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At a food security meeting held in Beijing on July 27, he warned that governors would be punished if....Sun, 09 Aug 2020 21:59:00 +0200theepochtimes-a1dd50ad0d0d4870e8b6c3d0932f9640theepochtimesen39.9075012 116.3972321AgricultureFoodSecurityFoodAidCoronavirusInfectionNaturalDisastersMinistry of AgricultureWheat productionJOHANNES EISELEXi JinpingHu ChunhuaChinese MinistryGetty ImagesEpoch TimesMr. LiMADOKA IKEGAMI20200809215900https://smartwatermagazine.com/news/university-california-irvine/uci-engineers-evaluate-snow-drought-different-parts-worldWyoming’s Mount Moran emerges from thick clouds shortly after a heavy rainstorm, with the Snake River in the foreground. The peak is part of the Teton Range rising around 6,000 feet (1800m). Snowmelt from this area is a major source of water for the five states through which the Snake River passes. Amir AghaKouchak / UCI.Thu, 06 Aug 2020 10:39:00 +0200smartwatermagazine-4b18bd16874b5cb96dd4b672e65f69cesmartwatermagazineen38.9051 -77.0162NaturalDisastersNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAmir AghaKouchakNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationWestern United20200806103900https://yubanet.com/scitech/uc-irvine-engineers-evaluate-snow-drought-in-different-parts-of-the-world/Irvine, Calif. Aug. 4, 2020 — Environmental engineers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a new framework for characterizing snow droughts around the world. Using this tool to analyze conditions from 1980 to 2018, the researchers found a 28-percent increase in the length of....Tue, 04 Aug 2020 22:39:00 +0200yubanet-9f64cd972d3cb6dddbe3b2eccd4331b6yubaneten38.9051 -77.0162NaturalDisastersEnvironmentNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAmir AghaKouchakNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUC IrvineWestern United20200804223900https://news.uci.edu/2020/08/03/uci-engineers-evaluate-snow-drought-in-different-parts-of-the-world/Wyoming’s Mount Moran emerges from thick clouds shortly after a heavy rainstorm, with the Snake River in the foreground. The peak is part of the Teton Range rising around 6,000 feet (1800m). Snowmelt from this area is a major source of water for the five states through which the Snake River passes. Amir AghaKouchak / UCI.Mon, 03 Aug 2020 21:21:00 +0200news-uci-69c04a7c1799b9133549d63dba9187d2news-ucien38.9051 -77.0162NaturalDisastersEnvironmentNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationHoward GillmanAmir AghaKouchakNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationWestern United20200803212100https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Siberia_heat_almost_impossible_without_climate_change_999.htmlA heatwave in Siberia that saw temperature records tumble as the region sweltered in 38-degree Celsius highs was "almost impossible" without the influence of manmade climate change, leading scientists said. An international team of researchers found that the record-breaking warm period was more than....Sun, 19 Jul 2020 09:59:00 +0200terradaily-1a87d5fcb4e3530be8d29da9ea5eeda2terradailyen51.4879 -0.177998UNbodiesClimateChangeNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersEnvironmentUnited NationsETH ZurichMet OfficeSonia Seneviratne20200719095900https://www.sciencealert.com/siberia-s-current-extreme-heatwave-would-be-almost-impossible-without-climate-changeAn international team of researchers found that the record-breaking warm period was more than 2 degrees Celsius hotter than it would have been if humans had not warmed the planet through decades of greenhouse gas emissions. The five hottest years in history have occurred in the last five years and....Sat, 18 Jul 2020 11:26:00 +0200sciencealert-1e1ed1077061ce0e26c2cb05fabe265dsciencealerten51.4879 -0.177998UNbodiesClimateChangeNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersEnvironmentUnited NationsETH ZurichMet OfficeSonia Seneviratne20200718112600https://www.periodicodaily.com/il-lago-di-aral-diventa-deserto-cosa-si-puo-fare-per-ricostituirlo/Si estende attraverso l’Uzbekistan e il Kazakistan, il lago d’Aral era un tempo il quarto lago più grande del mondo, di dimensioni simili all’isola d’Irlanda. Da decenni, tuttavia, le sue dimensioni sono state notevolmente ridotte a causa della cattiva gestione dell’era sovietica, della scarsa....Wed, 12 Aug 2020 11:55:00 +0200periodicodaily-d146d1d844a2f640143b393f82a72a8bperiodicodailyit51.1894 71.4321The lake Aral becomes desert: what can be done for...The lake Aral becomes desert: what can be done for...NaturalDisastersSocialSituationUNbodiesCommunicableDiseasesNazioni UniteAral SeaUniversity College20200812115500https://www.cdt.ch/mondo/cina-inondazioni-e-frane-in-yunnan-14-morti-EK3084776Inondazioni e frane causati dalla pioggia hanno provocato la morte di 14 persone, e altre 20 risultano disperse, nella provincia dello Yunnan, nel sud-ovest della Cina. Lo hanno riferito oggi le autorità. Secondo il dipartimento provinciale per la gestione delle risorse idriche, al 18 agosto 34’900....Thu, 20 Aug 2020 23:39:00 +0200cdt-795416366a1b766488bb4c7942c953c4cdtit55.7388 37.6665China: floods and landslides in Yunnan, 14 deadChina: floods and landslides in Yunnan, 14 deadNaturalDisasters20200820233900https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/12613831/arctic-wildfire-record-zombie-blaze-russia-canada/The so-called 'zombie fires' are remnants of record blazes seen in Arctic regions last year Credit: Getty Images - Getty. The so-called "zombie fires" are remnants of record blazes seen in Arctic regions last year, including Siberia and northern Canada.Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:50:00 +0200thesun-4c296d5d5d9654cdabe2ef4510bd64f6thesunen55.7388 37.6665NaturalDisastersClimateActionEnvironmentClimateChangeParis AgreementGetty Images20200908165000https://www.thedailystar.net/world/news/wildfires-add-heat-us-campaign-1962157Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has called President Donald Trump a "climate arsonist" for failing to acknowledge the role of global warming in the Western wildfires, while Trump said forest management was the key to controlling the blazes. Wildfires across Oregon, California and....Tue, 15 Sep 2020 23:17:00 +0200thedailystarBD-f5acaa754db42aebf1e967d2f1c9871fthedailystarBDen41.66695 -83.419425EcologyNaturalDisastersEnvironmentClimateChangeGavin NewsomBrandon MillerJoe BidenUS governmentDonald TrumpNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration20200915231700https://www.intellinews.com/disasters-in-the-making-192288/Iran, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are among 19 countries for which the inaugural edition of the Ecological Threat Register (ETR) , lately released by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), is particularly ominous news. The trio are among 19 countries, of 157 assessed, deemed the most fragile with....Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:19:00 +0200intellinews-1aa33ddc90ba8bbddcffbff87172fe69intellinewsen35.7745 51.4477FoodSecurityFoodAidEnvironmentCoronavirusInfectionNaturalDisastersIslamic RepublicLeonardo da Vinci20200920001900