Il turismo interno cinese supera i livelli pre-Covid, viaggi in crescita del 20%

2023-05-05T10:03+0200asianews (it)

CINA Il turismo interno cinese ha superato i livelli pre-pandemia durante la pausa di cinque giorni legata alla festa del Primo Maggio. Secondo il ministero del Turismo si sono registrati 274 milioni di viaggi, un dato di circa il 20% superiore rispetto al 2019 ultimo anno prima delle chiusure imposte dal Covid-19.

Met office predicts low rainfall and temperature rise ahead

2023-05-05T05:21+0200kathmandupost (en)

Nepal is most likely to witness below-average rainfall in the upcoming monsoon season, according to a forecast by the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. The department’s Climate Section, which forecast weather conditions on Thursday for four months between June 1 and September 30, said that....

Can we save forests under a changing climate?...

2023-05-01T21:42+0200deccanherald (en)

Human activities have brought about a destabilising era of climate change, threatening the continuity of life on our otherwise stable planet. The climatic conditions that support life on Earth are rapidly changing, and the future is uncertain. Forests play a crucial role in regulating the Earth’s....

Global warming: Here’s where climate change could lead to record-setting heatwaves soon

2023-04-27T14:53+0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

BRISTOL, United Kingdom — Earth is heating up. Summers all over the world have become longer and more intense in recent years, with sweltering heatwaves suddenly becoming the new normal. Now, researchers from the University of Bristol have identified regions all over the world that are most....

Thailand's Extreme Heat Predicted to Continue Into Summer

2023-04-25T20:25+0200singaporestar (en)

Bangkok - Thailand's current soaring heat will continue until the end of summer, experts say. Scorching temperatures, which have felt like more than 50 degrees Celsius mixed with the humidity, have forced local authorities to warn people not to go outside over the weekend.

Thailand's Extreme Heat Predicted to Continue Into Summer

2023-04-25T20:13+0200kualalumpurtimes (en)

Bangkok - Thailand's current soaring heat will continue until the end of summer, experts say. Scorching temperatures, which have felt like more than 50 degrees Celsius mixed with the humidity, have forced local authorities to warn people not to go outside over the weekend.

Thailand’s Extreme Heat Predicted to Continue Into Summer

2023-04-25T17:12+0200voanews (en)

Bangkok — Thailand’s current soaring heat will continue until the end of summer, experts say. Scorching temperatures in Thailand, sometimes over 50° C, forced local authorities to warn people not to go outside over the weekend. The Thai Meteorological Department had warned about rising temperatures across the country.

Earth Day 2023, tutti i luoghi, gli animali, le piante che i nostri figli rischiano di non vedere più Sarebbe più corretto chiamarla: giornata mondiale della biodiversità, biodiversità di tutta la Terra, di quel che racchiude, delle...

2023-04-22T12:07+0200ohga (it)

Gli animali a rischio estinzione Fenicottero. Non è una specie minacciata sebbene risenta del deterioramento dell’habitat a causa dell’inquinamento, del disturbo antropico presso le colonie soprattutto durante il periodo di nidificazione e delle predazione di uova e pulcini da parte di cani randagi e altri animali.

Climate change causing reduced crop yields in India, heatwaves globally: UN

2023-04-21T18:38+0200business-standard (en)

Climate change continued to wreak havoc in 2022, breaking multiple records around the globe, according to the State of the Global Climate 2022 report, released by United Nation's World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on Friday. The report cautioned that weather- and climate-related phenomena....

Extreme heat reduced crop yields in India in 2022, says UN agency report The report by the World Meteorological Organization said that the pre-monsoon period was exceptionally hot in India and Pakistan. Scroll Staff · 2 hours ago

2023-04-21T18:05+0200scroll-in (en)

Many parts of India witnessed extreme heat and flooding that caused deaths and economic losses, the World Meteorological Organization said in a report on Friday. The organisation, which is an agency of the United Nations, released its “State of the Global Climate 2022” report on Friday.

5 key takeaways from the UN Climate Change 2022 report

2023-04-21T16:12+0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

Global temperatures were the highest in the last eight years, according to the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) annual report for 2022. WMO, an agency of the United Nations (UN) , stated that sea level rise and ocean warming set record-high limits.

Heatwave, low crop yields, floods and wildfires in India: UN report on...

2023-04-21T16:01+0200morningexpress (en)

The United Nations agency World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said in its report that real-time data from specific places shows that the increase in the level of three greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – continued in 2022 as well.

Around 15,000 Deaths in Europe Due to Heat Last Year, 2022 '5th or 6th Warmest Year' on Record: Report

2023-04-21T15:08+0200news18 (en)

The global mean temperature in 2022 was 1.15 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average, making it the ”fifth or sixth” warmest year on record despite the La Nina conditions, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said in a report on Friday.

2022 fifth or sixth warmest year on record, says WMO; India & Pakistan particularly affected

2023-04-21T13:52+0200newindianexpress (en)

The eight years from 2015 were the warmest ever and the concentrations of the three main greenhouse gases -- carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide -- touched record highs in 2021, the latest year for which consolidated global values are available (1984-2021), the report titled "State of the Global Climate 2022" said.

Low Crop Yield, Heatwaves, Fires, Deaths: UN's Climate Change Report

2023-04-21T13:21+0200ndtvnews (en)

New Delhi: Record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases have led to increased incidences of droughts, floods and heatwaves on a global scale, the World Meteorological Organisation's (WMO) annual report for 2022 said. At least 15,700 deaths in Europe in 2022 were linked to heatwaves.

Beating the summer heat: Kerala State Disaster Management Authority issues heatstroke advisory

2023-04-21T08:53+0200thehindu (en)

With the summer temperatures remaining high in the state, the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) has issued a detailed advisory to the people, urging them to avoid direct sunlight between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., and stay hydrated at all times.

ICIMOD expresses concern over degrading air quality

2023-04-21T08:31+0200thehimalayantimes (en)

ICIMOD said recent data reveals hazardous levels of particulate matter, which poses severe risk to human health. ICIMOD is an intergovernmental knowledge and learning centre that develops and shares research, information, and innovations to empower people in the eight regional member countries of....

Gestionar naturalmente los ríos los hace más resilientes

2023-04-19T14:22+0200ecoticias (es)

En julio de 2022, el arroyo Wollombi de 120 kilómetros, que fluye de sur a norte hacia Hunter Valley en Nueva Gales del Sur, sufrió una de las mayores inundaciones de las que se tienen registros. Y tras el evento, se recuperó notablemente bien, dice la profesora Kirstie Fryirs de la Facultad de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Macquarie.

News3 hours ago Record-Breaking Heat Wave Sweeps Asia: Extreme Temperatures in Thailand and China

2023-04-19T14:20+0200chiangraitimes (en)

(CTN News) – As the country continues in the grip of a potentially blistering heat wave, numerous heat records have been smashed recently, with Thailand, in particular, experiencing abnormally harsh circumstances. The “worst April heat wave in Asian history,” described by weather expert Maximiliano Herrera.

Goa fires may wreak hydrological damage, spur flash floods, metallic pollution: Experts

2023-04-19T04:17+0200timesofindia (en)

PANAJI: With the fire-inflicted devastation in the Western Ghats' biodiversity hotspot likely to impact the local hydrological cycle, experts say it is important to monitor how the first few monsoons play out in terms of flash floods , metallic pollution, and other fallout.

Forest fire training for villagers helps to protect the Western Ghats

2023-04-16T19:43+0200HindustanTimes (en)

In the last week of March, a forest fire was observed in Sakhargaon village in Velhe tehsil, which is part of northern Western Ghats. Immediately, some youths in the area who had previously undergone training to tackle the situation doused the fire, which otherwise would have caused significant damage to the environment.

India News | Indian Air Force Deploys MI 17 Chopper to Control Forest Fire in Coimbatore

2023-04-16T10:26+0200latestly (en)

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [ India ], April 16 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday deployed one Mi-17 helicopter to fight raging forest fires in the Madukkarai forest range of the Coimbatore Forest Division. "Information was received at HQ Southern Air Command about a forest fire in the Madukkarai Range of Coimbatore Forest Division.

Forest fires in G’chiroli push jumbos back into Ch’garh

2023-04-14T05:10+0200timesofindia (en)

Nagpur: Ousted from their original homes due to rampant mining, forest fires allegedly ignited for collection of tendu leaves have forced a herd of 22-23 elephants in Gadchiroli to return to Chhattisgarh. The herd entered neighbouring Rajnandgaon and Manpur forest divisions sometime during the last three to four days.

Forest fires in Gadchiroli push jumbos back into Chhattisgarh

2023-04-14T03:20+0200timesofindia (en)

Nagpur: Ousted from their original homes due to rampant mining, forest fires allegedly ignited for collection of tendu leaves have forced a herd of 22-23 elephants in Gadchiroli to return to Chhattisgarh. The herd entered neighbouring Rajnandgaon and Manpur forest divisions sometime during the last three to four days.

China faces serious task in preventing forest fires this year, as Spring temperatures are higher than usual: authorities

2023-04-13T17:29+0200globaltimes (en)

Photo: Screenshot from website China is facing is facing a severe challenge in preventing forest fires this Spring, and China’s long border line with other countries highlights the danger of forest fire in border areas, said the country’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA).

Amid long dry spell, 74 sporadic forest fires in Goa in early March, Rajya Sabha told

2023-04-06T17:17+0200expressindia (en)

Responding to a written question by member and former Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro, Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, gave the figures and told the House, “Although most forest fires were doused the same day, the fires reported in inaccessible,....

Forest fires rage across Maharashtra as forest department looks on helplessly

2023-04-06T05:07+0200timesofindia (en)

Nagpur: Even as tendu leaf auctions are processed, forest fires have been raging in entire Maharashtra . Though fire incidents have been detected since January, the frequency has increased in the last 15-20 days as auctions for tendu leaves have started.

Students of Goa's Kalay government school send postcards to NIO scientists to find solutions to save water

2023-04-03T08:31+0200timesofindia (en)

Students in the postcards said that mitigation measures are needed to fight forest fires and parched summers. PANAJI: Students of government high school, Kalay in Sanguem— one of the farthest and remotest schools in Goa have been concerned enough with the importance of saving water.

Students of Kalay government school send postcards to NIO scientists to find solutions to save water

2023-04-03T01:33+0200timesofindia (en)

DOING THEIR BIT: Students in the postcards said that mitigation measures are needed to fight forest fires and parched summers. Panaji: Students of government high school, Kalay in Sanguem— one of the farthest and remotest schools in Goa have been concerned enough with the importance of saving water.