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Pollution levels in Pakistan’s biggest cities hit record high, officials say
Air pollution in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, soared on Saturday, hitting an all-time high, officials said. Air pollution in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, soared on Saturday, hitting an all-time high for the smog-choked metropolis, officials said. For days, the city of 14 million people has been shrouded in smog, a mixture of fog and pollutants caused by low-grade diesel fuel,…
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Environment
UN biodiversity summit ‘very good progress’: officials
Susana Mohamad (C), Colombian Minister of the Environment and President of COP16, reported that “very good progress has been made” in the UN biodiversity consultations. UN talks on how to “halt and reverse” species declines by 2030 have made “very good progress” as a summit in Colombia reaches the halfway point, officials said Friday. The 16th Conference of the Parties…
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Global coral bleaching is largest in history: US officials
Coral bleaching, like the one seen around Lizard Island on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, occurs when water temperatures are too high. A global coral bleaching event that began last year has quickly become the largest in history, with the area of ​​affected coral reefs continuing to expand, according to a U.S. government agency. “About 77% of the world’s coral reef…
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