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UN weather agency says 2023 officially smashed global temperature records

January 13, 2024January 13, 2024 - by cmedia

#ClimateChange, #Temperature, #WMO With the annual average global temperature fast approaching the critical threshold of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, last year officially smashed the global temperature record, the UN weather agency (WMO) …

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Environment Canada reissues extreme cold warning for all of Alberta

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 - by cmedia

Alberta cold alert. Image credit: X/@vernonj007 #Alberta; #EnvironmentCanada, #ExtremeColdWarning Calgary/CMEDIA: With a significant cold snap reportedly expected to grip the province of Alberta for several days, Environment Canada has reissued …

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Record heat in 2023 worsened global droughts, floods and wildfires, Study reveals

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 - by cmedia

#Flooding, #Wildfires IBNS: Record heat across the world profoundly impacted the global water cycle in 2023, contributing to severe storms, floods, megadroughts and bushfires, new research from The Australian National University …

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Data shows 2023 was the hottest year on record

January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 - by cmedia

#GlobalWarming, #2023, #HottestYear Driven by human-caused climate change and boosted by El Niño weather event, official data released on Tuesday showed 2023 remained the hottest year on record. 2023 was 0.60°C warmer …

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Japan’s quake-hit Ishikawa prefecture, 168 killed, 323 missing

January 8, 2024January 8, 2024 - by cmedia

#Japan, #Earthquake, #IshikawaPrefecture Tokyo/IBNS/UNI: The death toll has climbed to 168 in Japan’s Ishikawa on Monday after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the central prefecture and its vicinity last …

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Oil leakage from Shika nuclear power plant in Japan earthquake was five times higher

January 8, 2024January 8, 2024 - by cmedia

#Japan, #OilLeakage, #ShikaNuclearPowerPlant Tokyo/IBNS: The oil leakage due to earthquake from Shika nuclear power plant in Japanese prefecture Kishikawa was five times higher than the initial amount, the plant said as quoted …

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Japan earthquake death toll touches 62

January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 - by cmedia

#Japan, #JapanEarthquake, #Earthquake IBNS: The death toll due to the strong earthquake which hit the Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa on Monday has touched 62. According to reports, the region is still experiencing …

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Reducing inequality is essential in tackling climate crisis, researchers argue

January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 - by cmedia

#ClimateCrisis; #ReducingInequality; #Research Promoting climate-friendly behaviors will be more successful in societies where everyone has the capacity: financially, physically, and timewise, to make changes, https://phys.org/news/2024 reported. In a report just published in …

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Japan earthquake death toll touches 48

January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 - by cmedia

#Japan, #JapanEarthquake, #Earthquake IBNS: The number of victims of a series of powerful tremors in the Ishikawa prefecture in Japan has risen to 48, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Tuesday, citing …

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Russia’s Far East’s several regions were on Tsunami alert following Japan’s earthquake

January 1, 2024January 1, 2024 - by cmedia

#Russia, #RussiaEarthquake, #Japan, #JapanEarthquake, #JapanTsunami IBNS: Several regions in Russia’s Far East were on tsunami alert on Monday after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the central part of Japan, generating waves as high …