With untreated sewage in the water and rubbish piled on the sand, pollution on Tripoli's Mediterranean coast is denying residents of the war-torn Libyan capital a much-needed escape.
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Aug 25, 2021
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In a year marked by record-breaking wildfires, extreme heat and unprecedented water shortages, California lawmakers say there's another—seemingly distant, but just as urgent—climate catastrophe the state cannot afford ...
Environment
Aug 23, 2021
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Grace barreled westwards in the Gulf of Mexico Friday as it regained hurricane strength ahead of an expected second landfall later in the day, having already torn through Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
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Aug 20, 2021
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Hurricane Grace unleashed strong winds and heavy rain on Mexico's Caribbean coastline Thursday, grounding flights and forcing some tourists to spend the night in storm shelters.
Environment
Aug 19, 2021
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Tropical storm Grace strengthened to a hurricane on Wednesday as it barreled toward Mexico's Caribbean coast, threatening to bring heavy rain, flash flooding and large waves, meteorologists said.
Environment
Aug 18, 2021
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Flinders University's Professor Patrick Hesp and fellow coastal scientists Christa van IJzendoorn, Sierd de Vries and Caroline Hallin from the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands have measured the vertical translation ...
Environment
Aug 10, 2021
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I was looking at the seafloor, focused on identifying fish species as I normally did when diving off of the California coast, when suddenly I felt something large above me. When I turned my head I saw a giant fish—more ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2021
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One of the major forest fires burning in Greece amid a protracted heat wave threatened the archaeological site at the birthplace of the modern Olympics as the Greek military prepared Thursday to increase its involvement in ...
Environment
Aug 5, 2021
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Red Tide is sweeping through much of the Gulf Coast of Florida, having killed millions of fish and other marine life, and it could be headed toward Texas, according to a Texas A&M University at Galveston marine biologist.
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Jul 30, 2021
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An 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Alaskan peninsula late Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, generating small waves but no major tsunami before all warnings were canceled.
Environment
Jul 29, 2021
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