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Inside Japan’s cat island where felines are worshipped at an altar and said to bring good luck
Green
28.05.2024
Inside Japan’s cat island where felines are worshipped at an altar and said to bring good luck
Cats as far as the eye can see: your idea of heaven or hell? Tashirojima, off Japan’s northeastern coast, is…
Belgium issues ultimatum over energy tax reform
Green
22.04.2024
Belgium issues ultimatum over energy tax reform
Belgium has warned fellow member states that failure to agree this week to reform “technically obsolete” EU rules setting minimum…
Why is France protesting a UK ban on bottom trawling in protected areas?
Green
17.04.2024
Why is France protesting a UK ban on bottom trawling in protected areas?
An argument has been brewing for weeks between France and the UK over new post-Brexit fishing rules. Last month, the…
A bottom trawl ban in marine protected areas would be good for everyone
Green
17.04.2024
A bottom trawl ban in marine protected areas would be good for everyone
Bottom trawling is rife in marine protected areas across the UK and EU. Allowing this is endangering our ocean, our…
Greece to become ‘first in Europe’ to ban bottom trawling in all marine protected areas
Green
16.04.2024
Greece to become ‘first in Europe’ to ban bottom trawling in all marine protected areas
Greece will ban bottom trawling in all of its marine protected areas (MPAs) by 2030, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis…
US Great Lakes ice hits record low: What does that mean for the world’s largest freshwater system?
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10.03.2024
US Great Lakes ice hits record low: What does that mean for the world’s largest freshwater system?
Biologists have been keeping tabs on a remote Lake Superior island’s fragile wolf population every winter since 1958. But they…
China’s coast guard to ramp up patrols near Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago after two fishermen die
World
18.02.2024
China’s coast guard to ramp up patrols near Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago after two fishermen die
China is stepping up patrols in the waters off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago, days after two of its…
Thousands of dolphins die off the French coast each year. Is a temporary fishing ban the answer?
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22.01.2024
Thousands of dolphins die off the French coast each year. Is a temporary fishing ban the answer?
France has introduced a temporary ban on nearly all commercial fishing in the Bay of Biscay in an effort to…
Scientists reveal how trawling the bottom of the ocean could release millions of tonnes of CO2
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22.01.2024
Scientists reveal how trawling the bottom of the ocean could release millions of tonnes of CO2
A new study has revealed how much carbon bottom trawling releases into the atmosphere. Much of the damage done by…