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More than half the ice shelves ringing Antarctica that prevent huge glaciers from sliding into the ocean and lifting sea levels are at risk of crumbling due to climate change, researchers said Wednesday.

Eighteen melon-headed whales washed up on the shores of Mauritius on Wednesday, the country's fisheries minister said, dismissing any link to a devastating oil spill earlier this month.

Rampant fires in the Amazon are "poisoning the air" of the world's biggest rainforest, causing a sharp rise in respiratory emergencies in a region already hit hard by Covid-19, said a study published Wednesday.

Experts from the Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE) have successfully documented for the first time a whale shark being cleansed by a "cleaner fish" in the coastal waters of Oslob, Cebu.

Songbirds in tropical rainforests curtail their reproduction to help them survive droughts, according to a study Monday.

Economic valuation of wildlife species, such as marine turtles and blue-naped parrots, is being conducted to help in the prevention of their extinction and protection of their natural systems.

There may be more plastic floating just beneath the surface of the Atlantic ocean today than the estimated total weight of plastic waste dumped in it since 1950, new research showed Tuesday.

The melting of Greenland's ice cap has gone so far that it is now irreversible, with snowfall no longer able to compensate for the loss of ice even if global warming were to end today, according to researchers.

A temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54.4 degrees Celsius) recorded in California's Death Valley on Sunday by the US National Weather Service could be the hottest ever measured with modern instruments, officials say.

A baby African elephant whose birth was live-streamed by a safari park in Mexico has been named Zoom after the video chat app made popular by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Climate Change Commission underscored the role of youth engagement in climate change action.

A mapping has revealed that the island now has nine species of seagrass, with the newest recorded species called Halophila spinulosa.

A multi-year comprehensive study to assess the potential impacts of different climate change scenarios including rise in sea levels among associated hazards in key cities across the Philippines is now in the works.

Around 6,894 pangolins were seized from illegal wildlife trade in the Philippines from 2018-2019 pointing to a "troubling" nine-fold increase in the confiscation of the critically endangered animal over the last two decades, according to international non-government organization, Traffic.

With everyone staying at home, waste also piles up. Don't be a burden to the earth. Do your recycling now.

Local group in Aklan promotes green practices to help reduce unnecessary waste.

Miss Universe 2015 looks forward to learning more about sustainability and sharing messages of conservation with the rest of the country

The President urged Congress to enact a law creating the Boracay Island Development Authority, which he described as 'important.'