A cypress tree believed to be over 800 years old in Darbid Village in Yazd Province has been finally inscribed on the National Heritage List. Sasha Riahi Moqaddam, a deputy at the provincial…
Environment
The birth of a Persian fallow deer fawn in early April in Fars Province's Miankotal Enclosure is the first for the new Iranian year (started March 21).
The enclosure is located in Arzhan…
While most regions in Iran have been experiencing an unusually cold spring season, the mercury in Ahvaz registered a sweltering 43°C on Friday for the second day in a row.
Power consumption…
A sanctuary for the threatened mugger crocodile was launched on Friday in Chabahar, Sistan-Baluchestan Province.
According to IRIB News, mugger crocs whose natural habitat is struck by…
US President Donald Trump wants to trash the previous administration's rules to limit water pollution from coal-fired power plants. The US Environmental Protection Agency's administrator announced…
Recent reported sightings of the Tasmanian tiger have provided enough incentive for scientists to conduct a search for the animals.
The last thylacine, commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger…
The extent to which climate change impacts the vital marine food web, which feeds the already pressured global fisheries, is revealed through a new study.
The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development has pledged to make the Abbasabad-Shahroud road safe for cheetahs in Semnan Province, an official at the the Department of Environment said.
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New research suggests California’s weather is defying the odds.
Meteorologists expected precipitation debts accrued during California’s historic drought to last decades, but a new analysis…
Lawmakers on Monday approved the total of 12 articles in the Clean Air Bill that aims to curb environmental damage by industrial units.
One of the most consequential articles targets…
Malaysia has seized 18 rhino horns, bringing Asia’s total to six seizures within one short month and underlining illegal trade’s continued onslaught on rhinos. Royal Malaysian Customs confiscated…
A water transfer project aimed at restoring the imperiled Miyankaleh Wetland in Mazandaran Province was officially inaugurated on Tuesday.
One of the 613 international biosphere reserves,…
The Energy Ministry has promised to supply water required for anti-desertification projects in Khuzestan, as the oil-rich province struggles with severe drought and sandstorms.
“Any amount…
A top official at the Department of Environment has urged voters to elect those with relevant technical expertise and educational background to city councils.
City council elections in Iran…
The UK government must publish delayed plans on how it will cut greenhouse gas emissions or face legal action, campaigners warned on Tuesday.
In a letter to Britain’s Climate Change and…
Hawksbill turtles in the Persian Gulf have begun laying eggs on the coasts of Dayyer-Nakhilou Marine National Park in Bushehr Province. Every year at around this time, hawksbill turtles come to…
Dust storms, which have crippled the southeastern city of Rigan in Kerman Province since last week, have inflicted at least $800,000 in damage, said the city's governor.
Speaking to IRNA,…
Climate change has a variety of unexpected consequences. The latest: airplane turbulence.
Warmer air and higher concentrations of carbon dioxide are already affecting the movement of jet…
Northern Ireland's Environment Agency is to seek permission for changes on how it deals with landowners responsible for low-level pollution.
But inspectors say while they are asking EU…
Last week the Brazilian government reduced the budget for the Ministry of the Environment by 43%. The ministry now has a budget of 446 million Brazilian reals ($141 million).
Tehran Province's office of the Department of Environment is planning to enhance overnight monitoring of polluting industries in the Iranian capital in the new year that began on March 21.
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Kurdestan Province in western Iran, which borders Iraq, saw a spike in particulate matter concentrations on Saturday but the chief provincial meteorologist said the worst is yet to come.
The Majlis on Tuesday approved a revised article of the Clean Air Bill that critics, including the Department of Environment, say is pointless.
The original text called for more frequent…
Six of Ireland’s native dog breeds are now vulnerable to extinction, according to a new book called "Suddenly, While Abroad–Hitler's Irish Slaves" by David Blake Knox. As reported by the Irish…
London Mayor Sadiq Khan plans to charge the most polluting cars and vans a daily fee of £12.50 ($16) to enter the city center from 2019, the latest city to crack down on gas-guzzling cars.
