Tue 18 June 2024: The world’s nine nuclear-armed states have raised their reliance on nuclear weapons, a watchdog has said. A report released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on Monday said the states increased their spending on modernising their atomic arsenals by one-third last year. The watchdog pointed to the contribution of the […]
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Mon 17 June 2024: Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role of global warming in historic floods that have recently devastated countries from Brazil to Kenya. Record rainfall brought to some regions by the natural weather cycle El Nino matches an expected increase in extreme events, […]
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Sand buried villages in Al madam, United Arab Emirates. The villagers who built this beauty in 1970 abandoned it shortly after. Sun 16 June 2024: The world is losing four football fields worth of healthy land every second, warned the United Nations chief in a strong message ahead of the World Day to Combat Desertification […]
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Wed 12 June 2024: – ‘We can expect more turbulence events in the future as our global weather patterns are changing and increasing the threat,’ Doug tells Anadolu – Future climate projections show clear-air turbulence is likely to increase in frequency and intensity over several Northern Hemisphere regions, says University of Reading researcher Mohamed Foudad […]
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Mon 10 June 2024: Thousands of dead fish have surfaced in Bustillos Lagoon, located in Mexico’s northern state of Chihuahua, due to an intense drought. Officials report that prolonged dry spells and temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) have drastically lowered the lagoon’s water levels. Nearly 90% of Mexico is experiencing some form […]
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Fri 07 June 2024: Food is more than just sustenance; it’s integral to our health and well-being. While nutritious food enhances our health, unsafe food can lead to numerous illnesses. To underscore the importance of food safety, the World Health Organization (WHO) observes World Food Safety Day every June 7. Maintaining safe and hygienic food […]
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Mon 27 May 2024: Temperatures in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh soared above 52 degrees Celsius (125.6 degrees Fahrenheit), marking the highest reading of the summer and nearing the country’s record high amid a persistent heatwave, the meteorological office reported on Monday. International scientists attribute the extreme temperatures experienced throughout Asia over the past month […]
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Fri 24 May 2024: Japan, France, Germany, the United States and other wealthy nations are reaping billions of dollars in economic rewards from a global programme meant to help the developing world grapple with the effects of climate crisis, a Reuters review of UN and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development data shows. The financial gains happen […]
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Wed 22 May 2024: Record-low levels of sea ice were seen in the Antarctic last year as a result of climate change, scientists confirmed in a report published on Monday. “In 2023, the area of winter Antarctic sea ice fell to the lowest measured since satellite records began in late 1978,” according to research released […]
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Wed 22 May 2024: Since March, Mexico’s severe heatwave has been linked to the deaths of at least 26 people and has also resulted in the deaths of dozens, possibly hundreds, of howler monkeys, according to veterinarians and rescuers. At least 83 howler monkeys, known for their loud calls, have been found dead in the […]
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