Why have Greek islands declared a state of emergency?www.euronews.com Water shortages have forced some Greek islands to ban swimming pools and turn to desalination.
Paul Andrews
Writer of stories for children with environmental and social themes under the name Paul Noël. Owner of Scientist and Philosopher organic cotton brand. Science nerd, a flitterbug of interesting science subjects.
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“A Different Animal”: Beryl a Precursor to Storms Beyond Human Experiencethinc.blog As Beryl churns thru the Caribbean, shattering records and demonstrating the remorseless physics of warmer oceans, I turned back to this collection of interviews I did some years ago, on expectatio…
US tourist found dead on Greek island of Mathrakiwww.bbc.com A number of tourists have gone missing as Greece suffers its earliest heatwave on record.
The Dueling Dinosaurs: famous fossils in an open labextinctmonsters.net A partially prepared tyrannosaur skeleton in a field jacket. Photo by the author. Earlier this month, I had the a chance to see the "Dueling Dinosaurs," which debuted at the North Carolina Museum of N...
Flooding and landslides kill three in Vietnam's northphys.org Flooding and landslides in northern Vietnam have killed three people, state media said Monday, after days of heavy rain that partially submerged thousands of homes.
New research shows soil microorganisms could produce additional greenhouse gas emissions from thawing permafrostphys.org As the planet has warmed, scientists have long been concerned about the potential for harmful greenhouse gases to seep out of thawing Arctic permafrost. Recent estimates suggest that by 2100 the amoun...
Microplastics hinder the ocean's ability to absorb carbon • Earth.comwww.earth.com Microplastics in the ocean are well-documented hazards, posing direct threats to marine life such as turtles and fish.
How an El Niño-Driven Drought Brought Hunger to Southern Africae360.yale.edu A record-breaking drought, fueled by the El Niño weather pattern, has caused widespread crop failure and national emergency declarations in Zambia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe. Without harvests of maize, the...
Singapore Airlines: Briton killed and dozens hurt in severe turbulencewww.bbc.com Singapore Airlines says several others were hurt and the flight was diverted to Bangkok.
Rishi Sunak vows to boost UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030www.bbc.com The PM says billions of extra spending will put the UK's defence industry on a "war footing".
The USDA’s gardening zones shifted. This map shows you what’s changed in vivid detailapps.npr.org There's a good chance your zone shifted when the USDA updated its plant hardiness map in 2023. Zoom in on what that means for your garden.
‘Day Zero’: Can a sinking Mexico City be saved, amid a water crisis?aje.io The city faces ‘Day Zero’ as aquifers drain and pipes break. Meanwhile, costly workarounds don’t fix the real problem.
At least 28 dead, several missing in Indonesia flash floods, cold lava flowwww.aljazeera.com Heavy rain triggers a flash flood and a cold lava flow from Mount Marapi, resulting in the disaster in West Sumatra.
More than 300 killed in Afghanistan flash floodswww.aljazeera.com Many others remain missing, with authorities scrambling to rescue the injured.
Russia finds vast oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territoryuk.yahoo.com Russia has found vast oil and gas reserves in the Antarctic, much of it in areas claimed by the UK.
Renewables Increasingly Beat Even Cheapest Coal Competitors on Costwww.irena.org Competitive power generation costs make investment in renewables highly attractive as countries target economic recovery from COVID-19, new IRENA report finds.
'Liquid gold': An olive oil shortage is fueling record prices and food insecurity fearswww.cnbc.com A shortage of olive oil has driven prices to record highs, fueled a crime surge and pushed the industry into crisis mode.
Summer heat hits Asia early, killing dozens as one expert calls it the "most extreme event" in climate historywww.cbsnews.com Much of Asia is sweltering under a heat wave that one expert calls "by far the most extreme event in world climatic history."
It’s been two years since the UK’s poop-engulfed beaches became a national scandal. Now it’s even worse | CNNedition.cnn.com Poop on the beaches and dead fish in the rivers – England has a serious sewage problem.
Photos: Southeast Asia swelters in record-setting heatwavewww.aljazeera.com The excessive heat across the region has triggered health alerts, shuttered schools and put pressure on power grids.
This orangutan used a medicinal plant on his face woundwww.sciencenews.org Rakus the orangutan appeared to be treating a cut to his face with a plant that’s also used in traditional human medicine.
European farmers battling 'devastating' spring frostwww.dw.com A late spring cold snap has fruit growers and winemakers in Germany and Europe worried. The German Winegrowers' Association has warned that this year's harvest is at risk.
Airlines hit back against EU plan to monitor contrailswww.euronews.com Contrails or condensation trails are created when ice crystals form around tiny particles of carbon emitted by a plane’s engines.
Keep the Big Oil lobby out of policymaking — like we did with tobaccowww.euronews.com It is impossible to ignore the evidence of the harm caused by big oil and gas companies. Turning to them to decrease dependency on fossil fuels is like asking the tobacco industry for advice on how to...
'We were in disbelief': Antarctica is behaving in a way we've never seen before. Can it recover?www.livescience.com Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ever come back.