The sub-zero temperatures have a detrimental effect on crops that were prevented from being harvested due to the extreme precipitation in recent months. Potatoes still in the fields in January are to be considered lost. Wijnand ...
Agriculture
Jan 19, 2024
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In Japan, the summer season is characterized by stagnant rain fronts, causing persistent heavy rainfall. This phenomenon is reportedly associated with global-scale atmospheric and oceanic anomalies. Remote influences from ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2024
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Back in September last year, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) declared an El Niño and after three soggy years of La Niña conditions, many Australians started thinking about barbeques and beach days during a long, hot summer.
Environment
Jan 12, 2024
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Venezuela's state oil company said Thursday that an oil spill at a refinery on the country's western coastline was no longer "active" and that more than 80 percent of the affected area had been cleaned up.
Environment
Dec 29, 2023
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Whether spider silk is stronger and tougher depends on the environmental influences to which it is exposed. Researchers have conducted a study in which they show that spider webs are particularly robust in areas of heavy ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2023
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The year 2023 was marked by extraordinary heat, wildfires and weather disasters.
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2023
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Tropical Cyclone Jasper hit northeast Australia Wednesday, leaving thousands of people in coastal communities without power and preparing for potentially "life-threatening" floods.
Environment
Dec 13, 2023
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You've probably heard El Niño brings hot and dry weather to the eastern states, but what about the rest of Australia? Are we all in for a scorcher this summer?
Earth Sciences
Dec 8, 2023
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Ongoing catastrophic rains in Eastern Africa have been worsened by human-caused climate change that made them up to two times more intense, an international team of climate scientists said Thursday.
Environment
Dec 7, 2023
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Investments in Africa's infrastructure can make people and communities far more resilient to the threats posed by climate change, a new report says.
Environment
Dec 7, 2023
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