Public offices and schools in Khuzestan Province were closed Monday due to the dangerously high concentration of PM10 (particulate matter with a diameter of 10 micrometers or less) in the air.
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Job cuts at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation will leave Australia ill-prepared to deal with climate change or meet its commitments under the Paris agreement, the…
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With the Majlis elections only days away, moderates and reformists hope to gain widespread support from environmentalists who have grown weary of the sitting lawmakers’ inaction toward the growing…
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Tehran’s Department of Environment released a statement on Sunday urging residents of the sprawling capital to avoid demanding physical activities outdoors for the foreseeable future.
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The oil slick near the marine border of Iran and Qatar off the coast of Asalouyeh in Bushehr Province has been removed. Speaking to Mehr News Agency, Tiran Jasemzadeh, director of the Asalouyeh…
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Concentration of PM10 (particulate matter with a diameter of 10 micrometers of less) in Abadan, Khuzestan Province reached 2,896 µg/m3 on Saturday — more than 19 times the acceptable daily limit…
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The lifeless bodies of his latest kills — two wild goats — elaborately laid side by side behind his 270 caliber Winchester are clearly visible in the pitch-black darkness of a cold January night.…
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US scientists have discovered a new species of a now-extinct plant, after testing the remains of two flowers that were fossilized in amber. The flowers had been preserved for at least 15 million…
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One of the most recent effects of global warming is the minimal slowing down of sea level rise. However, the increase in planet Earth’s overall temperature may pose different effects on different…
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A fast-growing tumbleweed called “hairy panic” is clogging up homes in a small Australian town.
Extremely dry conditions mean the weeds pile up each day outside a row of homes at Wangaratta…
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Following a visit to Makran Industrial Complex in Chabahar Free Zone, Department of Environment chief Massoumeh Ebtekar voiced her support for the industrial development of the region while…
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Iran’s seemingly endless struggle with water shortage has compelled officials to consider distributing “water cards,” in the same vein as fuel cards, in an attempt to control agricultural…
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Over the last year, Zimbabwe has exported young elephants to China as it looks to reduce its own elephant population. The country has about 80,000 elephants, but says it can only cope with around…
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Covering less than 10% of the country, forests are considered a rare natural resource in Iran, whose semi-arid climate makes it difficult for lush forests to grow. Yet here they are, defying all…
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An official at the National Disaster Management Organization has urged Massoumeh Ebtekar, head of the Department of Environment, to use her influence in the government to draw attention to the…
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The population of a colony of Adélie penguins located in Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica has steeply fallen following the arrival of a massive iceberg, which has dramatically changed the local…
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An estimated four billion people in the world — 71% of the global population — do not have access to enough water supplies in order to meet their daily needs, according to a new study conducted by…
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Tehran’s unabating air pollution has forced schools to cancel physical education classes on Monday and Tuesday.
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Park rangers are set to receive a hardship allowance, based on the proposed budget bill for the next fiscal year (starts March 20). “Special attention has been given in the bill to the work that…
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The highly-publicized project to transfer water from the northern Caspian Sea to the drought-stricken Semnan Province in north central Iran will “permanently” solve the province’s water problems,…
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A year-long research to extensively study the imperiled Hamoun Wetlands in southeastern Iran as part of a plan to revive the lagoon is complete.
“This is the first time the Hamouns have…
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Members of the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (known in Iran as University Jihad) in North Khorasan Province will soon begin mapping the genome of the Turkoman horse. “North…
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An Indian state has proposed reclassifying the country’s national bird — the peacock — as vermin, local media report.
Goa’s Agriculture Minister Ramesh Tawadkar said peacocks were damaging…
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Work to restore coral populations off the coasts of Hengam Island in the Persian Gulf is underway, according to the director of the Coral Aquaculture Project.
Speaking to the media during…
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Every year, dirty air sends some 5.5 million people to an early grave.
That is according to researchers at the University of British Columbia, who on Friday presented new data on air…
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