The smog levels in the southern Chinese city of Liuzhou are not yet dire, but if the city fails to deal with its pollution, it will only get worse over time. Italian design firm Stefano Boeri…
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For the second year running, Urmia Lake in northwestern Iran has ditched its trademark green hue for a blood red color but that is not a cause for concern.
The lake, which is gradually…
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Poor management of agricultural waste is depriving Iran of a means of improving soil fertility, an official at the Department of Environment said.
In an interview with ISNA, Mohammad Javad…
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Senior Iranian and United Nations officials will attend the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Combating Sand and Dust Storms, the UN Resident Coordinator in Iran Gary Lewis said…
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A dead dolphin on Saturday washed up on a secluded beach in Bandar Abbas, a southern port city in Hormozgan Province, a senior official at the provincial Department of Environment said.
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Global solar energy production is taking a major hit due to air pollution and dust.
According to a new study, airborne particles and their accumulation on solar cells are cutting energy…
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Tehran experienced the highest air quality in the Iranian month of Khordad (May 22–June 21) in the past six years, data on Tehran Municipality’s air quality website showed.
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A quarter of England’s rivers are at risk of running dry, with devastating consequences for wildlife, according to data obtained by WWF under freedom of information rules.
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The implementation of a plan to turn Hendurabi Island in the Persian Gulf into a tourist resort–or the “Island of Peace” as the advocates of the scheme call it–has resumed a year after it was put…
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Norway told visiting Brazilian President Michel Temer on Friday that it would slash its payments to help safeguard the Amazon rainforest in 2017 by more than half to about $35 million because of a…
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Helicopters in Iran repurposed for combating wildfires are not efficient enough to extinguish huge forest fires as they were not originally designed for the purpose, the deputy head of Protection…
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The owner of Burger King has pledged to eliminate deforestation from its supply chains by 2030 but scientists say the company is not moving fast enough to stop its hamburgers from destroying…
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Every once in a while you come across a piece of news that gives you a reason to pause. For me, the most recent news I read, which got me thinking, was one about Tehran’s residents writing to the…
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Bid-e Abrisham forests in Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Province on Sunday witnessed wildfires for the third time in as many days.
The forests are part of the East Dena Protected Area, which…
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The Caspian Hyrcanian forests that hug the southern shores of the Caspian Sea in northern Iran are considered “ecological treasures” by both officials and activists due to the region’s unrivaled…
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A Chilean expedition into the Atacama Desert has identified the first known breeding grounds of the ringed storm-petrel, a seabird of unknown population size that is endemic to the western coast…
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The salinity of water resources in the arid province of Yazd is increasing due to manmade factors, the managing director of Yazd Regional Water Company said.
Generally, the planet’s…
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Global warming was a factor in a deadly fire that hit central Portugal and left more than 60 people dead, it’s been claimed.
Thomas Curt, a researcher at the National Research Institute of…
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Every year, millions of tons of plastics are produced and trashed, with some ending up in the sea, and gobbled up by fish.
Even though countries don’t report on how much plastic they…
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An image of a Persian leopard has been captured by camera traps in Shaskouh Protected Area in South Khorasan Province.
“That is the second time a Persian leopard has been spotted in the…
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The Department of Environment has warned campers and locals against building fires in areas vulnerable to wildfires while the temperatures are high. In a statement on its website on Friday, DOE…
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May 2017 was the second-warmest May in 137 years of modern record-keeping, according to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New…
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Once battling desiccation, Hamoun Wetlands in Sistan-Baluchestan Province are now said to be "ecologically stable", with around 40% of the wetlands filled up with 20 centimeters to one meter of…
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Hong Kong last week launched a landmark bill to ban its ivory trade on Wednesday, describing it as an effort to "eradicate" the illegal poaching of elephants.
The southern Chinese city is a…
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Urmia Lake's water level is expected to drop due to high summer temperatures, the deputy for planning at Urmia Lake Restoration Project said.
"Given that this summer is forecast to be…
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