Sun 17 March 2024: Local media in the seaside town of Grindavik, Iceland, reported on Sunday that residents had witnessed their fourth volcanic explosion in the previous three months. The Grindavikurvegur, which connects the southwest town to the rest of the Reykjanes Peninsula, has seen lava flow over it, as reported by state radio RUV. […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: The demand for natural gas is expected to rise by 34% globally in 2050 compared to 2022, to a volume of about 5,360 billion cubic meters. The 2050 Outlook report from the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) estimates that natural gas consumption would be approximately 4,015 billion cubic meters worldwide in […]
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Wed 13 March 2024: Europe urgently needs stronger measures to respond to climate change risks, a new report has warned. The 32-paged assessment, published on Monday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), asserted that the bloc is not prepared to respond to the increasingly severe risks that climate change poses. The policy adviser’s first-ever report on the […]
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Sun 10 March 2024: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell 30% in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government worked toward a pledge to end illegal deforestation by 2030. According to preliminary satellite data from space research agency INPE, 226 square km (87 square miles) of the world’s […]
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Thu 07 March 2024: Last month’s ocean temperatures reached a record high and it was also the warmest February on record worldwide, according to scientists in the European Union. In February, the average worldwide sea surface temperature was 21.06 degrees Celsius (69.91 degrees Fahrenheit), breaking the previous high of 20.98C (69.77F) set in August 2023 […]
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Wed 06 March 2024: A study from Sri Lanka suggests climate change will spark a rise in the numbers of people receiving snakebites. In 1950, Roald Dahl wrote a short story titled Poison. The tale, set in colonial India and often found in deckle-edged children’s anthologies, tells a riveting story about racism. In the story, a striped […]
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Sun 03 March 2024: World Wildlife Day 2024: World Wildlife Day is observed annually on March 3 to raise awareness about the importance of protecting wildlife and their habitats. Protecting wildlife is essential not only for the survival of individual species but also for the well-being of human societies. Healthy ecosystems support human livelihoods by providing […]
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Thu 28 February 2024: A deadly type of bird flu has been confirmed on the mainland of Antarctica for the first time, scientists said, a potential risk for the southern region’s huge penguin colonies. “This discovery demonstrates for the first time that the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus has reached Antarctica despite the distance and […]
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Thu 28 February 2024: Tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate due to a massive fire that Australian firefighters are fighting in some of the worst fire conditions the country has seen in recent memory. Authorities on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of tens of thousands of citizens due to a massive bushfire […]
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Tue 20 February 2024: Astroscale Japan announced on Monday that it has successfully launched a spacecraft meant to analyze and perhaps remove man-made space junk from around the Earth. Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) has undertaken an Active Debris Removal program. According to AFP, it will rendezvous with and study a 15-year-old Japanese H2A rocket wreckage in space. […]
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