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Pakistan closes primary school in Lahore due to record pollution
Pakistan’s Lahore city has closed its elementary school for a week due to record levels of pollution. Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, will close primary schools for a week due to record pollution, government officials said Sunday, to avoid exposing millions of children to smog several times above dangerous levels. announced for. For days, the city of 14 million people has…
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UN summit approves fund to share the benefits of sequenced genetic data from nature
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On Saturday, the United Nations Summit on Nature in Colombia agreed to create a fund to share the benefits of genetic data sequenced digitally from animals and plants with the communities from which it originates. Such data, many of which come from species found in poor countries, are used particularly in medicines and cosmetics, and can…
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Hurricanes: Unprecedented extremes or new normal?
Hurricane Helen in the Gulf of Mexico on September 25th. Credit: NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite When Hurricane Helen struck the Southeast in late September, it quickly became one of the deadliest hurricanes in the United States in the past 50 years, second only to Hurricane Katrina. At least 228 people died as a result of the storm. Helene was also one…
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Study finds that eddies provide upwelling nutrients and improve productivity around the Hawaiian Islands
Credit: Troy Squillaci from Pexels Other than colorful coral reefs and diverse coastal ecosystems, the Pacific waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands are relatively devoid of marine life and have low biological productivity. A new study published by oceanographers at the University of Hawai’i (UH) Mānoa shows that eddies on the leeward side of the Hawaiian Islands can provide nutrients not…
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How many typhoons will hit Taiwan this year?
Statistical seasonal forecast of super typhoon Game and tropical cyclone landfall on Taiwan Island. Credit: Chen Ziqing Typhoons, with their intense winds, rain, storm surges, and secondary disasters, have long been a key focus for local governments, meteorological bureaus, and research institutes, and all parties need to develop more efficient ways to ensure public safety. We have made every effort…
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Study confirms record Sahara dust event hit Spain from 2020 to 2022
Cabo de Gata, Almeria during the dust event on March 15, 2022 | Eva de Mas (EEZA-CSIC). Credit: Eva De Mas (EEZA-CSIC) A study by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), an agency belonging to Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, shows that during 2020 the most intense Saharan dust event ever recorded in Spain and Portugal’s air quality…
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Study provides refined estimates of permafrost loss in Alpine Asia due to future warming
The permafrost on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is thawing, leading to recession. Credit: Jie Jiang Permafrost on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has thawed. Credit: Jiang Jie Climate models are important for predicting future changes caused by greenhouse gas emissions and can guide policy decisions regarding climate mitigation. However, some of the latest climate models, particularly the latest generation set, are considered “too…
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Ripples of colonialism: Study says decarbonization strategies perpetuate human rights inequalities
Near the city of Lubumbashi, bags of crude cobalt hydroxide are awaiting overland transport to African ports before being shipped to China. Credit: Brandon Marc Finn, University of Michigan A University of Michigan study of a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo found that the processes required to decarbonize are repeating and recreating colonial-era inequalities. Researchers argue that…
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UN biodiversity summit ‘very good progress’: officials
Susana Mohamad (C), Colombian Minister of the Environment and President of COP16, reported that “very good progress has been made” in the UN biodiversity consultations. UN talks on how to “halt and reverse” species declines by 2030 have made “very good progress” as a summit in Colombia reaches the halfway point, officials said Friday. The 16th Conference of the Parties…
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AI models predict diarrheal disease outbreaks related to climate change
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Extreme weather events related to climate change, such as massive floods and prolonged droughts, often cause dangerous outbreaks of diarrheal diseases, especially in developing countries, and diarrheal diseases are the third leading cause of death in young children. It becomes. A study published in Environmental Research Letters on October 22, 2024, by an international research team…
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