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Irish aid worker: Malawi faces existential threat from climate change
An Irish aid worker living in Malawi has said that climate change is posing an “existential threat” that could leave parts of the...
Malawians dare to hope in face of David-Goliath climate struggle
There is a saying in Malawi that if children eat from the fig tree, their parents are the ones who will get sick....
Protests in remote Ladakh enter 3rd week. Locals demand protection of fragile ecology, land autonomy
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Thousands of people in the remote region of Ladakh have been protesting for over two weeks in freezing temperatures,...
Short season on Ontario southern ice road makes First Nation life unpredictable
This winter marked the shortest ice road season anyone can remember on Temagami First Nation. There were just 11 days when the road...
Nevada’s first big-game moose hunt will be tiny as unusual southern expansion defies climate change
RENO, Nev. (AP) — In what will be a tiny big-game hunt for some of the largest animals in North America, Nevada is...
In Uganda, bamboo has government’s backing as a crop with real growth potential
ALONG RIVER RWIZI, Uganda (AP) — Along a stretch of bush by a muddy river, laborers dug and slashed in search of bamboo...
Sprinklers and drip irrigation help Iraqis beat drought
After four years of drought, Iraqi farmer Mohammed Sami was about to abandon his father’s parched land, but then a water-saving irrigation system...
Southeast Brazil battered by downpours, over a dozen killed
A powerful storm has claimed at least 13 lives in southeastern Brazil, particularly in the mountainous parts of Rio de Janeiro state, where...
Borrow a bee colony? Canadian library loans out pollinators
VANCOUVER — Patrons at the West Vancouver Memorial Library are abuzz over a loan program of mason bees that come with their own...
India has millions of dairy farmers. It’s creating a methane problem that’s tricky to solve
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Abinaya Tamilarasu said her four cows are part of the family. She has a degree in commerce from a...
