Fri 25 August 2023: August 23 will be remembered as the hottest day in the history of Milan, or at least since the Milan Brera station records temperature data, i.e. since 1763: with an average daily temperature of 33 °C, Wednesday 23 August the Milan Brera station exceeded its previous record of 32.8 °C, recorded […]
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Tue 22 August 2023: Greek authorities said the bodies of 18 people were found Tuesday in an area of northeastern Greece struck by a major wildfire. The charred bodies were found in a remote village in northern Greece on Tuesday, where wildfires have been raging for days, the fire brigade said as a heatwave hitting southern Europe […]
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Sat 19 August 2023: Due to the wildfire’s unprecedented scale in the Canary Islands, almost 4,500 people were evacuated on Saturday from the north-east of Tenerife. The fire, which started late on Tuesday night in a steep and wooded area, has now burned more than 5,000 hectares of land and has a perimeter of 50 […]
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Wed 16 August 2023: After recent severe air pollution in Jakarta, the Indonesian government urged its citizens to switch to electric vehicles (EV) to accelerate the country’s transition to greener energy, a minister said on Tuesday, Xinhua reported. Indonesian Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir said the recent air pollution in Jakarta, which the government […]
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Mon 14 August 2023: Five people reported missing in Bardonecchia after a wave of mud, water and detritus triggered by a landslide at high altitude swept through the town on Sunday night have been traced, Piemonte Governor Alberto Cirio said on Monday. “I am in direct contact with the mayor, who has confirmed that there […]
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Mon 14 August 2023: Deadly heatwaves, raging wildfires and record global temperatures are upon us. But far from the flames, at the southernmost tip of the planet, something just as shocking is unfolding. It’s Antarctic winter, a time when the area of floating sea ice around the continent should be rapidly expanding. This year though, the freeze-up has been […]
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Thu 03 August 2023: Ongoing forest fires in Canada have recently claimed the life of a 9-year-old child who had suffered an asthma attack during the crisis. According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre’s website, there are more than 900 wildfires raging across the country at the moment. Italy’s regional meteorological agency reported that […]
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Tue 01 August 2023: In the first six months of this year, 231 rhinos were killed in South Africa, representing an 11% decrease when compared to the same period last year. This represents a decline of 28 animals killed for their horn. Addressing a media briefing on Tuesday, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, […]
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Mon 31 July 2023: Mozambique is taking action to protect its forests as the southern African country loses about 267,000 hectares of forests every year, a senior official said on Friday. It poses a concern as these forest areas could be utilized for the utilization of non-timber forest products, such as medicinal plants, which have […]
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Fri 28 July 2023: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday pleaded for immediate radical action on climate change, saying that record-shattering July temperatures show Earth has passed from a warming phase into an “era of global boiling”. A blistering heatwave is sweeping the northern hemisphere, including parts of Europe and the Americas, with record-high temperatures triggering devastating wildfires in countries […]
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