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14 08 2024 | 07:14

July ends 13-month streak of global heat records, but experts warn against relief

A sign warns tourists of extreme heat in Death Valley national park in July in California. Photograph: Daniel Jacobi II/AP Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to…

14 08 2024 | 07:08

Singer Akon’s Multibillion-Dollar Futuristic City in Africa Gets Final Notice

A single arched concrete block juts out of a field in Senegal where R&B singer Akon first laid the foundation stone for his $6 billion metropolis four years ago. The West African nation granted…

14 08 2024 | 07:04

How Asia's 5,000-year-old rice terraces are inspiring modern flood control

Parks, roofs and riverbanks mimicking the long-used agricultural form are helping Asian cities absorb, hold and purify rainwater.

14 08 2024 | 07:03

A naked mole rat: like termites, they have one almost endlessly pregnant queen

Naked mole rats’ burrows are steaming hot but they like to sleep huddled together for warmth. Photograph: Ger Bosma/Alamy To read about the naked mole rat is to come across information that you wish…

14 08 2024 | 07:03

Harris helped pass one of the strongest climate laws. Her policies don’t stop there

‘In policy after policy, Biden’s signature climate bill bears the marks of Harris’s influence.’ Photograph: Tony Gutierrez/AP

14 08 2024 | 06:57

Olympic boxer Imane Khelif calls for end to bullying after backlash over gender misconceptions

PARIS (AP) — Olympic boxer Imane Khelif said the wave of hateful scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender “harms human dignity,” and she called for an end to bullying athletes…

14 08 2024 | 06:57

Excavation in Egyptian necropolis uncovers 63 ancient tombs and a trove of gold artifacts

An ongoing excavation in Damietta, Egypt, has uncovered 63 tombs from more than 2,500 years ago, alongside a trove of gold artifacts, coins and pottery.

14 08 2024 | 06:57

Africa Is Heading Toward Another Deadly War

World leaders are scrambling to avert a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah. There is another war, on a scale perhaps unimaginable to many, they should rush to prevent as well.

14 08 2024 | 06:52

The effects of heat waves on the agricultural sector of Cameroon

Cameroon is a major exporter of food to neighboring countries like Chad, Gabon, and Nigeria, as well as internationally to countries like China (25.8% of exports), the Netherlands (12.4%), Spain (6.1…

14 08 2024 | 06:50

Ghana parliament passes law to quicken women's empowerment

ACCRA, July 30 (Reuters) - Ghana's lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law to give more opportunities to women at the national level, the speaker of parliament said, with a target to increase their…

14 08 2024 | 06:47

Green energy: TotalEnergies acquires Uganda power plant

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Bujagali Energy Ltd as part of its plans to invest in energy projects, particularly renewable energy. The deal will see the oil company acquire a 28.3 per…

14 08 2024 | 06:46

Greening the desert: is Sisi’s grand plan using up all of Egypt’s water?

For the two hours drivers can spend on the eight-lane, often empty, highway from Cairo to El Dabaa on the north coast, all there is to see is miles and miles of intensively farmed land on each side.…

14 08 2024 | 06:46

Surrounding cities with trees may bring down urban heat

Vancouver, Canada. What grows on the land surrounding the city makes a difference to the temperature in the centre, the study says. Photograph: All Canada Photos/Alamy A reduction in temperature…

14 08 2024 | 06:43

Arrests made at power station 'climate camp'

A total of 22 people have been arrested in connection with a planned "climate camp" near a power station in North Yorkshire, police have said. The arrests were for public order offences, including…

14 08 2024 | 06:43

Tanzania evicting tens of thousands of Maasai: HRW

There have been years of tensions between authorities and the Maasai community, sometimes resulting in deadly clashes © TONY KARUMBA / AFP/File Long-standing tensions between the authorities and the…

14 08 2024 | 06:43

World's biggest iceberg spins in ocean trap

Something remarkable has happened to A23a, the world's biggest iceberg. For months now it has been spinning on the spot just north of Antarctica when really it should be racing along with Earth's…

14 08 2024 | 06:41

Is the dream of nuclear fusion dead? Why the international experimental reactor is in ‘big trouble’

The Iter tokamak was supposed to be producing energy by 2020. Photograph: US Iter It was a project that promised the sun. Researchers would use the world’s most advanced technology to design a…

14 08 2024 | 06:40

Ecologist taking on MoD to protect skylarks says he has faced threats and assault

Martin Pugh at Middlewick Ranges, where he was apparently assaulted trying to protect skylarks. Photograph: Teri Pengilley/The Observer The song of the skylark has filled poets’ hearts for centuries…

14 08 2024 | 06:37

‘This is climate change’: Scottish beach eroding by 7 metres a year

A coastal erosion warning sign at Montrose links in 2021. A report that year predicted 120 metres of coast would be lost over 40 years – but that is now accelerating. Photograph: Andy Thompson/Alamy…

14 08 2024 | 06:24

The IPCC must produce its flagship report in time for the next UN global stocktake

A plenary meeting at the 61st session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Photo: IISD/ENB | Anastasia Rodopoulou Dr Youba Sokona is an energy and sustainable…