Water ban in drought-stricken Tunisia adds to growing crisis
Risk of unrest rises amid fourth dry year, poor grain harvest, weak economy and likely food subsidy cuts Tunisia has introduced water rationing as the...
Category : Environment
Brazilian meat firm’s A- sustainability rating has campaigners up in arms
Environmentalists question high grade given to JBS and accuse it of deforestation in the Amazon and under-reporting emissions The award of an A-minus sustainability grade...
Canada scientists create new method to break down toxic ‘forever chemicals’
University of British Columbia researchers develop silica-based material with ability to absorb wider range of harmful chemicals Researchers at a Canadian university have made a...
World’s biggest single eradication operation aims to remove mice from island
Invasive house mice threaten endangered seabirds and wildlife on Marion Island in Indian Ocean Non-native house mice are to be removed from Marion Island in...
Samoa PM urges world to save Pacific people from climate crisis obliteration
Fiame Naomi Mata’afa pleads for action before landmark IPCC report is expected to issue ‘final warning’ What is the IPCC report and why does it...
Two new species of yeast named after Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips
Discoveries that could help diabetics titled in honour of activist and journalist murdered in Amazon Scientists in Brazil have found two new species of fermenting...
Parasitic fungus that infects and kills spiders discovered in Brazil
Exclusive: rare purple organism preys on trapdoor spider in behaviour reminiscent of its ‘zombie’ relatives that feature in apocalyptic TV show The Last of Us...
Weather tracker: Cyclone Freddy leaves trail of devastation
Hundreds killed in Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi in what may be longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record Cyclone Freddy, which developed over the Indian Ocean more...
More than 100 killed as Storm Freddy returns to Mozambique and Malawi
One of the strongest storms recorded in the southern hemisphere hit region for second time in a month Mozambique and Malawi have been left counting...
Canada: inquiry into police unit accused of excessive force against green activists
Officers with C-IRG accused of ripping off protesters’ masks and pepper-spraying them during protest in British Columbia Canada’s federal police force has opened an investigation...
