Iceland: View from above as eruption fears loom
BBC correspondent Jessica Parker has flown over Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, where the recent volcanic activity has been concentrated. Scientists say the area could face decades of increased volc… [read more]
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Iceland volcano: Peninsula faces ‘decades’ of instability
Iceland’s south-western peninsula could face decades of volcanic instability, warns the Icelandic Met Office (IMO). Earthquakes and fears of an impending eruption have led to the evacuation of the s… [read more]
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Iceland builds wall to protect power plant from lava
Icelandic authorities are building protective walls around a geothermal power plant in the country’s southwest to protect it from possible lava flows. Officials hope to protect the Svartsengi plant … [read more]
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Dominica to create world’s first sperm whale reserve
The Caribbean island of Dominica says it will create the world’s first sperm whale reserve. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said commercial fishing and large ships would be banned in an area off t… [read more]
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Pablo Escobar’s feral hippos face cull in Colombia
Colombia is to cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a herd owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said that 20 would be sterilised, others would be … [read more]
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Australia shark attack: Search under way for surfer feared dead
South Australian police are searching for the body of a man thought to have been killed in a shark attack. The 55-year-old was surfing near Granites Beach south of Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula … [read more]
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Mangrove forests: Steely gaze of young tigress wins photo awards
Soham Bhattacharyya has been named overall winner of this year’s Mangrove Photography Awards, for his image of an endangered tigress in the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve, India. Image source, Soham B… [read more]
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The Soviet spacecraft cemetery in the Pacific
In the middle of the South Pacific, around 2,688km (1,670 miles) from the nearest dry land, is a frigid patch of anonymous ocean a deadly place of giant, ever-shifting swells, dramatic skies and stor… [read more]
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Fat Bear Week 2023: Can chubby cub 806 Jr beat the seasoned champions?
His bodyweight has increased nearly 7,000% since the day he was born, which was less than a year ago. And now this 70lb (31kg) spring cub, known as 806 Jr, is taking on the champions of chonk in thi… [read more]
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Redonda: Tiny Caribbean island’s transformation to wildlife haven
The incredible eco-restoration of one tiny Caribbean island – transformed from desolate rock to verdant wildlife haven in just a few years – has captured the imagination of environmentalists worldwid… [read more]
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