Climate and environment

Congo cancels an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration

DAKAR, Senegal -- Congo canceled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, its government said, citing late submissions…

1 month ago

Disney World and other Orlando parks to reopen Friday after Hurricane Milton shutdown

2024-10-11 08:25:03 ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida theme parks including Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld planned to reopen Friday…

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Kazakhstan faces up to the legacy of Soviet weapons testing in a vote on nuclear power

MOSCOW -- Polls are open in Kazakhstan Sunday for a landmark referendum on building the country’s first nuclear power plant,…

1 month ago

How farmers in Burundi banded together to get fair prices for avocados

KAYANZA, Burundi -- Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway…

2 months ago

Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping

MADISON, Wis. -- Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could…

2 months ago

Floods inundate Thailand’s northern tourist city of Chiang Mai

BANGKOK -- Chiang Mai, Thailand's northern city popular with tourists, was inundated by widespread flooding Saturday as its main river…

2 months ago

Dunedin, New Zealand, records its wettest day in a century as flooding cuts the city off by road

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The New Zealand city of Dunedin was cut off by road due to flooding Friday after…

2 months ago

Takeaways from The Associated Press’ report on lost shipping containers

LONG BEACH, Wash. -- From clothes to metals used for manufacturing, most of the world’s everyday goods and raw materials…

2 months ago

In India, warming climate pressures scientists to keep developing tougher seeds

BENGALURU, India -- Unpredictable rains and increasing heat aren't just making life more difficult for the people of Rayanpet, a…

2 months ago

Online voting in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant

2024-10-03 01:15:03 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Let the chunk-off begin.Voting starts Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s…

2 months ago

Along Mexico’s Pacific coast, flooding from Hurricane John left devastated towns and 17 dead

Along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, floodwaters have begun to recede, leaving behind devastated towns and 17 dead, after John struck…

2 months ago

Harvesting hops for beer produces a lot of waste. These German groups are seeking to fix that

MUNICH -- Two students in Munich, sipping beers on their dormitory couch in 2022, chatted about a recent lecture describing…

2 months ago

Desperation and exhaustion in North Carolina’s mountains days after Helene’s deluge

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Desperate residents of the storm-battered mountains of western North Carolina lined up for water and food, hunted…

2 months ago

Voters in Northern California county to vote on whether to allow large-scale farms

PETALUMA, Calif. -- In a stretch of Northern California known for scenic shorelines and celebrated vineyards, hundreds of brown-bodied hens…

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Britain’s last coal-fired electricity plant is closing. It ends 142 years of coal power in the UK

LONDON -- Britain’s last coal-fired power plant is closing on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation…

2 months ago

Police says flooding and landslide death toll in Nepal has reached 193 while rescue and recovery work is stepped up

Police says flooding and landslide death toll in Nepal has reached 193 while rescue and recovery work is stepped up

2 months ago

Death toll in Nepal flooding and landslides reaches at least 100, with dozens still missing

Death toll in Nepal flooding and landslides reaches at least 100, with dozens still missing

2 months ago

10 homes have collapsed into the Carolina surf. Their destruction was decades in the making

2024-09-26 20:15:03 NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A slow-motion catastrophe has been playing out in the coastal North Carolina village of…

2 months ago

Small tsunami waves splash ashore on remote Japanese islands

TOKYO -- Small tsunami waves splashed ashore on remote Japanese islands Tuesday morning after an earthquake that may have been…

2 months ago

John strengthens to a Category 3 hurricane before landfall in southern Mexico tonight

John strengthens to a Category 3 hurricane before landfall in southern Mexico tonight

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