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10th March 2024 07:38

The world experienced its warmest February in recorded history, marking the ninth consecutive month of temperature records since June 2023. The sea surface is hotter than ever, and Antarctic sea ice hit extreme lows.

31st January 2024 09:36

The 63-year-old woman from Anhui province had underlying health conditions and developed a cough, sore throat, fever, and other symptoms on November 30 and died on December 16.

23rd January 2024 17:50

Ominous trends continue to point the world toward global catastrophe. The war in Ukraine and the widespread and growing reliance on nuclear weapons increase the risk of nuclear escalation. China, Russia, and the United States are all spending huge sums to expand or modernize their nuclear arsenals, adding to the ever-present danger of nuclear war through mistake or miscalculation.

10th January 2024 17:35

Eastern China was hit by an extreme drought in summer 2022 that caused severe economic and agricultural damage. The event has attracted a great deal of attention not only because of its severe intensity and huge social impacts but also because it is yet another example within the hot topic of the influence of anthropogenic forcing-induced warming on drought extremes and how they might change under different scenarios of continued warming in the future.

10th January 2024 17:49

Just-concluded 2023 was the hottest year in recorded history, and likely beyond, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Tuesday in a report. “With the global-average temperature 14.98 C (58.96F), 2023 has replaced 2016 as the warmest calendar year on record,” it noted, adding that “each month from June to December in 2023 was warmer than the corresponding month in any previous year.”

10th January 2024 17:21

A tsunami measuring about 3 meters high had reached the Shika nuclear power plant in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture after it was hit by a powerful earthquake measuring 7.6-magnitude on January 1, according to the plant's operator. The tsunami reached the facility at about 5.45 p.m. on January 1, approximately 90 minutes after the quake hit the prefecture and its vicinity, Xinhua news agency quoted the Hokuriku Electric Power Company as saying.

06th January 2024 13:14

Alaska Airlines grounded its fleet of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft on Friday after a flight operated by the airline made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport in Oregon that evening because of a midair pressure problem that passengers said blew out a chunk of the fuselage. The airline said that Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 had made a safe emergency landing carrying 171 passengers and six crew members at the Portland airport shortly after takeoff for Ontario, Calif. Within hours, the company said that it was grounding all 65 of its Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft until it could inspect each plane. Those planes make up about a fifth of its fleet. It said in a statement that it expected to complete the inspections within a few days.

05th January 2024 11:14

South Korea on Friday (Jan 5) told civilians on Yeonpyeong Island, located about 115km east of Seoul in terms of aerial distance, to evacuate after North Korea fired around 200 artillery shells off its west coast.

05th January 2024 11:28

In the last two years, as more wild birds got sick, different animals like dolphins, porpoises, seals, foxes, and otters also got the disease. A polar bear was found dead in Alaska, and it's the first time we know of a polar bear dying from bird flu. The bear was discovered in Utqiagvik, an area that's been hit hard by the current global outbreak. The death was confirmed in December by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. "This is the first polar bear case reported anywhere," Dr Bob Gerlach, Alaska's state veterinarian, told the Alaska Beacon. Yet, according to Dr Gerlach, the bear might not have become sick directly from eating an infected bird.

05th January 2024 10:55

The first tsunami may have reached the city of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, only one minute after the earthquake that hit the Noto region of the prefecture on Monday, according to an analysis by Tohoku University researchers. As data transmission from the Japan Meteorological Agency tide gauge set up in the city was interrupted immediately after the earthquake began, details of the situation were initially unclear. The university’s analysis shows that the tsunami reached the city before the residents started to evacuate.