05 September 2023

Climate change in Iraq: A warning for the rest of the world

Once a verdant and fertile land, even as recently as the 1980s, Iraq becomes more arid each year as desertification spreads.

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Republicans target public lands protections in a new way

Republicans in Congress want to allow more mining and oil drilling on federal public lands, and they’ve recently turned to an obscure legislative maneuver to open areas for business.

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Women bear the brunt of climate change. Meet the green politicians determined to change that

For International Women’s Day, Euronews Green highlighted some of the female politicians spearheading the never-ending fight against climate change.

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Study maps tree-planting risks and rewards for climate and biodiversity

Establishing forests can capture carbon and boost biodiversity — but some biomes are a better bet than others.

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Testing the waters: can pumping chemicals into the ocean help stop global heating?

To some it was a reckless experiment but scientists hope the dispersal of 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine could ease the climate crisis.

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This iceberg was once the biggest in the world. Now it has just weeks left

A23a was once twice the size of Greater London but now its 40-year journey is coming to an end.

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A warmer climate means bigger hail

New attribution research shows how extra heat in the atmosphere can turn thunderstorms into factories for dangerous, softball-size hail.

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Cancer haunts neighbors of Canada’s oil sands wastelands

Though high rates of the disease persist among the nearby Indigenous communities, the Canadian government is weighing rules that may allow energy giants to release treated mining waste into the river system.

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