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Trade winds spur hiatus in global warming: study An unprecedented spike in Pacific trade winds has seen global warming slow significantly in the past 12 years but the effect is only temporary and temperatures will surge.

11 February 2014

US, French presidents call for 'ambitious' climate change deal The presidents of France and the United States issued a joint call Monday for other nations to join them in seeking an "ambitious" agreement to curb climate change.

10 February 2014

Mystery giant jellyfish washes up in Australia Scientists were Thursday working to classify a new species of giant jellyfish that washed up on an Australian beach, describing it as a "whopper" that took their breath away.

06 February 2014

400 dolphins dead on Peru beaches The bodies of around 400 dolphins washed up on beaches in northern Peru last month, baffling authorities who are so far mystified as to the cause.

05 February 2014

Japan asks Netherlands to act against anti-whalers Japan on Monday said it was asking the Netherlands to take "practical measures" against a Dutch-registered vessel that collided with a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean.

03 February 2014

New York declares war on swans In Britain, wild swans may be prized for their beauty and protected by the Queen, but the US state of New York has declared war on them, branding them a violent menace.

01 February 2014

Australia approves plan to dump dredge spoil in Barrier Reef Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority on Friday approved the dumping of up to three million cubic metres of dredge waste in park waters in a move blasted by environmentalists.

31 January 2014

World's oldest flamingo dies in Australian zoo, aged 83 Staff at Adelaide Zoo were in mourning Friday after the world's oldest flamingo, and their oldest resident, died aged 83.

31 January 2014

Bats bounce back in Europe: EU watchdog Europe's bat population recovered by more than 40 percent between 1993 and 2011 after decades of decline.

30 January 2014

Aktobe agglomeration to max out at 1.3 million citizens The urban agglomeration of Aktobe in western Kazakhstan can allow no more than 1.3 million people.

28 January 2014

Brazil scientists warn on dwindling jaguar population The jaguar could soon become extinct in Brazil's tropical Atlantic forest, threatening the shrinking primitive forest itself.

28 January 2014

Australia to go ahead with shark 'kill' zones A controversial policy to catch and kill sharks off popular west coast beaches got the green light in Australia, in a move the Humane Society Tuesday termed a "complete disgrace".

22 January 2014

Fugitive campaigner hails Japan anti-dolphin hunt messages Fugitive eco-activist Paul Watson said Monday he hoped anti-dolphin hunting comments like those by US ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, would put pressure on Tokyo to halt the practice.

20 January 2014

Obama invites Merkel to Washington after phone-tap row President Barack Obama invited German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington on Wednesday, hoping to mend fences after a row provoked by revelations of US eavesdropping on her cellphone.

09 January 2014

'Exceptionally rare' conjoined whales found in Mexico Fishermen have found two conjoined gray whale calves in a northwestern Mexican lagoon, a discovery that a government marine biologist described as "exceptionally rare."

08 January 2014

Commercial catching of sturgeons at Caspian banned A moratorium on commercial fishing of sturgeons at the Caspian Sea came into force on January 1, 2014.

06 January 2014

Giant panda in Thailand pregnant, says zoo A zoo in northern Thailand said Sunday that it was preparing for the birth of a second giant panda in the New Year thanks to artificial insemination.

30 December 2013

Rescue of stranded Antarctic ship stalls A Chinese icebreaker has failed to break through thick ice to free a ship carrying scientists and tourists stranded off Antarctica, forcing Australian authorities to look at other rescue options Saturday.

28 December 2013

Fish dives in East Kazakhstan Oblast: Prosecutor's Office The fish population has greatly reduced in water reservoirs of Kazakhstan's East Kazakhstan Oblast: Oblast Prosecutor's Office.

24 December 2013

Anti-whalers dismiss 'sham' Australian surveillance Militant anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd on Monday dismissed as a "sham" Australian government plans to track Japan's annual whale hunt by air instead of by sea, saying it was a toothless and "cowardly" response.

24 December 2013

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