environment
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Hollywood stars aren't the only celebrities who live in the hills around Los Angeles -- Southern California's mountain lions also make their homes there and are sometimes almost as famous. The animal, also known as a puma or a cougar, is the region's apex predator, and spotting them is something of a hobby for locals. A 2013 photograph of the much loved -- but unimaginatively named -- P-22 in front of the Hollywood sign cemented the creature's place in the popular imagination. But the picture also highlighted the difficulties faced by a species whose habitat...
AFP
Image by Tanpa Dhakal via Nepali Times, used with permission. This story was originally published by Tanka Dhakal at the Nepali Times. An edited version is republished below as part of a content-sharing agreement. Yaks, which used to be the mainstay of the culture of Himalayan communities in Nepal, have been in steady decline because of lifestyle changes, human outmigration, inbreeding, and the impact of the climate crisis. The National Agricultural Census shows that the total number of yaks in Nepal went down from 53,000 to 48,000 over the past three years. There are now fewer than 10,000 hou...
Global Voices
7日朝、静岡県富士宮市の山林にしかけられたシカ用のワナに、体長1mあまりのクマがかかり、捕獲されたあ...
テレビ静岡
静岡県内は7日も危険な暑さとなっています。すでに猛暑日となっているところもあり熱中症への警戒が必要で...
テレビ静岡
Maloraneng village. Photo provided by The Colonist Report, used with permission. For eight months, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi, Sechaba Mokhethi, and Cindy Sipula investigated years of outcry from residents living near a UK diamond mining company. Their investigation report was originally published by The Colonist Report, and a shorter version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement.** Gem Diamonds Limited, a diamond mining company based in the United Kingdom that has won awards for improving local communities’ access to clean water, has been accused of polluting dri...
Global Voices
オートバイの8時間耐久レースに出場する浜松ゆかりの3チームの壮行会が、静岡県浜松市で開かれました。 ...
テレビ静岡
Tulum (Mexico) (AFP) - Beryl weakened to a tropical storm Friday after hitting Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane, with fierce winds causing material damage but no injuries along the touristic Yucatan Peninsula. Now headed for the Gulf of Mexico, Beryl is expected to intensify as it moves toward northeastern Mexico and the US state of Texas by the end of the weekend, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC). After tearing through the Caribbean and coastal Venezuela leaving seven people dead, the storm hit southeast Mexico early Friday with winds of up to 175 kilometers (108 m...
AFP
Mariposa (United States) (AFP) - California firefighters battled multiple blazes in record heat Friday, with a new fire breaking out near the famous Yosemite National Park even as a larger inferno further north came under control. Temperatures up to 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47 degrees Celsius) were recorded in the western US state Friday, as the region's latest heat wave nears its peak. "Dangerous heat is likely to become more widespread in the West today and Saturday... Temperatures will be 15-30 degrees above average for much of the West Coast today," warned the National Weather Service. "Wid...
AFP
Mariposa (États-Unis) (AFP) - Les pompiers de Californie luttent contre plusieurs incendies en pleine vague de chaleur vendredi, avec un nouveau feu qui s'est déclaré près du célèbre parc national Yosemite alors qu'un brasier plus au nord a été maîtrisé. Des températures allant jusqu'à 47 degrés sont prévues vendredi dans cet Etat de l'Ouest américain, alors que la vague de chaleur frappant la région est près de son pic. "Une chaleur dangereuse va certainement se répandre davantage dans l'Ouest aujourd'hui (vendredi) et samedi", ont prévenu les services météorologiques américains (NWS). "On s'...
AFP (Français)
地球もアスリートも笑顔になる、最先端のシューズとは。 全体がほぼ真っ白でカラーリングされた最新のラン...
FNNプライムオンライン
閲覧を続けるには、ノアドット株式会社が「プライバシーポリシー」に定める「アクセスデータ」を取得することを含む「nor.利用規約」に同意する必要があります。
「これは何?」という方はこちら