Articles in "environment"
The Dead Sea’s Hidden Plastic Problem: A Record of Decades of Waste
For more than two decades, plastic waste carried from urban areas has quietly accumulated along the Dead Sea’s shrinking coastline, ...
Earthquake Strikes Caspian Sea on Caspian Sea Day
(AZERTAC) - An earthquake was recorded in the Caspian Sea on Tuesday, coinciding with Caspian Sea Day. According to the information ...
Nearly 800 Green Projects Win Funding Under Bulgaria’s ‘Clean Environment’ Campaign
Sofia (BTA) - In this year's competition for the most original and environmentally informative project on the topic "I love nature and I ...
Hirkan National Park Tops Azerbaijan’s Red Book List for Rare Plant Species
Baku (AZERTAC) - The Hirkan National Park ranks first in Azerbaijan in terms of the number of plant species included in the "Red ...
Poisonous Black Widow Spiders Invade Bayanaul Again
(Kazinform) - Scientists at Bayanaul National Park in northeastern Kazakhstan reported that they had discovered black widow spider egg ...
Urban Birds More Mobile Than Their Rural Counterparts, Researchers Say
Urbanization is reshaping wildlife behavior, as a study released on Monday found that urban birds are more mobile than their rural ...
Israel’s Worst Oil Spill: EAPC Fined $415,000 in Controversial Plea Deal
An Israeli court approved a plea deal on Thursday requiring the Europe Asia Pipeline Company (EAPC) to pay 1.5 million shekels ($415,000) ...
Neuroinfection Caused Mass Die-Off of Caspian Seals – Experts
Mangistau (Kazinform) - According to Aydin Kydyrmanov, laboratory chief at the Research Center of Microbiology and Virology, mass die-off ...
Kerch Strait Oil Spill Poses No Risk of Significant Pollution for Western Black Sea
Sofia (BTA) - Bulgaria's Environment and Waters Ministry (MOEW) is monitoring the situation in the Black Sea following the oil spill in the ...
Harnessing Smartphone Data: A New Frontier in Predicting Wildfires and Natural Disasters
Smartphones could become powerful life-saving tools for detecting and forecasting extreme weather events by simply leveraging micro-sensors ...