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Amazon at lowest level for 40 years
Travel along the Amazon is suffering severe disruption because the river has hit its lowest level in more than 40 years near its source in north-eastern Peru.
Forest fires in Madeira put future of Europe's rarest seabird under threat
Europe's rarest seabird, the Zino's Petrel, found only in Madeira, has suffered potentially devastating losses from a forest fire which struck the birds' breeding area on the Atlantic island.
Tibetan nomads struggle as grasslands disappear from the roof of the world
Scientists say desertification of the mountain grasslands of the Tibetan plateau is accelerating climate change.
UN–backed pact launches new tool to monitor trade in endangered species
The secretariat of a United Nations-backed conservation convention has announced the launch of a new web-based interactive tool that enables users to view trade data about wildlife and plants that was submitted by the 17...
Airline experts to assess volcano risks in Iceland
Aviation and aerospace experts will gather in Iceland next month to coordinate the global response to future volcanic eruptions, Icelandic officials said.
Tsunami coral dying due to temperature rise
Coral that survived the 2004 tsunami is now dying at one of the fastest rates ever recorded because of a dramatic rise in water temperatures off north western Indonesia, according to conservationists.
Bat 'mutes sonar signal to sneak up on its prey'
A rare British bat has developed remarkable stealth technology to sneak up on the moths which are its principal prey, new research has shown.
Growth undermining improved Sydney air quality
Sydney risks falling short of its air pollution targets for photochemical smog and ozone, as growing population and traffic congestion erodes the gains made by the switch to unleaded petrol in the 1980s.
On August 21st, we exceed nature's budget
It has taken humanity less than nine months to exhaust its ecological budget for the year, according to data from Global Footprint Network, a California-based environmental research organisation.
New UN initiative seeks to help humanitarian operations go green
A new online resource centre developed by the United Nations seeks to help reduce the damage done to the environment during humanitarian and relief activities in the aftermath of natural disasters, conflicts and other cr...