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Wildfires in South Korea have claimed 24 lives and destroyed thousands of hectares of forests

Workers save Buddha as S. Korea's wildfires raze ancient temple

IPCC chair Jim Skea says the UN's climate expert advisory panel and its landmark reports remain 'manifestly relevant'

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

'We are not in crisis': chair of IPCC climate body to AFP

Solar eclipse

Everything you need to know

Partial solar eclipse over Luxembourg: what to expect on Saturday, 29 March

A wildfire is seen next to a stone lantern of a family tomb in Andong on March 26, 2025

Mass evacuations

'Like the apocalypse': S. Korea wildfires tear through mountains

A helicopter drops water as a wildfire advances towards Gounsa Temple in Uiseong

'Unprecedented damage'

South Korea's wildfires kill 24, wreak 'unprecedented damage'

An estimate by environmental conservation nonprofit Oceana found that Coca-Cola's plastic use is projected to exceed 4.13 million metric tons (9.12 billion pounds) annually by 2030

Over a billion pounds of Coke plastic waste to enter waterways: study

Australia coral reefs

Alarming levels

'Shocking' mass bleaching drains life from Australian reef

Albania's vast 'Steel of the Party' site once employed 10,000 workers in 500 factories

Hazardous waste

Poisoned legacy of Albania's steel city

Chile's biggest port, San Antonio, was forced to close for 30 days in 2024 due to storm surges linked to climate change

Keeping the tide at bay

Rising seas test defenses of South American ports

Customers eat gourmet food made with foie gras at Hot's Kitchen during a

Hopes to bring 'kinder foie gras' to market

Faux gras? Scientists craft 'more ethical' version of French delicacy

Senegal's Lake Retba, widely known as the

Back in the pink: Senegal salt lake gets its colour back

The level of damage would make the fires collectively the third-largest in South Korea's history

Thousands on the run

Temple burned, UNESCO village evacuated as South Korea wildfires spread

An image of the spiral caused by the SpaceX rocket taken in Sweden

Spotted in skies on Monday

SpaceX rocket fuel makes stunning swirl in European sky

A kaolin quarry in Echassieres, central France, which could offer access to lithium deposits that lie beneath it

'Sense of urgency'

EU unveils critical material projects to cut China dependence

Brazil's COP30 president Andre Correa do Lago said that November's summit would be an opportunity to advance and defend the climate agreements forged through years of cooperation and negotiation

Against 'serious' geopolitical challenges

COP30 president vows to defend global climate fight

An engineer works on a sample at the Pasteur institute's biological emergency response cell in April 2024

Hoping to boost readiness

UK officials publish 'priority pathogen' watch list

Gum gets some of its chewiness from polymers similar to those used in car tyres

Rubber-based sweet

Chewing gum releases microplastics into mouth: researchers

The regions of Nuble, Biobio, Araucania and Los Rios were affected by the fires

Several regions affected

Dozens of fires rage in southern Chile

On Sunday, 38-year-old Yoko was flown to Brazil to finally join others of his kind at a sanctuary there

From drug lord to freedom

Colombia's lonely chimp Yoko finds new home in Brazil

The US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland

Coveted territory

Greenland PM denounces US 'foreign interference' ahead of visit

UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima said the withdrawal of US support was having a 'devastating impact'

Global AIDS pandemic

Sudden US aid withdrawal risking millions of lives: UNAIDS chief

Officials have warned that high winds and rising temperatures were hindering efforts to put out the blazes

Four people killed

S. Korea authorities deploy choppers, troops to battle wildfire

Mapuche Indigenous leaders conducted an ancestral ceremony of the Anasazi culture

Santiago, Chile

Indigenous leaders end world voyage with prayer for nature

Demonstrators on boats protested the planned textile factory and the reopening of a copper mine

Environmental risks

'Surf and turf' protest in Spain against factory, mine

An employee inspects heavy machinery that sits unused at the Cobre Panama copper mine

Approved for export

Prospect of copper mine reopening revives tensions in Panama

Five of the past six years have seen the most rapid glacier retreat on record, the UN's World Meteorological Organization says

Third consecutive year

World's glacier mass shrank again in 2024, UN says

The European grey wolf is making a comeback in some countries

'Massive stroke of luck'

Unlikely wolf pair sparks row in rural France

Japan's Mount Fuji, known for its perfectly cone-shaped volcano, last erupted in 1707

Disaster awareness

Japan panel drafts response plan for Mount Fuji eruption

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