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  Davis CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2023 Climate change in current times has created problems for humans such as wildfires and reduced growing seasons for staple crops, spilling over into economic effects. Many researchers predict, and have observed in published literature, an increase in interpersonal violence and homicides when temperatures increase. Violence during climatic change has evidence in history. University of California, Davis, researchers said they have have found a pattern of increased violence during climatic change in th ... read more |
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When is migration successful adaptation to climate changeExeter UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2023 A new study by an international team from Africa, Asia and Europe has put forward three criteria for evaluating the success of migration as adaptation in the face of climate change: well-being, eq ... more  
Forecasting fires with SMOSParis (ESA) Jun 15, 2023 As the current wildfires in Canada show, climate change is increasing the risk and extent of wildfires across the globe. ESA, along with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts have t ... more  
Satellogic earth observation constellation continues expansion with SpaceX Transporter-8 MissionNew York NY (SPX) Jun 14, 2023 Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), reports that four NewSats Mark-V spacecraft successfully reached low-Earth orbit following a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch on June 12th from Vandenberg Space Force Base in C ... more  
Space exploration company brings high-tech laser lab to the ocean floorWashington DC (SPX) Jun 15, 2023 On Friday, May 19, 2023, Impossible Sensing, along with a team of scientists and engineers from SETI Institute, NASA JPL, University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory and other institutions ... more |
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  UN chief slams 'pitiful' world response to climate change as talks stymied 
Amid melting glaciers, Swiss vote on new climate lawGeneva (AFP) June 18, 2023 The Swiss, feeling the impact of global warming on their rapidly melting glaciers, were voting on Sunday on a new climate bill aimed at steering the country towards carbon neutrality. ... more 
UN to adopt high seas treaty MondayUnited Nations, United States (AFP) June 16, 2023 The world's first international treaty to protect the high seas is scheduled to be adopted Monday at the United Nations, a huge step for the "historic" environmental accord after more than 15 years of discussions. ... more |
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'There is nothing for me': Vietnam drought dries up incomeYen Bai, Vietnam (AFP) June 16, 2023 On the shores of a reservoir that feeds one of Vietnam's biggest hydropower plants, Dang Thi Phuong points at the cracked ground where the fish that help her earn a living normally swim. ... more  
West Darfur governor assassinated as Sudan's war enters third monthWashington DC (UPI) Jun 15, 2023 The governor of Sudan's West Darfur has been killed, with the warring sides in the African nation's bloody conflict trading blame for the assassination while a U.S.-backed conflict observer says the breakaway paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is most likely responsible. ... more 
Intercommunal forums seek to end deadly violence in NigerNiamey (AFP) June 16, 2023 Traditional chiefs, officials, human rights activists and NGOs have been criss-crossing the vast Tillaberi region of western Niger for several months. ... more  
Struggling German Greens urge EU to reconsider asylum reformsBerlin (AFP) June 17, 2023 Germany's ecologist Greens called on Saturday for the European Union to reconsider its asylum reform plan, despite the fact that it has been approved by the political coalition of which they are a member. ... more |
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 Sudan war intensifies with Khartoum air strikes, heavy Darfur casualties  
Airport threatens Albania's fragile wild paradiseNarta , Albania (AFP) June 15, 2023 Flamingos and Dalmatian pelicans laze in the azure waters of a shallow lagoon near Albania's Adriatic coast. ... more 
Overfishing pushes reef sharks toward extinction: studyWashington (AFP) June 15, 2023 Overfishing is driving coral reef sharks towards extinction, according to a global study out Thursday that signals far greater peril to the marine predators than previously thought. ... more |
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Record UK drinking water demand sparks water use restrictionsLondon (AFP) June 16, 2023 Millions of people across parts of southern Britain will be banned from using garden hoses as a hot spell sparks record demand for drinking water, authorities said on Friday. ... more  
Eight people die in Mexico heatwaveMexico City (AFP) June 17, 2023 Eight people have died in the third heatwave to hit Mexico since mid-April, the country's health ministry said on Friday. ... more 
World breaks average temperature record for early June: EUParis (AFP) June 15, 2023 Average global temperatures at the start of June were the warmest the European Union's climate monitoring unit has ever recorded for the period, trouncing previous records by a "substantial margin", it said on Thursday. ... more 
Beijing roasts in record mid-June temperaturesBeijing (AFP) June 16, 2023 Temperatures in Beijing hit a record for mid-June of 39.4 degrees Celsius (103 Fahrenheit) on Friday, China's meteorological authority said, warning the public to stay indoors. ... more |
  Cyclone leaves 11 dead, 20 missing in southern Brazil 
Repentant ranchers rescuing Colombian wildlifeSan Jose Del Guaviare, Colombia (AFP) June 15, 2023 Two newborn pumas and a convalescing porcupine share a room in the home of the Zapata family, which has renounced livestock farming to focus on stewardship of the Colombian Amazon and its animals uprooted by deforestation. ... more 
Mexico says mass bird die-off 'most probably' due to Pacific warmingMexico City (AFP) June 16, 2023 Massive die-offs of birds on the coast of Mexico, following similar phenomena in Peru and Chile, are "most probably" due to a warming of the waters of the Pacific Ocean, authorities said Friday. ... more |
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Children in war-scarred Yemen line up for water, not schoolTaez, Yemen (AFP) June 17, 2023 Every day at dawn, 14-year-old Salim Mohammad leaves home to fetch water, trekking through his city in southwestern Yemen to join the queues at the nearest public dispenser. ... more  
Climate warming pits geese against farmers in FinlandParikkala, Finland (AFP) June 17, 2023 With a cacophony of honks sounding like a hailstorm, tens of thousands of hungry geese blanket a lush green field in Finland with their black flocks. ... more 
Shock to the crop systemNewark DE (SPX) Jun 18, 2023 As the world faces more climate variability and extremes in the face of global warming, sudden environmental changes add an extra layer of stress to food production in the United States and around t ... more 
France counts cost after rare earthquake hits westLa Laigne, France (AFP) June 17, 2023 Residents of a region in western France on Saturday counted the cost after being stunned by a rare earthquake that has left dozens of homes damaged. ... more |
Intriguing correlation between earthquakes and cosmic radiationWarsaw, Poland (SPX) Jun 16, 2023 There is a clear statistical correlation between global seismic activity and changes in the intensity of cosmic radiation recorded at the surface of our planet, potentially helping to predict earthq ... more  
Brimful clinics, cemeteries as dengue ravages PeruPiura, Peru (AFP) June 17, 2023 Two months after cyclonic downpours flooded the town of Catacaos in northern Peru, dozens of inhabitants lie sick and dying of dengue, a disease carried by mosquitos attracted by stagnant water. ... more 
Cyclone Biparjoy eases over Indian coastMandvi, India (AFP) June 16, 2023 Cyclone Biparjoy tore down power poles and uprooted trees Friday after pummelling the Indian coastline, but the storm was weaker than feared and there were two confirmed deaths. ... more 
Leader of Indigenous children's rescue team felt 'powerless'Bogota (AFP) June 16, 2023 General Pedro Sanchez came close to tears as he recounted the emotional and physical tribulations faced by the team of nearly 200 rescuers he led on an ultimately successful weeks-long search for four Indigenous children lost in the Colombian Amazon. ... more |
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Minusma: Mali's controversial peacekeeping missionDakar (AFP) June 17, 2023 Mali's ruling junta has called for the immediate departure of the country's UN peacekeeping mission, a central and controversial actor in a security crisis that has claimed the lives of nearly 200 peacekeepers in the last decade. ... more 
Forest fire risks mount in drought-hit Nordic nationsLynge, Denmark (AFP) June 16, 2023 "I need water", pleads farmer Lars Jonsson, casting a desperate eye over a parched field in eastern Denmark where the only shade is that cast by wind turbines. ... more 
Carbon monoxide from fires in CanadaParis (ESA) Jun 16, 2023 As climate change increases the risk of wildfires across the globe, the spate of fires that hit Canada in May and June suggest that 2023 is on course to be the country's worst fire season to date. T ... more 
After a terrible year, Spain ramps up wildfire defencesBranuelas, Spain (AFP) June 16, 2023 Garbed in red protective overalls, the soldiers worked doggedly to create a firebreak during a firefighting exercise in northwestern Spain, the European nation hardest hit last year by wildfires. ... more |
S.Africa clinic hopes to save penguins' futureGqeberha, South Africa (AFP) June 14, 2023 A small fish is dangled under the beak of an emaciated penguin at a South African clinic, to whet the bird's appetite. ... more 
Extreme weather killed 195,000 in Europe since 1980Copenhagen (AFP) June 13, 2023 Extreme weather conditions in Europe have killed almost 195,000 people and caused economic losses of more than 560 billion euros since 1980, the European Environment Agency said Wednesday. ... more 
110M displaced by war, climate change, human rights abusesWashington DC (UPI) Jun 14, 2023 More than 110 million people have been forced to abandon their homes over the past year as war, climate disasters and humanitarian crises led to record-level displacement around the world, according to a new report from the United Nations. ... more 
AI, Africa and climate crisis star at Art Basel fairBasel, Switzerland (AFP) June 14, 2023 Climate change, migration, artificial intelligence, perspectives on Africa and combating nationalism take centre-stage this year at Art Basel, the world's top contemporary art fair. ... more |
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Vatican court hits climate activists with tough finesRome (AFP) June 13, 2023 Two climate protesters who glued themselves to the base of an ancient sculpture in the Vatican Museums have been ordered to pay damages of 28,000 euros ($30,250), activists said Tuesday. ... more  
Floating island plan for French Riviera dropped after ecological concernsMarseille (AFP) June 13, 2023 Backers of a controversial private floating island intended to anchor off the French Riviera said Tuesday they were abandoning the project in the face of opposition from local politicians and environmental groups. ... more 
Bill Gates in China to meet with development partnersBeijing (AFP) June 15, 2023 Bill Gates was in China on Thursday to meet with global health and development partners, following a string of recent visits to the Asian giant by US business titans. ... more 
'Serious concerns' for new dry summer in France after 2022 firesParis (AFP) June 14, 2023 Two-thirds of French water tables are below normal levels for June, Environment Minister Christophe Bechu said Wednesday, stoking fears of a repeat of 2022's tinder dry summer scarred by wildfires. ... more |
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