Thu 29 September 2022: Over 1.1 million sea turtles have been illegally killed in the past 30 years, according to a recent study. Despite laws intended to protect them, at least 44,000 turtles have been illegally killed and exported annually across 65 countries, according to scientists from Arizona State University. According to the UN, the […]
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Tue 27 September 2022: Every year September 27 is celebrated as World Tourism Day to mark the anniversary of the adoption of the Statutes of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). On the occasion of World Tourism Day 2022, let us analyze whether international tourism reached a pre-pandemic level or not. Although international tourism […]
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Fri 23 September 2022: The central Chinese province of Jiangxi has declared a water supply “red alert” for the first time as a prolonged drought dried up much of the water in the country’s biggest lake. The provincial government said on Friday that water levels in Poyang Lake, usually a flood outlet for the Yangtze […]
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Wed 14 September 2022: More than 1,000 health workers and 200 organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO), have issued a clarion call to seriously address climate change by enacting and legally enforcing a non-proliferation treaty to reduce global reliance on fossil fuels. They urged world governments in a public letter released on Wednesday to […]
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Fri 09 September 2022: The UN issued a warning on Wednesday (September 7) that heatwaves and wildfires brought on by climate change are expected to become more frequent and extreme, harming ecosystems, human health, and air quality. Millions more people will be impacted by the interaction between pollution and climate change, according to a recent […]
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Fri 02 September 2022: The Amazon rainforest has recorded its worst month for fires in August since 2010, authorities said Thursday. There was an 18% increase since last August in a region considered an important natural buffer against climate change, according to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) that published the data. INPE satellites […]
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Wed 31 August 2022: Local authorities in Girona, Spain, said on Wednesday that a strong hailstorm that tore through the town claimed the life of a 20-month-old infant and injured dozens of others, Anadolu Agency reported. Speaking to Catalan broadcaster TV3, officials said that the little girl was struck in the head by large hailstones […]
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Sun 28 August 2022: Most parts of the world will be in the grip of “extreme heat” by 2100, according to a latest research paper. Estimates show the tropics and subtropics, including the Indian subcontinent, large parts of Arabian Peninsula and sub-Saharan Africa, will experience dangerously hot temperatures most days of the year by the end of this century, said […]
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Sat 27 August 2022: Britain’s environment minister on Saturday defended government plans to address sewage releases into rivers and the sea after opposition parties and environmentalists criticized the measures as insufficient and costly for consumers. Recent sewage spills into popular river and sea bathing areas have caused widespread public horror, prompting activists to raise a […]
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Fri 26 August 2022: The Arctic has never been as warm in the last 7,500 years as it is today, a study published on Thursday in the journal Nature Communications declared. The scientists used an analysis of the annual growth rings of trees going back to the year 5618 BC to “find the industrial-era warming to be unprecedented in […]
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