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  Paris (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 Warmer seas, political chaos and inadequate infrastructure combined with devastating effect in the flooding that has killed more than 2,300 people in Libya, experts said on Tuesday. Riverside buildings in the eastern Mediterranean coastal city of Derna collapsed after Storm Daniel brought heavy rainfall that broke river dams and engulfed entire neighbourhoods. Daniel formed around September 4, bringing death and destruction to Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey last week. These Mediterranean storms ... read more |
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As climate catastrophes rise, reinsurers reduce risksMonaco (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 Natural disasters are now happening so frequently that reinsurers - the firms that sell insurance to insurance companies - are scaling back their exposure to such risks. ... more  
Derna counts the cost of Libya flood disasterDerna, Libya (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 Libya's devastated eastern city of Derna was counting its dead on Wednesday with the toll from the floodwaters unleashed by Storm Daniel expected to rise even further. ... more 
Disasters getting worse, say Brazil cyclone victims as Morocco quake leaves mental scarsMucum, Brazil (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 In his 74 years, Humberto Simonaio had never experienced anything like it: the cyclone that hit southern Brazil swelled the Taquari river so badly it inundated even high ground he had never seen flood before. ... more 
Greece says to seek EU aid after deadly floodsAthens (AFP) Sept 11, 2023 The Greek government said Monday that it would seek emergency funding from the European Union to address the damage floods caused to one of the country's main agricultural regions last week. ... more |
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 Macron says no debate on French aid as toll soars to 10,000 in Morocco flood 
More charges dropped over New Zealand's deadly White Island blastWellington (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 A New Zealand judge on Tuesday dropped charges against two booking companies that helped organise tours to volcanic White Island on the day of its deadly eruption in 2019. ... more |
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California firefighters use AI to battle wildfiresSan Diego (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 When a wildfire erupted in the middle of a recent California night, it could have been a disaster. ... more 
Race against time to find survivors 4 days after Morocco quakeMarrakesh, Morocco (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 Hopes dimmed on Tuesday in Morocco's search for survivors, four days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,900 people, most of them in remote villages of the High Atlas Mountains. ... more  
'Finished here': A village vanishes in Morocco's quakeTikht, Morocco (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 It was delicate work for the searchers to remove the woman's body from the rubble of a village that effectively ceased to exist in Morocco's deadliest earthquake in over six decades. ... more  
Australia logging ban to create koala havenSydney (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 Australia's most populous state announced Tuesday a logging ban in a forest haven for koalas, aiming to protect the local population from being wiped out. ... more |
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 Colombia deadliest country for green activists in 2022: report  
'We're going to sink': Hundreds abandon Caribbean island homeCarti Sugtupu, Panama (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 On a tiny Caribbean island, hundreds of people are preparing to pack up and move to escape the rising waters threatening to engulf their already precarious homes. ... more |
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US envoy Kerry hopes China and US can 'come together' on climateNairobi (AFP) Sept 5, 2023 US climate envoy John Kerry said Tuesday that he hoped Washington and Beijing "could come together" in the fight against global warming, at a landmark summit in Kenya aimed at promoting Africa's potential as a green powerhouse. ... more 
Aid tents offer warning of Morocco quake survivor's futureAmizmiz, Morocco (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 Survivors of Morocco's earthquake were packed in a football-field length queue to get stand-ins for the homes they had lost. They received yellow tents with no floors, in a symbol of the uncertainty ahead. ... more  
Heat brings hope for Tokyo's handmade umbrella makerTokyo (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 One of Tokyo's last handmade umbrella shops has weathered many storms and is now thriving thanks to booming demand for parasols as Japanese summers get hotter, including increasingly from men. ... more  
Mainland Chinese woman jailed over Hong Kong Tiananmen bannerHong Kong (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 A mainland Chinese student was jailed in Hong Kong on Tuesday over a plan to unfurl a massive banner commemorating Beijing's bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown. ... more |
  Chinese city hunts for crocodiles on the loose  
Cruise ship runs aground in Greenland fjord, no injuredCopenhagen (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 A cruise ship with more than 200 people aboard has run aground in a remote Greenland fjord but no injuries were reported, Denmark's navy said Tuesday. ... more |
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Small islands take ocean protection case to UN courtHamburg (AFP) Sept 11, 2023 Leaders of nine small island states turned to the UN maritime court on Monday to seek protection of the world's oceans from catastrophic climate change that threatens the very existence of entire countries. ... more  
Lead poisoning causes far more death, IQ loss than thought: studyParis (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 Lead poisoning has a far greater impact on global health than previously thought, potentially contributing to over five million deaths a year and posing a similar threat to air pollution, modelling research suggested Tuesday. ... more 
Breathless Indonesians irate over pollution crisisJakarta (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 Soaring pollution in Indonesia's capital has left 35-year-old Asep Muizudin Muhamad Darmini hooked up to breathing tubes at a Jakarta hospital, gazing at the dense grey haze outside. ... more  
France goes (a bit) veggie for OlympicsParis (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 With France slowly weaning itself off its traditional obsession with meat, the top chefs in charge of feeding the sporting masses at the 2024 Olympic Games are emphasising a more vegetarian approach. ... more |
Rice price spike offers preview of climate food disruptionBangkok (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 A 15-year high in rice prices, prompted by top exporter India's restrictions on overseas sales, should be a wake-up call on how climate change can disrupt food supplies, experts say. ... more 
Meat, milk alternatives could slash food system emissions a third: studyParis (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 Replacing half of the pork, chicken, beef and milk products we consume with plant-based alternatives could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and related land use by nearly a third, and virtually halt forest loss, according to research published on Tuesday. ... more 
World inches step closer towards plastic pollution deal: UNParis (AFP) Sept 5, 2023 The world inched a step closer towards tackling plastic pollution, with the United Nations publishing the first draft of a binding treaty to tackle the scourge. ... more 
Scientist shocks peers by 'tailoring' climate studyParis (AFP) Sept 9, 2023 In a controversial bid to expose supposed bias in a top journal, a US climate expert shocked fellow scientists by revealing he tailored a wildfire study to emphasise global warming. ... more |
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Invasive red fire ant spotted in Europe for first time, researchers sayWashington DC (UPI) Sep 11, 2023 The red imported fire ant, classified as one of the worst and costliest invasive species in the world, has been spotted in Europe for the first time, researchers warned Monday. ... more 
Ecuador to reintroduce species on Galapagos islandGuayaquil, Ecuador (AFP) Sept 10, 2023 Ecuador's government has announced it will spend $3.4 million on reintroducing 12 endemic bird and turtle species that have disappeared from an island in the Galapagos archipelago where Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution. ... more 
Palestinian water woes highlight dashed hopes of Oslo AccordsHebron, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Sept 10, 2023 Thirty years after the landmark Oslo Accords, Palestinian hopes for statehood seem as remote as ever and popular frustration is rife - nowhere more than over access to water. ... more 
Yemen's explosives contamination among world's worst: ICRCDubai (AFP) Sept 11, 2023 Yemen has one of the world's highest rates of contamination with landmines and other deadly explosives, the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned, nine years after the start of the brutal civil war. ... more |
Instacart seeks $10 billion valuation amid industry woes: WSJNew York (AFP) Sept 10, 2023 US grocery delivery startup Instacart is seeking a valuation of under $10 billion as it goes public later this month, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, substantially less than its $39 billion valuation in 2021. ... more 
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts againLos Angeles (AFP) Sept 11, 2023 Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, one of the world's most active, erupted again on Sunday, spewing fountains of lava more than 80 feet (24 meters) high. ... more 
'No time to rest' for AC repairmen in sweltering SaudiRiyadh (AFP) Sept 11, 2023 Mohammed Sayed wipes sweat from his brow as he repairs another broken air conditioning unit at the height of the Saudi summer, his most stressful time of year. ... more 
India's Modi calls for climate finance ahead of G20 meetNew Delhi (AFP) Sept 7, 2023 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that leaders of the G20 summit he is chairing this weekend must support developing nations to tackle climate change with more cash and by sharing technology. ... more |
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Experts blame poor govt preparation for Greek fires' devastationAthens (AFP) Sept 2, 2023 While the Greek government has been quick to blame global warming for the summer's devastating wildfires, some experts argue that poor planning is at least as much to blame. ... more  
Remote-sensing satellite launched from Gobi DesertBeijing (XNA) Sep 08, 2023 China launched a remote-sensing satellite early on Thursday morning for a host of civilian purposes, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor. ... more 
Satellites detect where locust infestations beginBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 04, 2023 Locusts can destroy grain crops and pastures, threatening people's livelihoods. In an international project, researchers from the German Aerospace Center have now developed methods to help detect lo ... more 
Space Dynamics Lab-Built AWE Instrument Prepares for Launch at Space CenterNorth Logan UT (SPX) Sep 08, 2023 Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory achieved a significant milestone for NASA's Atmospheric Waves Experiment, or AWE, as the mission readies for a Nov. 1 launch to the International Sp ... more |
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