Thu 24 February 2022: A new study has revealed that Greenland’s ice sheet is melting rapidly from its base, and as a result, the melting water is contributing to sea level rise around the globe. The research study claims that Greenland’s ice sheet, the biggest ice sheet in the world after Antarctica, has melted so much […]
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Tue 22 February 2022: Over 75% people in the world want ban on single-use plastics as quickly as possible, found a global survey on Tuesday. This comes as the members of the United Nations put together to begin talks on a world treaty to rein in plastic air pollution. The share of individuals, who are […]
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Fri 18 February 2022: South Africa will support proposals to address the issue of marine litter and plastic pollution at the upcoming 5th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2). “South Africa supports the proposal to mandate the Executive Director of UNEP to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) under UNEA to negotiate […]
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Wed 16 February 2022: As global warming continues to devastate rural agriculture, young women are moving to urban centres – and into prostitution. Epworth, Zimbabwe – Tawanda, 16, gazes calmly into the sky as the sun sets, getting ready for work as the night begins. Tawanda, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is […]
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Sat 12 February 2022: According to government data, Brazil had the most deforestation in the Amazon jungle for the month of January. From January 1 to January 31, about 360 square kilometers (140 square miles) of forest cover were destroyed in the Brazilian Amazon, an area more than six times the size of Manhattan, according […]
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Fri 11 February 2022: Air pollution costs the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region around $141 billion annually, or 2 per cent of its economic output according to a new report by the World Bank. The report entitled “Blue Skies, Blue Seas: Air Pollution, Marine Plastics, and Coastal Erosion in the Middle East and North Africa” […]
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Thu 10 February 2022: Shocking statistics released by the Executive Council of Dubai on Monday have revealed that 50 per cent of camel deaths in the UAE are caused by consumption of plastic bags. The figures were announced as the country has introduced a policy limiting the use of single-use bags, with fees of 25 […]
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Tue 08 February 2022: Advances in satellite technology have revealed that the world’s glaciers contain significantly less ice than previously thought, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience. The revised estimate reduces global sea level rise by 3 inches (7.62 centimetres) if all glaciers were to melt. But it raises concern for some communities […]
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Mon 07 February 2022: On Monday, Pope Francis stated that dumping plastic in rivers is “criminal” and should be prohibited. . “Throwing plastic into the sea is criminal. It kills biodiversity, it kills the earth, it kills everything.” He further added, “Looking after creation is an education (process) in which we must engage,” citing a […]
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Sun 06 February 2022: Kathmandu- Nepal: Ice on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest that took millennia to form has shrunk dramatically in the last three decades due to climate change, a new study has shown. The South Col formation may already have lost around 55 metres (180 feet) of thickness in the […]
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