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Washington (AFP) - It's well known that as far as the climate crisis goes, time is of the essence. Now a study out Monday shows that the melting of the polar ice caps is causing our planet to spin more slowly, increasing the length of days at an "unprecedented" rate. The paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that water flowing from Greenland and Antarctica is resulting in more mass around the equator, co-author Surendra Adhikari of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory told AFP. "It's like when a figure skater does a pirouette, first holding her arms close to he...
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An average of almost 1,500 people per year were treated in Germany's hospitals due to heat and intense sun exposure between 2002 and 2022. "Extreme heat is now a problem for the health of the population here in Germany," the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden announced on Monday. The number of deaths directly caused by heat averaged 20 cases per year in the study period. However, very high temperatures also lead to an overall increase in mortality, as they have an indirect effect in many cases. The combination of extreme summer temperatures and pre-existing illnesses significantly increas...
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An average of almost 1,500 people per year were treated in Germany's hospitals due to heat and intense sun exposure between 2002 and 2022. "Extreme heat is now a problem for the health of the population here in Germany," the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden announced on Monday. The number of deaths directly caused by heat averaged 20 cases per year in the study period. However, very high temperatures also lead to an overall increase in mortality, as they have an indirect effect in many cases. The combination of extreme summer temperatures and pre-existing illnesses significantly increas...
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An average of almost 1,500 people per year were treated in Germany's hospitals due to heat and intense sun exposure between 2002 and 2022. "Extreme heat is now a problem for the health of the population here in Germany," the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden announced on Monday. The number of deaths directly caused by heat averaged 20 cases per year in the study period. However, very high temperatures also lead to an overall increase in mortality, as they have an indirect effect in many cases. The combination of extreme summer temperatures and pre-existing illnesses significantly increas...
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New York (AFP) - As much of America baked in heat waves this week, the relatively poor New York borough of the Bronx suffered disproportionately. Reinaldo Morales, a 68-year-old military veteran, went to a seniors' community center with air conditioning because turning it on at home is too costly. "We live in a cement jungle," he said. "It's nice that they have a cooling center like this. But the idea that we can't even afford to cool our home is outrageous," said Morales. Temperatures soared as high as 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) this week in New York, far from the 118F (48C) t...
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Describing plastic pollution as "a significant threat to nature" and a "risk to human health," 102 athletes, among them Olympic medallists, have published a letter asking Coca-Cola and Pepsi to use less plastic. "The world needs more reusable packaging and less single-use plastic that pollutes our planet," wrote the signatories, 22 of whom are due to compete at the upcoming Paris games. But replacing fossil fuels-based plastic with greener alternatives will not be easy or cheap, Dutch bank ING has warned. "Fossil-free bio-based plastics can cost one and a half times as much, while plastics fro...
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Describing plastic pollution as "a significant threat to nature" and a "risk to human health," 102 athletes, among them Olympic medallists, have published a letter asking Coca-Cola and Pepsi to use less plastic. "The world needs more reusable packaging and less single-use plastic that pollutes our planet," wrote the signatories, 22 of whom are due to compete at the upcoming Paris games. But replacing fossil fuels-based plastic with greener alternatives will not be easy or cheap, Dutch bank ING has warned. "Fossil-free bio-based plastics can cost one and a half times as much, while plastics fro...
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Geneva (AFP) - The amount of dust in the air eased slightly in 2023, the United Nations said Friday, warning that poor environmental management was fuelling sand and dust storms. The UN's weather and climate agency called for greater vigilance in the face of climate change, as drier surface soil leads to more dust being carried in the wind. "Every year, around 2,000 million tons of dust enters the atmosphere, darkening skies and harming air quality in regions that can be thousands of kilometres away, and affecting economies, ecosystems, weather and climate," the World Meteorological Organizati...
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A two-day informal summit on environment drew to a close today, with host Hungary hailing progress on water resilience and cross border pollution in talks overshadowed by anger at the government’s use of it’s turn as EU Council presidency holder to further its own political agenda. Hungary invited EU countries to investigate how much cross-border transfer of particulate matter, a harmful form of air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels and road transport, contribute to poor air quality in their own territories, and how much of it they might be exporting to their neighbours, Hungarian envir...
Euronews (English)
By Robin MILLARD Genève (AFP) - La quantité de poussière dans l'atmosphère a légèrement diminué en 2023, a indiqué vendredi l'Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM), avertissant qu'une mauvaise gestion environnementale augmente le risque de tempêtes de sable et de poussière. Chaque année, environ 2.000 millions de tonnes de poussière pénètrent dans l'atmosphère, "obscurcissant le ciel et nuisant à la qualité de l'air" dans des régions pouvant se trouver à des milliers de kilomètres de là, mais aussi "affectant des économies, des écosystèmes, la météo et le climat", s'est alarmée l'OMM. Mai...
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