A cypress tree believed to be over 800 years old in Darbid Village in Yazd Province has been finally inscribed on the National Heritage List. Sasha Riahi Moqaddam, a deputy at the provincial…
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The birth of a Persian fallow deer fawn in early April in Fars Province's Miankotal Enclosure is the first for the new Iranian year (started March 21).
The enclosure is located in Arzhan…
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While most regions in Iran have been experiencing an unusually cold spring season, the mercury in Ahvaz registered a sweltering 43°C on Friday for the second day in a row.
Power consumption…
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A sanctuary for the threatened mugger crocodile was launched on Friday in Chabahar, Sistan-Baluchestan Province.
According to IRIB News, mugger crocs whose natural habitat is struck by…
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US President Donald Trump wants to trash the previous administration's rules to limit water pollution from coal-fired power plants. The US Environmental Protection Agency's administrator announced…
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Recent reported sightings of the Tasmanian tiger have provided enough incentive for scientists to conduct a search for the animals.
The last thylacine, commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger…
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The extent to which climate change impacts the vital marine food web, which feeds the already pressured global fisheries, is revealed through a new study.
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The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development has pledged to make the Abbasabad-Shahroud road safe for cheetahs in Semnan Province, an official at the the Department of Environment said.
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New research suggests California’s weather is defying the odds.
Meteorologists expected precipitation debts accrued during California’s historic drought to last decades, but a new analysis…
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Lawmakers on Monday approved the total of 12 articles in the Clean Air Bill that aims to curb environmental damage by industrial units.
One of the most consequential articles targets…
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Malaysia has seized 18 rhino horns, bringing Asia’s total to six seizures within one short month and underlining illegal trade’s continued onslaught on rhinos. Royal Malaysian Customs confiscated…
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A water transfer project aimed at restoring the imperiled Miyankaleh Wetland in Mazandaran Province was officially inaugurated on Tuesday.
One of the 613 international biosphere reserves,…
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The Energy Ministry has promised to supply water required for anti-desertification projects in Khuzestan, as the oil-rich province struggles with severe drought and sandstorms.
“Any amount…
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A top official at the Department of Environment has urged voters to elect those with relevant technical expertise and educational background to city councils.
City council elections in Iran…
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The UK government must publish delayed plans on how it will cut greenhouse gas emissions or face legal action, campaigners warned on Tuesday.
In a letter to Britain’s Climate Change and…
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Hawksbill turtles in the Persian Gulf have begun laying eggs on the coasts of Dayyer-Nakhilou Marine National Park in Bushehr Province. Every year at around this time, hawksbill turtles come to…
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Dust storms, which have crippled the southeastern city of Rigan in Kerman Province since last week, have inflicted at least $800,000 in damage, said the city's governor.
Speaking to IRNA,…
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Climate change has a variety of unexpected consequences. The latest: airplane turbulence.
Warmer air and higher concentrations of carbon dioxide are already affecting the movement of jet…
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Northern Ireland's Environment Agency is to seek permission for changes on how it deals with landowners responsible for low-level pollution.
But inspectors say while they are asking EU…
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Last week the Brazilian government reduced the budget for the Ministry of the Environment by 43%. The ministry now has a budget of 446 million Brazilian reals ($141 million).
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Tehran Province's office of the Department of Environment is planning to enhance overnight monitoring of polluting industries in the Iranian capital in the new year that began on March 21.
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Kurdestan Province in western Iran, which borders Iraq, saw a spike in particulate matter concentrations on Saturday but the chief provincial meteorologist said the worst is yet to come.
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The Majlis on Tuesday approved a revised article of the Clean Air Bill that critics, including the Department of Environment, say is pointless.
The original text called for more frequent…
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Six of Ireland’s native dog breeds are now vulnerable to extinction, according to a new book called "Suddenly, While Abroad–Hitler's Irish Slaves" by David Blake Knox. As reported by the Irish…
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan plans to charge the most polluting cars and vans a daily fee of £12.50 ($16) to enter the city center from 2019, the latest city to crack down on gas-guzzling cars.
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