Fri 23 January 2026: The recent floods in South Africa have caused extensive damage to the country’s largest and world-renowned game reserve, Kruger National Park, with losses estimated at nearly half a billion rand (about 30 million U.S. dollars). South African Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment Willie Aucamp made the remarks at a […]
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Thu 22 January 2026: One in five mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini is now threatened with extinction, according to a new regional “Red List,” highlighting rising pressures from habitat loss and degradation. The latest Mammal Red List, released on Wednesday by the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) in partnership with the South African National […]
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Mon 19 January 2026: Growing up in rural India, my grandmother would feed the village dog half a chapati and a bowl of milk each afternoon, surely insufficient for its needs. The dog survived by scavenging from nearby homes. Years later, living in Delhi, I encountered street dogs refusing biscuits, overfed by households competing to […]
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Thu 15 January 2026: Smoke from forest fires in the Amazon, while highly destructive, may have an unexpected effect by accelerating growth in parts of the rainforest, a new study suggests. Researchers from Belgium’s Antwerp University and the CREAF research center in Barcelona found that smoke releases nutrients, particularly phosphorus, which act as a natural […]
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Mon 12 January 2026: Ai, a “genius” chimpanzee who could recognise more than 100 Chinese characters and the English alphabet, has died aged 49, Japanese researchers said. Ai, which means love in Japanese, took part in studies on perception, learning and memory that advanced our understanding of primate intelligence, the Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human […]
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Sat 10 January 2026: Nearly 44 per cent Indian cities face chronic air pollution, indicating a structural problem driven by persistent emission sources rather than short-term episodes, an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) has found. However, only 4 per cent of these cities are covered under the National […]
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Thu 08 January 2026: France and the UK are on alert on Thursday as Storm Goretti hits Europe’s Atlantic coast, bringing along strong winds and high waves, while countries, including Poland, Italy and Sweden, brace for extreme cold and heavy snowfall. As Storm Goretti is bringing storm-force winds and high waves to a large part of northwestern France, Meteo-France announced […]
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Thu 08 January 2026: The significant changes will lead the US to withdraw from key forums focused on climate change, peace and democracy. The Trump administration says it’s going to withdraw the United States from 66 international organisations, including 31 United Nations entities and 35 non-UN organisations. Many focus on climate, labour, migration and other issues the […]
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Thu 01 January 2026: Great white sharks in the Mediterranean Sea face the risk of extinction as illegal fishing continues to drive a sharp decline in their population, according to new research. Research by US scientists, working in partnership with the UK-based Blue Marine Foundation, has found that some of the most threatened species, including […]
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Tue 30 December 2025: The growing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events driven by climate change are pushing the adaptive capacity of states to their limits, according to a new report by the World Weather Attribution (WWA). The 2025 WWA report found that climate change fueled severe weather events across the globe this year, […]
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