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  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 21, 2023 The January 15, 2022, eruption of Hunga Volcano in Tonga continues to break records. According to a new study, the eruption created a "supercharged" thunderstorm that produced the most intense lightning ever recorded. There were nearly 200,000 lightning flashes in the volcanic plume throughout the eruption, peaking at more than 2,600 flashes every minute, the researchers found. When the submarine volcano erupted in the southern Pacific Ocean, it generated a plume of ash, water and magmatic gas at ... read more |
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Innovation and investment propel Earth Observation industry to new heightsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2023 The Earth Observation (EO) industry continues to see a surge in technological innovation, satellite deployment, and investment opportunities, underlining the sector's pivotal role in our evolving un ... more  
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  
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 
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 |
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  In fire-hit Greece, Greens struggle to be heard  
'Don't steal our voices': dubbing artists confront AI threatMexico City (AFP) June 21, 2023 Voice actors around the globe are mobilizing against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate and clone human voices that they fear poses a threat to their livelihoods. ... more  
Carbon mitigation payments can make bioenergy crops more appealing for farmersUrbana IL (SPX) Jun 18, 2023 Bioenergy crops such as miscanthus and switchgrass provide several environmental benefits, but low returns and profit risks are barriers for investment by farmers. A new study from the University of ... more |
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France to push shipping carbon tax at finance summitParis (AFP) June 16, 2023 France said Friday it would throw its weight behind an emissions tax on the heavily polluting shipping industry, adding momentum to a campaign long championed by Pacific island nations and environmental campaigners. ... 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 
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  
Facing housing crunch, Toronto cuts into once-protected landsToronto, Canada (AFP) June 20, 2023 A billboard at the foot of a field on Toronto's far outskirts heralds the coming construction of new homes, but it also highlights a broken promise never to permit encroachment into this vast green space, and the backlash which has ensued. ... more |
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  Trendy French island limits visitors to fight 'overtourism' 
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 
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 |
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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 
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 
We've pumped so much groundwater that we've nudged the Earth's spinSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Jun 16, 2023 By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) east between 1993 and 2010 alone, ... 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 |
  Scientists unearth 20 million years of 'hot spot' magmatism under Cocos plate  
EU countries green light disputed nature lawLuxembourg (AFP) June 20, 2023 EU member states agreed a milestone law to restore Europe's natural habitats on Tuesday, although the key text faces further challenges in the European Parliament. ... more 
Norway announces plans to allow deep-sea mining explorationOslo (AFP) June 20, 2023 Norway said Tuesday it plans to open parts of its continental shelf to commercial deep-sea mining exploration, a controversial move it hoped would set the standard for good practices. ... more |
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Volvic on front line of France's new water fearsVolvic, France (AFP) June 21, 2023 The public fountains in Volvic, the home of one of the world's most famous mineral waters, have been turned off. ... more  
Latin America bank eyes finance 'umbrella' role for Amazon rainforestParis (AFP) June 20, 2023 With eight countries sharing the Amazon, the Inter-American Development Bank wants to play a central role as an "umbrella" organisation coordinating climate-related projects in the vulnerable rainforest. ... more 
Brazil seizes massive shark fin haulBrasilia (AFP) June 20, 2023 Brazilian authorities said Tuesday they confiscated nearly 29 tonnes of illegal shark fins bound for Asia, in what they described as possibly the largest such seizure ever. ... 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 |
Verdict awaited in historic US climate trialWashington (AFP) June 20, 2023 A verdict is awaited in a landmark US climate trial involving 16 young people accusing the state of Montana of violating their rights to a "clean and healthful environment." ... 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 
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 
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 Brazil Novo 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 
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 
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 |
 
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 
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 |
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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 
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 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 
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 |
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