crisis
AFP, Published on 10/11/2022
» GAUMUKH (INDIA) - From prime ministers and millionaires to labourers and ascetics, Hindu faithful dream of trekking at least once in their lives to Gaumukh, where the waters of India's holiest river, the Ganges, emerge from a Himalayan glacier.
Nile is in mortal danger, from its source to the sea
AFP, Published on 02/11/2022
» ALTY (SUDAN): The pharaohs worshipped it as a god, the eternal bringer of life. But the clock is ticking on the Nile.
Streaming giant shines new light on Thai boys cave rescue
AFP, Published on 21/09/2022
» It is the rescue retold around the world: 12 boys, their coach, and impossible odds.
Countries growing 70% of world's food face 'extreme' heat risk by 2045
AFP, Published on 08/09/2022
» PARIS: Blistering crop-withering temperatures that also risk the health of agricultural workers could threaten swathes of global food production by 2045 as the world warms, an industry analysis warned Thursday.