If climate pledges aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions do not increase, developing nations will need an additional $270 billion per year to adapt to the impacts of climate change, according…
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The reservoir of Boukan Dam has been feeding the ailing Lake Urmia since Sunday, according to an official at the West Azarbaijan Regional Water Authority.
Speaking to IRNA, Afshin Amirpour…
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NASA has announced an ambitious plan to surround the earth with hundreds of tiny satellites that could monitor wildfires in near real-time within the next three years. The program, dubbed FireSat…
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Data from the UN on global deaths attributed to climate change underscore the human tragedy of weather-related disasters.
A report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction…
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Iran is prepared to adapt to a warming Earth, according to the most recent issue of the University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN).
Iran’s low vulnerability (0.380) and high…
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The world’s northern white rhinoceros population plunged by a quarter on Sunday with a death at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
The 41-year-old female rhino named Nola had undergone surgical…
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A 5.9-magnitude quake struck northern Afghanistan late on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, jolting New Delhi, parts of north India, and Pakistan according to local reports.
The tremor…
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Logging in the Caspian Hyrcanian forests has dropped by 11%, according to Seyyed Vajihollah Mousavi, director of the Forestry Office at the Forest, Range and Watershed Management Organization.…
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The Asiatic black bear’s habitat will be registered as a protected area by the Department of Environment, said the director of Hormozgan Province’s DOE office.
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The Rouhani government’s seemingly successful but much-criticized car loan scheme has found an unlikely supporter in Massoumeh Ebtekar, the head of the Department of Environment.
“Given the…
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The International Committee of the Red Cross has called on Middle Eastern nations to join forces to tackle crippling environmental issues plaguing the region.
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Heavy rainfall in the past few weeks may have done little in the way of alleviating Iran’s looming water crisis, with experts predicting that the country’s water scarcity will hit crisis level by…
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The UN-backed Carbon Sequestration Project is expected to be launched in Eshtehard District in Alborz Province in the near future, according to Hossein Mirrajabi, director of the provincial office…
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Pope Francis will arrive in Kenya on Wednesday to kick off his first official Africa visit. And, as in previous tours, he is expected to speak about an issue close to his heart – climate…
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About half of the 15,000 tree species in the Amazon — the world’s most diverse forest — are threatened by deforestation, an international study said on Friday.
The report lays bare the…
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As one of the most polluted, heavily industrialized and carbon-inefficient cities in Iran, Tehran’s environmental woes call for immediate and effective action.
To that end, the Tehran…
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Removing carbon dioxide gases from the atmosphere to reduce global warming and converting them into green energy is at the heart of a cutting edge research project.
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Ahead of a major climate change meeting in Paris with a goal of reaching a binding global agreement, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday that public health impacts have not been given…
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Month after month this year, above-average — and sometimes record — global temperatures have piled up, raising the odds that this year will be the hottest one humanity has ever experienced. And…
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An international team of hydrologists has come up with the best estimate yet for Earth’s total supply of groundwater, saying that nearly 23 million cubic kilometers of groundwater is contained in…
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Growth of new plant species in Lake Urmia is a sign that the imperiled lake and the life it supports are adapting to the new environment. Masoud Baqerzadeh Karimi, deputy for wetland affairs at…
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A Belgian official has voiced his country’s interest in expanding ties with Iran, namely cooperation on environmental issues.
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An official at the Department of Environment has urged the public and authorities to stop viewing forests as “wood factories” and step up efforts to protect the precious resource.
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Emphasizing the role of the Majlis (Parliament) in environmental protection, Masoumeh Ebtekar urged the nation to vote for environmentally-conscious candidates in the upcoming elections.
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The controversial Shafaroud Dam project has inflicted irreparable damage to the ecologically-rich Caspian Hyrcanian forests in Gilan Province.
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