Thu 08 June 2023: A “very unhealthy” air quality alert was issued for Washington, DC on Thursday over the impact of ongoing Canadian wildfires. “During a Code Purple alert, the air quality is very unhealthy,” DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management said on Twitter, citing airnow.com, which provides information about air quality. All age groups […]
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Fri 02 June 2023: With 82 blazes burning out of control, Canada confronts a record early wildfire season that has scorched 2.7 million hectares. Canada is facing its most severe early wildfire season on record, with 211 wildfires burning and 82 classified as out of control, the country’s minister of public safety said. Speaking during a news […]
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Fauna from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone [Images from the study How Many Metazoan Species Live in the World’s Largest Mineral Exploration Region?/Current Biology] Mon 29 May 2023: A study has identified more than 5,000 new species living in deep-sea habitats in the Pacific Ocean in a region known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a seabed targeted […]
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Mon 22 May 2023: Extreme weather has caused the deaths of 2 million people and $4.3 trillion in economic damage over the past half a century, a report by the United Nations finds. According to the new figures published on Monday from the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), 11,778 weather-related disasters have occurred from 1970 […]
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Sun 07 May 2023: Some 25,000 Canadians have been forced to flee their homes as 103 wildfires flared across Alberta province, burning in what a top official said was an “unprecedented situation.” Thousands more have been told to be ready to leave on a moment’s notice. The Canadian province — one of the world’s largest […]
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Sun 07 May 2023: Internet users can change their behavior to reduce the carbon footprint of online digital technologies, which account for 3.7% of total greenhouse gas emissions, according to recent studies. Energy consumption due to online activities, from streaming TV shows and movies to sending emails, increases by an average 9% every year, according […]
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Tue 02 May 2023: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on governments to keep their pledge and act against climate change. “The International Panel on Climate Change tells us that breaching 1.5 degrees, even temporarily, could be disastrous,” he told the Petersberg Climate Dialogue meeting via video link. Guterres warned that the temperatures are set to rise 2.8 […]
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Sun 30 Apr 2023: Spain has experienced a record-breaking spring heatwave over the past couple of days. A plume of hot, dry air originated over northern Africa, where it has already produced record April temperatures, and spread northwards across Iberia. This resulted in a maximum temperature of 38.7C at Córdoba airport on Thursday, the highest […]
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Mon 24 Apr 2023: Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in under 18’s across Europe and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said Monday. Despite recent improvements, “the level of key air pollutants in many European countries remain stubbornly above World Health Organization” (WHO) guidelines, […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: Volunteers in dozens of countries were set to plant trees, clean up trash and urge governments to do more to combat climate change to mark Earth Day, as scientists warn of more extreme weather and record temperatures this year. The run-up to the 54th annual celebration of the environment, officially marked […]
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