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Changing climate pushes migrating birds from parched Tunisian wetlands

August 16, 2023888 Views

Tunisia's lakes and coastal lagoons are parched and overheating, endangering a delicate ecosystem and disrupting the vast flocks of migrating birds that use the wetlands as a way station between Africa and Europe. Ariana lagoon just outside the capital Tunis has been left a cracked expanse of dry mud, its small islands where birds usually nest now surrounded by sand and bereft of life after months of drought and a ferocious heatwave. A view shows part of the dried-out Ariana lagoon, in Ariana, Tunisia August 11, 2023. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui Even the nearby Sijoumi lagoon, where water has always been more reliable, is half empty, its flocks of flamingos casting a pale pink smear across a patch of wetland as Tunis suburbs rise on the hill behind. "This year you can feel there...

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China passes landmark law to protect Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ecosystem

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April 27, 2023856 Views

China's top legislature on Wednesday adopted a law to protect the fragile ecosystem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as "the roof of the world." The law on ecological conservation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, passed at a standing committee session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, will take effect on Sept. 1. The law is a new addition to China's laws for special regions, following the enactment of the Yangtze River Protection Law, the Yellow River Protection Law, and the Black Soil Protection Law. "The plateau is an important shield for China's ecological security. Therefore, the promulgation of the law bears great significance," said Yuan Jie, head of the administrative law section of the Legislative Affairs Commission under the NPC Standing C...

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Norway to close its last Arctic coal mine in 2023

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September 30, 20211526 Views

Norway’s state-owned coal company will close its last mine in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago in 2023, it said on Thursday, causing the loss of 80 jobs and ending 120 years of exploitation. While Store Norske Spitsbergen Kullkompani (SNSK) has shut its major mines in the islands over the past two decades, it had kept the smaller Mine 7 open, primarily to ensure supplies to a local coal-fired power plant, as well as some exports. FILE PHOTO: Low clouds are seen in the Kings Bay of Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway, October 12, 2015. REUTERS/Anna Filipova The Arctic islands are warming faster than almost anywhere on Earth, highlighting the risks to fragile ecosystems from climate change, and Norway aims to cut its overall emissions, although it also remains a major oil and gas producer....