بريطانيا تفتح باب التنقيب عن الغاز في بحر الشمال
وافقت بريطانيا على الحفر في حقل جاكدو للغاز في بحر الشمال لتعزيز أمن الطاقة، ورحب قطاع الطاقة بالقرار، بينما حذرت منظمة غرينبيس من تداعياته المناخية وشكك منتقدون في خفض فواتير الطاقة.
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El Nino could be ’literally off the monitoring charts’: UN
WMO’s latest global seasonal climate updates forecast that sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean may rise to 3.8C above average.
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Prized Wild Pepper at Risk in Madagascar’s Shrinking Forests
A rare wild pepper endemic to Madagascar and prized by international chefs is facing an uncertain future, victim of its own success and the destruction of its forest habitat. With its subtle, aromatic flavor, Voatsiperifery pepper grows on vines that reach into the canopy of the island's natural forests, which shrank 27 percent between 1990 and 2025, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Feared Extinct, Bangka Slow Loris Primate Rediscovered in Indonesia
The Bangka slow loris is one of Earth's most exotic primates, a slow-moving tree dweller that happens to be venomous. It was listed as critically endangered and possibly extinct, last scientifically documented in the 1930s, but now has been rediscovered on the tropical Indonesian island of Bangka. Scientists revealed in a new study that an animal rescue organization came across more than 90 Bangka slow loris individuals in recent years on Bangka, located off the southeastern coast of Sumatra. Most were returned to the wild.