Environment
Serbian vulture flies home from Turkey – by plane
April 13, 2019
Serbian vulture flies home from Turkey – by plane
BELGRADE (Reuters) – A young vulture who got stranded last year in Turkey more than 2,000 km from her nest…
Against the tide: Thai ‘floating temple’ defies coastal erosion
April 8, 2019
Against the tide: Thai ‘floating temple’ defies coastal erosion
As sea waters slowly rose around his temple and his neighbors fled inland, Thai abbot Somnuek Atipanyo refused to budge…
Egypt installs 100 air quality monitoring stations nationwide: Minister
April 3, 2019
Egypt installs 100 air quality monitoring stations nationwide: Minister
Minister of Environment Yasmin Fouad announced the installation of 100 air quality monitoring stations nationwide, under the National Network for…
Bleaching hits world’s southernmost coral reef: scientists
April 3, 2019
Bleaching hits world’s southernmost coral reef: scientists
The world’s southernmost coral reef has been hit by bleaching this summer, Australian scientists said Wednesday, as they warned rising…
Unfroggetable: endangered Bolivian amphibians get long-awaited first date
April 2, 2019
Unfroggetable: endangered Bolivian amphibians get long-awaited first date
The fate of a species may just rest on this love story. Happily, the first date between Romeo, once the…
Global landmarks go dark for Earth Hour
March 31, 2019
Global landmarks go dark for Earth Hour
The UN headquarters in New York, the pyramids of Egypt and Rio’s Christ the Redeemer statue were among top world…
Egypt participates in Earth Hour, turning off lights across the country
March 30, 2019
Egypt participates in Earth Hour, turning off lights across the country
Egypt is among the 187 countries participating for the twelfth annual Earth Hour on Saturday, turning lights off all over…
Egypt wins presidency seat of UNESCO’s IOC Sub Commission for Africa
March 28, 2019
Egypt wins presidency seat of UNESCO’s IOC Sub Commission for Africa
Egypt won the presidency seat of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Sub Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island…
After spending winter in a fridge, Minsk bats return to the wild
March 27, 2019
After spending winter in a fridge, Minsk bats return to the wild
After spending the winter months hibernating inside a fridge at a rescue center in Belarus, a group of bats awaken…
2018 spike in energy demand spells climate trouble: IEA
March 26, 2019
2018 spike in energy demand spells climate trouble: IEA
A 2.3 percent jump in global energy demand last year outstripped the expansion of renewables and helped drive record-high greenhouse…