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Researchers find 'catastrophic' coral die-off on Great Barrier Reef
AFP, Published on 19/04/2018
» SYDNEY: Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffered a "catastrophic die-off" of coral during an extended heatwave in 2016, threatening a broader range of reef life than previously feared, a report revealed Thursday.
Delta threatens sports events, Russia fights record cases: virus world update
AFP, Published on 29/06/2021
» Russia's Saint Petersburg posted record Covid-19 deaths Monday as it prepares to host a Euro 2020 quarter-final despite the spread of the Delta variant, which is fuelling infection surges around the world and causing a headache for major sporting events.
Indigenous Australians take govt to UN over climate change
AFP, Published on 13/05/2019
» SYDNEY: Indigenous residents of low-lying islands off northern Australia will submit a landmark complaint with the United Nations on Monday accusing the government of violating their human rights by failing to tackle climate change.
Climate-change bleaching hits world's southernmost coral reef
AFP, Published on 03/04/2019
» SYDNEY: The world's southernmost coral reef has been hit by bleaching this summer, Australian scientists said on Wednesday, as they warned rising sea temperatures from climate change were affecting even the most isolated ecosystems.
World seeing 'catastrophic decline' in insect species
AFP, Published on 12/02/2019
» PARIS: Nearly half of all insect species worldwide are in rapid decline and a third could disappear altogether, according to a study warning of dire consequences for crop pollination and natural food chains.
Australia river agency pilloried amid mass fish deaths
AFP, Published on 31/01/2019
» SYDNEY: The authority that oversees Australia's largest river system was accused of "maladministration", "gross negligence" and ignoring climate science Thursday, as its waterways were carpeted with hundreds of thousands of dead fish.
'Very disturbed' Australian PM asks Prayut to free footballer
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ramped up pressure on Bangkok to release a refugee footballer held on a Bahrain extradition request, as sporting authorities cancelled two events in Thailand over his detention.
Chinese in Thailand, around world welcome Year of the Pig
AFP, Published on 05/02/2019
» HONG KONG: Chinese communities began welcoming the Year of the Pig on Tuesday, ushering in the Lunar New Year with prayers, family feasts and shopping sprees after embarking on the world's largest annual migration.
Barrier Reef corals adapt to warmer waters
AFP, Published on 11/12/2018
» SYDNEY: Corals on Australia's Great Barrier Reef that survived bleaching from rising sea temperatures were more resistant to another bout of hot conditions the following year, scientists said Tuesday, a "silver lining" for the embattled ecosystem.
Genetic tweak used to wipe out mosquito population
AFP, Published on 25/09/2018
» PARIS: Scientists said on Monday they had succeeded for the first time in wiping out an entire population of malaria-carrying mosquitoes in the lab using a gene editing tool to programme their extinction.