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Firefighters push to 'encircle' Belgian wildfire
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters launched a potentially decisive push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite wind and rain hampering air support opera...
How only a few tree species drive Amazon forest recovery
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
When a destroyed section of the Amazon rainforest begins to recover, nature deploys only a few tree species, which can withstand poor soil conditions, blazing s...
Make it rain: Indonesia chases clouds to stem El Nino fires
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia's Borneo, home to pristine rainforest and protected species, is burning. Meteorologist Safillah Anggie Wahyuni hopes a solution lies in the clouds.
Whales spark joy in New York but face threats from boat traffic
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
"WHALE AT ONE O'CLOCK!"
German grain harvest seen falling 7% this year amid drought
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Germany's grain harvest is expected to fall by seven percent this year as a result of severe drought and heatwaves, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) warned...
Climate change main driver of European ocean warming: study
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Climate change is the main driver of Europe's rising marine temperatures, directly adding around 2C of warming in the Mediterranean this summer and severely imp...
US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed a rule change that would open 44 million acres of wild, undisturbed forest for road construction and...
German farmers warn of drought toll on grain harvest
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Germany's grain harvest is expected to fall by seven percent this year after months of severe drought and heatwaves, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) said ...
Firefighters in 'crucial' push to encircle Belgian wildfire
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters headed into a "crucial" all-night push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite rainclouds paralysing air support opera...
US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed a rule change that would open 44 million acres of wild, undisturbed forest for road construction and...
Firefighters in 'decisive' push to encircle Belgian wildfire
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters were locked in a potentially decisive push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite rainclouds hampering air support op...
Fires near Greek capital controlled after claiming two lives
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Two fires on the Greek island of Salamis near Athens that claimed two lives and led to the evacuation of nearly 600 people have been largely extinguished, the f...
Rain brings respite as Belgium wrestles massive wildfire
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Much-needed rain brought some respite Monday to firefighters on their fourth day battling Belgium's worst wildfire in a century, which has scorched vast expanse...
Belgium fire halts short of German border, but not 'contained'
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters and farmers backed by water-dropping aircraft battled through a fourth day Monday to tame Belgium's worst wildfire in a century, still burning thro...
Europe wildfires: latest developments
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters in Belgium battled to contain the country's worst wildfire in a century on Monday, while Greece said a deadly blaze near Athens had been controlled...
'Never seen one like it': German pensioners flee wildfire
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
German pensioner Petra Mertens did not hesitate when ordered to evacuate her home in the sleepy western border town of Monschau as an enormous fire advanced fro...
US man killed by lightning on Sicily's Mount Etna
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
A US man has died after being struck by lightning on Sicily's Mount Etna volcano, Italian firefighters told AFP Monday.
Two largest US reservoirs hit record lows amid western drought
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
The two largest reservoirs in the United States have fallen to record lows as a severe drought grips the country's West, according to data released over the wee...
US pauses construction of border project in Texas national park
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration said Monday it was pausing construction on a $1.7 billion border project at Big Bend National Park in Texas that has fac...
Brazil's Lula hails new oil find as 'passport to the future'
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday hailed the discovery of oil near the Amazon coast as a "passport to the future," despite strong oppositi...
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