Environment

The world is expected to experience more record temperatures over the next five years, with Arctic warming predicted at more than three times the global average, a new report by ...

By Eleni Panayiotou We’ve all done it, left food on our plates after over-ordering at a restaurant or thrown out most of the Cyprus Sunday barbecue (you know who ...

A roundtable discussion held by the French embassy in Nicosia revealed that Cyprus protects only 18 per cent of its marine area, falling short of the international target of 30 per cent. “...

Farmers of the Xyliatos area, Nicosia district, sent out a distress call on Tuesday warning that their crops were dying, calling on authorities to make arrangements so that water from ...

By Kate Abnett The European Union is facing further pressure from member countries to delay and weaken its upcoming law to restrict deforestation, with 11 governments demanding changes, a document seen ...

By Stelios Misinas Off the Greek island of Alonissos in the eastern Aegean Sea, volunteer divers grab decaying plastic bottles, a tyre and a rusted anchor chain from the seabed ...

By Tim Cocks Until the last half-decade, the majestic lesser flamingo had four African breeding sites: two salt pans in Botswana and Namibia, a soda lake in Tanzania, and an ...

The bathing waters in the Lady’s Mile area will be observed through a new water quality monitoring programme implemented by the environmental department and the British bases. Under the ...

The forestry department called on the public to “honour” European parks day with “care and respect”. European parks day is held every year on May 24, with the department saying the ...

Aglandjia Mayor Andreas Constantinou on Friday criticised the state for failing to promote the pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) waste scheme, for which his municipality was a pioneer. “Aglandjia is being punished for ...

Despite efforts by the current government to fully postpone green taxation, which the Anastasiades administration had built into the framework for Cyprus to access recovery and resilience funds, the EU ...

Can water inspire art? It seems so, as the new narrative exhibition Reading Waters, opening at AG Leventis Gallery’s Coco_Creativity Centre, presents student artworks related to water and ...

The new German government has signalled to France it will no longer object to treating nuclear power on a par with renewable energy in EU legislation, French officials said, confirming ...

By Gaby Oraa and Efrain Otero Venezuelan biologist Carlos Alvarado, 34, has one hand on the young crocodile’s neck and another on its tail. With the help of some tape ...

Cyprus will have its first large-scale electricity storage system operational within the next 16 months, the energy minister said on Monday. Speaking at the Green Agenda Cyprus Summit in Nicosia, George ...

Historical climate patterns could offer a way to combat climate change  The fifth month of 2025 is nearing its end, and Cyprus has already faced its first wildfire, several heatwaves and ...

The British Bases (SBA) issued a warning on Saturday that the Ladies Mile beach should not be used for swimming until further notice. According to the bases, recent water analyses ...

Black-winged white stilts wade through a salt pan, plunging their beaks into the water in search for food at the Kalloni bay on the Greek island of Lesbos, as bird-lovers ...

The government is pursuing a full postponement of payment of so-called “green taxes” by Cyprus, according to recent statements of President Nikos Christodoulides on the matter. Negotiations to officially alter ...

In summer 2023, Dimitris Marinelis spent days on the frontline of Europe’s biggest wildfire in northern Greece, protecting homes and setting up anti-fire zones as flames engulfed a forest. Like ...

Cyprus’ environment department has rejected plans for a 33-turbine wind farm near two protected Natura 2000 zones, citing irreversible damage to wildlife habitats and increased threats to vulnerable species. The proposed 49.5...

By Isabelle Yr Carlsson The world’s first commercial-scale e-methanol plant began operations in Denmark on Tuesday, with shipping giant Maersk set to buy part of the production as a ...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, the power of mighty rivers combines with the pull of the moon’s gravity to form waves that run for dozens of miles. Record-breaking Brazilian ...

Strengthening local farmers’ markets is a key pillar of the agriculture ministry’s policy, Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday. Speaking at an educational farmers market in the orchard of ...