(Reuters) – Greenland’s ice sheet lost a record mass last year, according to a study published on Thursday, a finding that could prompt scientists to redefine their worst-case scenario when assessing the effects of climate change . FILE PHOTO: Crevasses form on top of the slippery slope of Helheim near …
Read More »Anxiety grows as China’s Three Three Gorges Dam hits top level | World news
Extreme levels of flood danger were announced in China’s Three Gorges Dam, which recorded the largest flood of water in its history, prompting officials to reassure the public that it would not be damaged. Inflows into the world’s largest hydroelectric dam reach 75m liters of water per second, according to …
Read More »Nigeria’s wet markets are flourishing despite coronavirus pandemics
LAGOS (Reuters) – Just a few months after Epe Fish Market was shut down to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, vendors on the spot in the southern Nigerian state of Lagos returned to buy, sell and trade animals. Shortened pangolins and a snake are displayed on a table …
Read More »California fires force more evacuations amid record heat and lightning strikes
Thousands of people in California are under evacuation control as dozens of wildfires devastated parts of the state on Wednesday with an unrelenting heat wave and high winds that made arson difficult. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency during evacuations and rolling blackouts and called on the …
Read More »Japan sends second team to Mauritius after oil spill damage | Japan News
A second team of Japanese experts went to Mauritius on Wednesday using special oil-absorbing materials to clean up tons of oil that leaked from a ship owned by Japan after it ran aground earlier this month. “The oil leak from the beach ship has caused severe damage to the people …
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