Ukraine’s vast forests devastated in hellscape of war
SVIATI HORY NATIONAL PARK, Ukraine – Serhiy Tsapok surveyed the smoldering ruins of pine trees, blackened stumps as far as the eye can see that bear witness to a scorched …
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As wildfires wipe out forests, Greeks debate: To replant, or not?
ATHENS – When a wildfire tore down a hillside toward Athens last month, its southernmost flank halted in a treeless area burned by fire two years before. A few miles …
Germany’s first hobby horsing championship gallops through Frankfurt
FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany’s first hobby horsing championship will gallop through Frankfurt this weekend, with hundreds of young riders competing in time jumping, style jumping and dressage on their wooden …
The Amazon’s Ashaninka tribe restored their territory. Now they aim to change the region
APIWTXA VILLAGE, Brazil — It was just before dawn when the Ashaninka people, wearing long, tunic-like dresses, began singing traditional songs while playing drums and other instruments. The music drifted …
As the Amazon’s biggest champion approaches 100, he’s still fighting
When Chief Raoni Metuktire was a young man, the Amazon rainforest was a different place. “Nature was all around us,” says the Indigenous Brazilian leader and environmentalist. “There were many …
It’s hard to find treatment for snakebites in Kenya. Thousands are dying every year
MWINGI, Kenya — Esther Kangali felt a sharp pain while on her mother’s farm in eastern Kenya. She looked down and saw a large snake coiling around her left leg. …
Airplanes won’t solve Europe’s wildfire problem, but prevention might.
BRUSSELS – As Europe braces for summer wildfires, it is putting about 550 firefighters and 32 aircraft on standby and plans to spend €600 million ($644 million) on water-bombing planes, …
Government white paper includes goal of halving cedar pollen in 30 years
The government said in an annual report adopted Tuesday that it aims to halve the amount of cedar pollen in the country in 30 years by reducing the area of …
Inside the Met Gala: A fairytale forest, woodland creatures, and some starstuck first-timers
NEW YORK — Sauntering through the hallways of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the way to cocktails, James Corden spread his arms out comically, like he owned the place. …
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Onna, Okinawa Pref. – In Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, there’s a field — now largely overgrown but once home to numerous farms — boxed in by highways, a major U.S. military …