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The Chiribiquete National Park, Colombia's largest protected area declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018, owes part of its conservation to decades of FARC domination

Colombian Rebels Holding Amazon Hostage In Peace Talks

Colombian guerrilla fighters, who long used kidnapping to raise cash and gain negotiating clout, have turned to a new type of hostage: the Amazon rainforest.

Recycled 'Zombie' Misinformation Targets US Voters

Recycled falsehoods are helping anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr to make political inroads

Migrants, vaccines, pedophilia rings -- old conspiracy theories are resurfacing ahead of the US election despite being repeatedly debunked, in what researchers call "zombie" falsehoods that appear to resonate with polarized voters.

NASA Engineers Restore Communication With Voyager 1 From 15 Billion Miles Away

This NASA file image obtained August 9, 2002 shows one of the Voyager spacecraft

The saga of Voyager 1's communication blackout began in December, when NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) reported that the spacecraft was transmitting unintelligible data back to Earth.

Map of southern China's Guangdong province, locating the areas most affected by heavy rainfall in recent days.

Highest-level Rainstorm Warning Issued In South China's Guangdong

More than 100,000 people have been evacuated due to heavy rain and fatal floods in southern China, with the government issuing its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area on Tuesday.

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About three-quarters of crops producing fruits or seeds for human consumption depend on pollination, including from butterflies

In Ecuadoran Amazon, Butterflies Provide A Gauge Of Climate Change

Biologists on a trail in the Ecuadoran Amazon hold their breath as they distribute a foul-smelling delicacy to lure butterflies, critical pollinators increasingly threatened by climate change.

The Biennale Arte 2024 runs until November 24

Venice's 60th Biennale Opens On Humanity And The Fragile Planet

Venice's 60th Biennale international art show has opened its doors, exploring humankind's relationship with the fragile planet, from Greenland's icecaps to deforestation in the Amazon.

Europe Suffered Record Number Of 'Extreme Heat Stress' Days In 2023: Monitors

Europe endured a record number of "extreme heat stress" days in 2023, two leading climate monitors said Monday, underscoring the threat of increasingly deadly summers across the continent.

'I believe I can repair 98 percent of all the umbrellas I get,' says Slovenian Marija Lah

Slovenia's Umbrella Doctor Weathers The Economic Storm

While most people believe a malfunctioning umbrella means you have to buy a new one, Slovenian Marija Lah -- one of Europe's last umbrella repairers -- has spent her life proving them wrong.

Aerial view of a soybean plantation in the municipality of Montividiu, Goias State, Brazil, taken on January 22, 2024

'Harvesting Data': Latin American AI Startups Transform Farming

For centuries, farmers used almanacs to try to understand and predict weather patterns.

The National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) is an ecologically important region for grizzly and polar bears, caribou (reindeer) and hundreds of thousands of migratory birds

Oil, Gas Drilling Blocked In Alaska Wilds As Biden Seeks Green Cred

The United States on Friday blocked oil, gas and mining operations across tracts of unspoiled wilderness in Alaska, winning praise from environmentalists for safeguarding habitat for polar bears, caribou and other Arctic species.

UNCTAD's Rebeca Grynspan compared the debt burden facing poorer countries to "a reverse blood transfusion"

UN Says Solutions Exist To Rapidly Ease Debt Burden Of Poor Nations

The heavy debt weighing on developing countries can be alleviated through readily available measures, the UN's trade and development chief said, pleading for bold international action.

Dubai saw the most rain in one day since records began 75 years ago, clogging highways and flooding its airport

Dubai Roads, Airport Reel From Floods After Record Rains

Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and its major airport was in chaos as the Middle East financial centre remained gridlocked on Wednesday, a day after the heaviest rains on record.

PuraVida's Nutritious, Delicious And Preservative-Free Go-To Product Line For Kids: KidsLife™

PuraVida's KidsLife™ Products promote healthy eating habits from a young age, educating parents and children about nutrition through resources like nutritional facts and meal planning tips.

Exploring The Powerful Benefits Of Natural Health Products Made With Cutting-Edge Science

In a post-COVID world, society is branching away from pharmaceutical medicine and seeking support that may be less likely to cause side effects.

Brazil and France's finance ministers called for a series of steps to implement a fairer international taxation

At IMF, Brazil And France Renew Push For 'Fairer' International Taxation

The international community must do more to make the world's richest companies and individuals pay their "fair" share of taxes, Brazil and France's finance ministers said Wednesday.

Poor countries the smallest emitters but the most vulnerable to climate change

Climate Impacts Set To Cut 2050 Global GPD By Nearly A Fifth

Climate change caused by CO2 emissions already in the atmosphere will shrink global GDP in 2050 by about $38 trillion, or almost a fifth, no matter how aggressively humanity cuts carbon pollution, researchers said Wednesday.

Rudiger Gretschel, Reyneke's chief winemaker and director, said they wanted to design a farm that would still be relevant in up to 100 years

Wine Growers 'On Tip Of Africa' Race To Adapt To Climate Change

At a South African wine farm, dry, uprooted grapevines are stacked at the bottom of a hilly stretch of brown fallow land.

The UN has called natural disasters a 'serious threat' to Tajikistan's economic stability

In Tajikistan, Climate Migrants Flee Threat Of Fatal Landslides

Peeling onions in her new home, Yodgoroy Makhmaliyeva recalled the terrifying moment four years ago when a landslide buried her family home in mountainous Tajikistan.

An AFP team saw bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef during a recent visit

Australia's Great Barrier Reef Hit By Record Bleaching

Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst bleaching event on record, the country's reef authority reported on Wednesday.

Researchers said more studies need to be done on whether other bumblebee species have a similiar trait

Queen Bumblebees Surprise Scientists By Surviving Underwater

Bumblebees can surprisingly withstand days underwater, according to a study published Wednesday, suggesting they could withstand increased floods brought on by climate change that threaten their winter hibernation burrows.

Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has presented a new government budget to lawmakers

Canada Budget Woos Young Voters, Asks Rich To Pay More

The government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday unveiled a federal budget that seeks to woo young voters while asking the wealthy to pay higher taxes.