826610 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.chem.info/news/2017/06/swimming-robot-probe-damage-japan-nuclear-plantYOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — A Japanese industrial group unveiled Thursday a robot designed for underwater probes of damage from meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Remote controlled robots are key to the decades-long decommissioning process for the plant.Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:26:00 +0200chem-43a730a77c608603def8551209c4ff6120170615152600http://www.greenreport.it/news/clima/desertificazione-siccita-le-nuove-catastrofi-naturali-40-anni-raddoppiate-le-persone-rischio-video/Alla vigilia del 17 giugno, Giornata mondiale per la lotta alla Desertificazione e siccità Agire, la rete italiana di 9 ONG di risposta all’emergenza, lancia l’allarme: «Desertificazione e siccità sono le nuove catastrofi naturali “a bassa intensità” e di lunga durata che stanno stravolgendo gli....Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:58:00 +0200greenreport-cff2513ffa7c33471f2de74a9112d48f20170615145800http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/15/5-dead-after-magnitude-6-9-earthquake-in-western-guatemala.htmlGUATEMALA CITY – Five people were killed and seven injured by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck Wednesday in western Guatemala near the border with Mexico, Guatemala's national emergency coordination agency reported. The fatalities included a woman in the city of San Marcos who was killed by a....Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:55:00 +0200foxnews-d1f09bc2e92d4d0287964f9bcd66158620170615145500http://www.meteoweb.eu/2017/06/ambiente-in-40-anni-raddoppiato-il-rischio-catastrofi-naturali-sos-siccita/917622/15 giugno 2017 - 14:19 Filomena Fotia Desertificazione e siccità sono le nuove catastrofi naturali “a bassa intensità” e di lunga durata che stanno stravolgendo gli assetti sociali e economici di intere regioni del mondo, causando gravissime perdite in vite umane.Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:27:00 +0200meteoweb-661fbe61972ab532d2ed740d6451c94520170615142700