Scientists have found a polluted “dead zone” of ocean that is larger than Wales and the biggest ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said…
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Soon the footpath you walk on could be full of cigarette butts, instead of being littered with them.
Trillions of cigarette butts are produced every year worldwide, with most discarded…
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The number of Persian onagers in Touran Wildlife Refuge, located in Semnan Province, has doubled in the past 10 years, the director of the sanctuary said.
The results were obtained after an…
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Kohgilouyeh–Boyerahmad Province, one of the most densely-forested regions in the country, is facing a major shortage of park rangers.
According to Ezzattolah Beheshtifard, the head of the…
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Temperatures in most parts of Iran are forecast to rise during this week, Iran Meteorological Organization announced. IMO said on its website that coastal regions in the north might experience…
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Heat waves, wildfires and floods could kill more than 150,000 Europeans every year by the end of the century, scientists say.
Experts predict a series of weather-related disasters, if there…
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Luxembourg has asked the European Commission for permission to pollute above the national limit set in the European Union law.
It is one of nine EU member states to do so, along with…
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Scientists searching for everything from oil and gas to copper and gold are adopting techniques used by companies such as Netflix or Amazon to sift through vast amounts of data, a study showed on…
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Long debates on water drilling from a depth of 500-1,000 meters have finally ended with the government’s approval of the project in the southeastern water-stressed province of Sistan-Baluchestan…
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Miankaleh wildlife sanctuary, located in east Mazandaran Province, has been hit with a huge fire, the provincial office of the Department of Environment said. Despite the efforts of park rangers…
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Iran’s commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement to reduce greenhouse emissions has faced objections in recent months by those trying to prevent its ratification through media sensationalism.…
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The plan to transfer water from Caspian Sea in the north to the drought-ridden Semnan Province is undergoing final reviews and waiting for the approval of the Department of Environment.
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Concurrent with the World Ranger Day (observed on July 31), the bill to support park rangers drafted by the Department of Environment in July 2016 has been tabled in the Majlis.
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A “spongy” crystal that can turn thin air into fuel by extracting carbon dioxide has been developed by scientists.
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The Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran is currently working on the production of compost from rice bran and straw so as to prevent its disposal through the environmentally…
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Up to 80% of Thailand's tsunami warning system require maintenance, the deputy director general of its Disaster Prevention Department said on Monday, more than a decade after the region was hit by…
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The first phase of a wastewater treatment plant was launched on July 31 in Eslamshahr near Tehran, the head of the regional water and wastewater organization said.
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Experts conducted field investigations in the southwestern Hoor al-Azim Wetland in Khuzestan Province when a large number of dead fish were reported.
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A man has been arrested on federal smuggling charges after customs officers intercepted a shipment with three live king cobras hidden inside potato chip canisters that were being mailed to his…
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A bird smuggler was arrested in Saravan, Sistan-Baluchestan Province, by the Protection Unit of Department of Environment.
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A Persian leopard has been found dead in Beirami Mountains inside the Tangestan natural reserve in Bushehr Province.
According to the Public Relations Office of the provincial Department of…
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In spite of the rapidly deteriorating quality of soil in Iran, the issue has not received the attention it desperately deserves.
According to a DOE survey, Bushehr and Khuzestan provinces…
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Bauxite mining in Mount Shahvar in Shahroud, Semnan Province, has been widely criticized by environmental experts over the past few months.
Some 3,000 tons of the material are said to be…
EnvironmentThe European Union’s top court has ordered Poland to immediately halt large-scale logging in an ancient protected forest, one of many cases that has pitted the nationalist, euroskeptic government…
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Fire crews gained ground on Tuesday against a nearly week-old wildfire that has torched more than two dozens of buildings and charred hundreds of square miles of Montana prairie and is currently…
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