Mount Everest: Melting glaciers expose dead bodies
From BBC Expedition operators are concerned at the number of climbers’ bodies that are becoming exposed on Mount Everest as its glaciers melt. Nearly 300 mountaineers have died on the…
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Rogue waves occurring less but 'becoming more extreme'
From BBC Rogue waves – huge swells that can appear from calm seas – are occurring less often but becoming more extreme, data from the US coast suggests. In the…
Missouri River towns face deluge as floods move downstream
VALLEY, Neb. (Reuters) - A string of small Missouri towns prepared for the next deluge along the raging Missouri River on Wednesday after flooding wreaked nearly $1.5 billion in damage…
The Indonesian paradise island drowning in plastic
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Amnesty faults electric vehicle batteries as carbon intensive
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amnesty International is seen next to director of Mujeres En Linea Luisa Kislinger, during a news conference to announce the results of an investigation into…
Missouri towns prepare for deluge as floods move downstream
VALLEY, Neb. (Reuters) - A string of small Missouri towns on Wednesday prepared for the next deluge along the snow-melt-swollen Missouri River after flooding wreaked nearly $1.5 billion in damage…
Vale halts operations at another mine in Minas after test
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Vale SA is pictured in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 7, 2017. Picture taken August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Ricardo MoraesSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian mining company…
Miner Vale quashed dam safety audit efforts before Brazil disaster: prosecutor
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Executives at Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, quashed efforts by Brazilian authorities to audit one of the company’s mining dams months before it…
Missouri towns brace for more flooding as Nebraska cleans up
VALLEY, Neb. (Reuters) - Small Missouri towns on Wednesday prepared for the next wave of flooding along the snow melt-swollen Missouri River after high waters wreaked an estimated $1 billion…
U.S. judge blocks drilling over climate change, casting doubt on Trump agenda
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge has blocked oil drilling planned in Wyoming because the government failed to adequately consider its impact on global warming - a decision that could complicate…