Climate Change
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Kids Take Plunge in Icy Lake Survival Lessons
SOLLENTUNA, Sweden (AFP-Jiji) — The frigid water under the frozen Ravalen lake north of Stockholm do...
February 24, 2023
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Scientists Say Warm Water Melts Weak Spots on Doomsday Glacier
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — Scientists studying Antarctica’s vast Thwaites Glacier — nicknamed the Dooms...
February 24, 2023
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Two-thirds of Reef Sharks, Rays Risk Extinction
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Nearly two-thirds of the sharks and rays that live among the world’s corals are t...
February 16, 2023
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Glacial Lake Floods Threaten Communities in Asia, S. America
Melting mountain glaciers pose a growing flood risk to some 15 million people around the world, rese...
February 15, 2023
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Graves Sink, Fisheries Shrink As Climate Change Hits Fiji
TOGORU, Fiji (AFP-Jiji) — The sea has already swallowed the village graveyard in Togoru, Fiji, and l...
February 9, 2023
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All-Paper Coffee Cups Trialed at FamilyMart
FamilyMart Co. launched a trial run of its all-paper cups for freshly made hot coffee and other drin...
February 8, 2023
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Venice Recruits Next Generation in Flooding Fight amid Climate Change
VENICE (AFP-Jiji) — As rising waters fuel fears that Venice may one day be entirely submerged, local...
February 2, 2023
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Coral Bleaching Causing ‘Unnecessary’ Fish Fights
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Fish that have lost food due to mass coral bleaching are getting into more unnece...
January 26, 2023
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EU Monitor: Last 8 Years Warmest on Record Globally
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — The last eight years were the warmest on record even with the cooling influence o...
January 26, 2023
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Yellow-band Disease Ravages Thailand’s Coral
BAN KO SAMAESAN, Thailand (AFP-Jiji) — Underneath the calm turquoise waters off eastern Thailand, a ...
January 19, 2023
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Britain’s 2022 was hottest year on record
LONDON (Reuters) — Britain experienced its hottest year on record in 2022, the national weather serv...
January 13, 2023
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Hokkaido man may have made deadly firearm
SAPPORO (Jiji Press) — A man in Hokkaido who was indicted last year for allegedly possessing black p...
January 12, 2023
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Spain records hottest year ever in 2022
MADRID (AP) — Spain is about to conclude its hottest year on record, the nation’s weather service sa...
December 28, 2022
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Large-scale offshore wind farm begins operation
AKITA — Commercial operation of Japan’s first large-scale offshore wind farm began at Noshiro Port i...
December 22, 2022
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Warming climate ups threat from bark beetle
HELSINKI (AFP-Jiji) — Deep in the Finnish woods, the moss and blueberry shrubs hide a deadly threat ...
December 21, 2022
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