Mon 13 May 2024: How ordinary items like toothpaste and teabags could actually be damaging our environment. This week, the fourth round of treaty talks by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution concluded in Ottawa, Canada. A major bone of contention between negotiators from 175 countries is whether or not to limit the production of […]
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Mon 13 May 2024: Over the weekend, western Indonesia was ravaged by hours of relentless rainfall, triggering flash floods and a cold lava flow from a volcano, resulting in the confirmed deaths of at least 41 individuals. According to a local disaster official speaking to AFP news agency, Mount Marapi, the most active volcano on […]
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Sun 12 May 2024: Floods, triggered by relentless downpours in Kenya in the last three weeks, have claimed 267 lives, authorities reported Saturday. Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said 188 individuals have been injured, while 75 remain missing. He noted that adverse weather conditions have affected 389,000 people, with 56,000 families forced to evacuate their homes. […]
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Sat 11 May 2024: Heavy rains in Brazil have triggered floods, resulting in a rise in casualties to 127, with 141 individuals reported missing, according to authorities on Saturday. The southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has been grappling with intense rainfall since last week, leading to escalating loss of life and property. The […]
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Wed 08 May 2024: Global April Temperatures Soar to Unprecedented Levels, Marking 11-Month Streak, Reports EU Climate Monitoring Service According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), April 2024 emerged as the hottest April on record, extending an unbroken streak of 11 months of remarkably high temperatures worldwide. Since June 2023, each month has consistently […]
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Mon 06 May 2024: Analysts anticipate a significant slowdown in global petrol demand trajectory for 2024, with growth potentially halving compared to previous years. This shift, as outlined by Reuters, is mainly attributed to the rising popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) in major markets such as China and the US, alongside a return to pre-pandemic […]
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Sun 05 May 2024: Severe flooding, mudslides, and heavy storms in southern Brazil have displaced nearly 70,000 people from their homes, with Porto Alegre, the largest city in the region, bearing the brunt of the impact, as reported by the country’s civil defense agency. The flooding has resulted in 57 fatalities, with 74 individuals sustaining […]
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Thu 02 May 2024: An aquarium in Cape Town stretched beyond capacity with around 500 baby sea turtles that washed up on beaches due to an unusual powerful storm. Most of the small turtles are loggerheads, which are endangered and belong to the ocean. Instead, the majority of them will spend their first few months […]
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Wed 01 May 2024: Following another eruption of Mount Ruang in Indonesia, which sent dense ash clouds more than 5 kilometers (3 miles) into the sky, thousands of people had to be evacuated and flights were canceled. Mount Ruang recorded a series of eruptions earlier in April that also led to evacuations and disruption to aviation amid fears of […]
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A female green sea turtle makes her way back to the sea after laying her eggs on Chagar Hutang beach [Patrick Lee/Al Jazeera] Mon 29 April 2024: Redang Island, Malaysia – Under a full moon, a bulbous creature emerges from the South China Sea onto a quiet beach on the Malaysian island of Redang. Watched […]
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