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Million hectares lost in Bolivia fires as Amazon continues to burn

Million hectares lost in Bolivia fires as Amazon continues to burn

Emile Agard . August 26, 2019

The world has focused on Brazil but neighbouring Bolivia is also under threat from rapidly spreading fires.

$Second earthquake stops work at UK's only fracking site just days after largest tremor recorded$

Second earthquake stops work at UK's only fracking site just days after largest tremor recorded

Sophie Abitz . August 25, 2019

Site experienced a tremor measuring 1.05 on the Richter scale two days after a magnitude 1.55 tremor.

Trump offers Brazil help with Amazon fires

Trump offers Brazil help with Amazon fires

Gian Bianchi . August 24, 2019

President Donald Trump offered Friday to help Brazil contain forest fires raging in the Amazon rain forest, putting him at....

Greenland's Summer Heat Breaks Records as 440 Billion Tons of Ice Expected to Disappear

Greenland's Summer Heat Breaks Records as 440 Billion Tons of Ice Expected to Disappear

Emile Agard . August 21, 2019

(HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland) — This is where Earth’s refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to....

Trump just put off a meeting with Denmark because they won’t talk about selling Greenland

Trump just put off a meeting with Denmark because they won’t talk about selling Greenland

Sophie Abitz . August 21, 2019

Trump was due to visit Copenhagen in early September to meet with Frederiksen and Greenland Premier Kim Kielsen.

Australian power stations among world's worst for toxic air pollution

Australian power stations among world's worst for toxic air pollution

George Scott . August 19, 2019

Coal-fired stations in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley and NSW’s Lake Macquarie region among biggest hotspots for deadly sulphur dioxide, report finds.

Exposure to polluted air is like smoking a pack a day, study says

Exposure to polluted air is like smoking a pack a day, study says

Emile Agard . August 18, 2019

Long-term exposure to air pollution, especially ground-level ozone, is like smoking about a pack of cigarettes a day for many....

‘Greenland Is Not for Sale’: Trump’s Talk of a Purchase Draws Derision

‘Greenland Is Not for Sale’: Trump’s Talk of a Purchase Draws Derision

Sophie Abitz . August 17, 2019

“I hope it’s a joke, because it’s a terrible and grotesque thought,” said Martin Lidegaard, chairman of Denmark’s Foreign Policy....