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Scientist wins 'Environment Nobel' for shedding light on hidden fungal networks
AFP, Published on 14/01/2026
» WASHINGTON — Beneath the surface of forests, grasslands and farms across the world, vast fungal webs form underground trading systems to exchange nutrients with plant roots, acting as critical climate regulators as they draw down 13 billion tonnes of carbon annually.
Last marine heat wave providing lessons for the future
Published on 02/12/2024
» SAN FRANCISCO — They call it “the Blob". A decade ago, sea surface temperatures in the Pacific soared 11 degrees Celsius above normal.
Volunteer divers guard Oman's 'unique' coral reefs
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» DAYMANIYAT ISLANDS (OMAN) - On a sailing boat anchored off Oman's pristine Daymaniyat Islands, volunteer divers pull on wetsuits, check their scuba tanks and then take turns plunging into the clear turquoise water.
Argentine scientists worried after spate of whale deaths
AFP, Published on 05/10/2022
» BUENOS AIRES - A string of whale deaths in recent days in southern Argentina have worried scientists, who think a micro-algae could be to blame.
On land and sea, climate change causing 'irreversible' losses: UN
AFP, Published on 02/03/2022
» PARIS: Climate change has already caused "irreversible losses" for Nature, UN experts have said, warning that if emissions are not cut quickly, warming could trigger chain reactions with potentially catastrophic effects for all species, including humans.
Taiwan to vote on fate of major reef, power supply
Published on 14/12/2021
» Pan Chong-cheng, an activist who has devoted part of his career to advocating for the protection of the algal reef, fears that an upcoming Dec. 18 referendum in which Taiwanese will vote on whether to construct the terminal may spell certain doom for the fragile ecosystem. - REUTERS
Astronauts in SpaceX capsule prepare for ISS docking
AFP, Published on 24/04/2021
» KENNEDY SPACE CENTER: A recycled SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule with four astronauts aboard was speeding on its way to the International Space Station, where the spacecraft is set to dock early Saturday.
Science without gravity aboard the International Space Station
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» PARIS: In two decades orbiting the Earth the International Space Station has become a cutting-edge cosmic laboratory, with astronauts researching everything from black holes to disease and even gardening in microgravity.
Florida homes evacuated as wastewater leak risks 'catastrophic' flood
AFP, Published on 05/04/2021
» MIAMI - Emergency crews in central Florida were working Sunday to prevent an environmental catastrophe at a leaking reservoir that risked sending millions of gallons of contaminated wastewater toward nearby homes and into the Tampa Bay.
Return of the otter: reintroduced predators benefit ecosystems
AFP, Published on 12/06/2020
» WASHINGTON: These little guys think there's something you otter know.