Environment

Record Arctic ice low drives urgent global action

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Ice floes with considerable open water near the edge of the sea ice. Taken near the 2012 record...

Ban shark finning on board vessels, says Fisheries Committee

Although an EU shark finning ban has been in place since 2003, the relevant regulation still allows "justified exceptions", provided fins are removed on board, and all parts of the shark used, so as not to leave discarded sharks without fins dying in...

Asylum seekers: no transfers to EU countries unable to cope

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Migrants on a rubber dinghy after the dinghy carrying about 50 migrants was brought in at...

Arctic sea ice reaches lowest extent for the year and the satellite record

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Sea ice can take many forms, as seen in this image of Arctic sea ice from a recent Operation...