Environment

A relatively minor earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale hit southern Greece at 10:57 local time (08:57 GMT+1) on Monday. According to the Geodynamics Institute of Athens National Observatory, the quake's epicenter was located 296 km (184 miles) southeast...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_5XVrz6rNw Betty White celebrated the 75th anniversary of Smokey Bear, the famous wildlife mascot meant to educate people about wildfire prevention, by lending her distinctive voice to the animation for a PSA. With wildfires ravaging many parts of the US and...

The European Commission decided recently to refer Greece to the Court of Justice of the EU over its ''failure to protect biodiversity adequately''. In its statement, the European Commission notes that while Greece has designated Special Areas of Conservation to...

A full-scale invasion of marauding lionfish has taken over the waters of the eastern Mediterranean during the past five years, and an EU-funded project placed Cyprus on the front-line to deal with the situation. There is a lionfish poster at...

Official data from Greece's Fire Service was brought into the spotlight by Greek daily Kathimerini on Wednesday, which revealed that one in two incidents of wildfires in Greece in 2018 were caused by deliberate acts of arson. This shocking revelation becomes...

Greece is set to impose strict environmental criteria for oil and gas drilling off Crete, high-ranking officials assured the public following Thursday's agreement with multiple petroleum companies to research and exploit natural resources there. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras assured reporters...

June 17 is the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, according to a United Nations initiative. This year the organization is sending our new warnings concerning the dangers of desertification across the world, especially in the Mediterranean countries. According to...

Two Greek environmentalists set off from Greek shores in their kayaks on Monday, intending to paddle to ten Aegean islands in order to raise awareness about pollution in the seas. Angelos Christofidis, founder of the South Evian Gulf kayaking team,...

A large wildfire broke out in Greece‘s island of Evia (Euboea), near the capital of Athens, in Central Greece, on Thursday afternoon. The fire was first noticed in the afternoon at an area which is densely forested with pine and...

A relatively large wildfire broke out in Greece's Achaea region, near Patras, in Western Greece on Monday. The fire broke out at approximately 13:35 local time on Monday in an area covered with low vegetation and cultivated land. https://twitter.com/pyrosvestiki/status/1138078216671956992 A strong presence...