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  Warsaw, 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 earthquakes. Surprisingly, it exhibits a periodicity that escapes unambiguous physical interpretation. Strong earthquakes usually result in many human casualties and huge material losses. The scale of the tragedy could be significantly reduced if we had the ability to predict the time and place of such catacl ... read more |
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Rescue teams search for missing submersible near Titanic wreckNew York USA (AFP) Jun 20, 2023 Rescue teams raced against time on Tuesday in their search for a tourist submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic with five people on board. One of the passengers has been i ... more  
Himalayan glaciers melting 65 percent faster than previous decade: studyKathmandu (AFP) June 20, 2023 Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists warned Tuesday. ... more 
UN adopts 'historic' high seas treatyUnited Nations, United States (AFP) June 19, 2023 The world's first international treaty to protect the high seas was adopted Monday at the United Nations, creating a landmark environmental accord designed to protect remote ecosystems vital to humanity. ... more 
Much still pending on how high seas sanctions will workUnited Nations, United States (AFP) June 19, 2023 A new global treaty on the high seas will enable the creation of sanctuaries deemed vital for the oceans, but many questions remain unanswered. Among them: How can we protect marine areas far from the coast? Where will they be created, and when? ... more |
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Green growth in Amazon would bring Brazil billions: studyRio De Janeiro (AFP) June 20, 2023 Protecting the Amazon rainforest and making it an engine of sustainable economic growth, rather than plundering its resources, would bring Brazil billions of dollars in the coming decades, a study found Tuesday. ... more  
Europe is world's fastest warming continent: climate reportParis (AFP) June 19, 2023 Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping report on Monday, noting the world's fastest-warming continent was some 2.3 degrees Celsius hotter last year than in pre-industrial times. ... more |
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Cyclone leaves 13 dead in BrazilNovo Hamburgo, Brazil (AFP) June 19, 2023 A cyclone which tore through southern Brazil has killed at least 13 people and forced thousands from their homes, authorities said Sunday. ... more  
Mexico bakes under killer heat waveMexico City (AFP) June 18, 2023 Roberto de Jesus, a day laborer, stands beside the cathedral in Mexico City sweating a river as he waits for work, while homemaker Wendy Tijerina tries in vain to keep her food from spoiling. ... 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 |
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 Children in war-scarred Yemen line up for water, not school  
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 
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 |
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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  
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  
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 
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 |
  Repentant ranchers rescuing Colombian wildlife 
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  
Rower ends EU tour to expose waterway pollutionParis (AFP) June 18, 2023 An intrepid traveller completed on Sunday a solo rowing expedition from Warsaw to Paris through the rivers and canals of five countries aiming to draw attention to the pollution of Europe's waterways. ... more |
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France to shut down climate NGO after protest violenceParis (AFP) June 20, 2023 French authorities are expected shortly to issue a decree shutting down a climate activist group after demonstrators clashed with police over a controversial irrigation project that left one man in a coma. ... more 
Swiss get behind net-zero climate lawGeneva (AFP) June 18, 2023 The Swiss on Sunday backed a new climate bill aimed at steering their country of melting glaciers towards carbon neutrality by 2050. ... more 
Vietnam holding climate activist incommunicado: rights groupsHanoi (AFP) June 20, 2023 A prominent Vietnamese climate activist detained for alleged tax evasion is being held incommunicado and has no access to a lawyer, rights groups said on Tuesday. ... more 
U.N. accuses Russia of blocking aid to Kakhovka dam victimsWashington DC (UPI) Jun 19, 2021 The United Nations is accusing Russia of blocking humanitarian aid to Moscow-controlled regions of Ukraine affected by the recent destruction of the Kakhovka dam. ... more |
Death toll rises six in Nepal floods and landslidesKathmandu (AFP) June 19, 2023 The death toll in Nepal from weekend floods and landslides rose to six, officials said Monday, as rescuers continue to search for 28 missing people. ... more 
In fire-hit Greece, Greens struggle to be heardAthens (AFP) June 20, 2023 Wildfires, floods and climate change have failed to budge Greeks towards voting Green for over a decade, but a new coalition hopes to break through deep-rooted scepticism in Sunday's national elections. ... more 
Syrian leaders, Congolese rebels hit with UK sanctionsLondon (AFP) June 19, 2023 The UK on Monday announced new sanctions against Syria's defence minister and its head of the armed forces, as part of new curbs targeting conflict-related sexual violence. ... 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 stymiedUnited Nations, United States (AFP) June 15, 2023 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday the world is racing toward a climate change disaster, dismissing the current global response as woefully inadequate. ... more 
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 
'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 
Sudan war intensifies with Khartoum air strikes, heavy Darfur casualtiesKhartoum (AFP) June 17, 2023 Air strikes killed or wounded more than two dozen civilians in Khartoum Saturday, a citizens' group said, as medics reported hundreds of wounded fleeing Sudan's western Darfur region in worsening violence of a two-month war. ... more |
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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 
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 |
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