8350 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.newsweek.com/photos-show-massive-russian-wildfires-ripping-through-forests-seen-space-1607558Record heat and drought conditions have sparked massive wildfires in Russia that can be seen from space. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) released photos Wednesday of the fires burning through the taiga forests in Sakha, a federal Russian republic also known as Yakutia.Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:23:00 +0200newsweek-USA-33ea12cf91d549b4efe616a0f810191320210708002300https://www.newsweek.com/photos-show-massive-russian-wildfires-ripping-through-forests-seen-space-1607558Record heat and drought conditions have sparked massive wildfires in Russia that can be seen from space. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) released photos Wednesday of the fires burning through the taiga forests in Sakha, a federal Russian republic also known as Yakutia.Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:06:00 +0200newsweek-33ea12cf91d549b4efe616a0f810191320210707180600https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/7/north-america-hit-by-warmest-june-on-record-after-heatwaveNorth America witnessed its hottest June on record battered by a deadly heatwave searing parts of the region, according to the European Union’s climate monitoring service. The EU said on Wednesday that its findings illustrate the effects of global warming.Wed, 07 Jul 2021 13:25:00 +0200aljazeera-en-65f01d89c27f42e3930d85ac7e8fcb1b20210707132500https://yubanet.com/scitech/copernicus-devastating-fires-in-russian-far-east-british-columbia-and-western-us/The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service reports that regions in eastern Russia, particularly Sakha Republic in the Far Eastern Federal District, are heavily affected by wildfires, showing intense fire activity comparable to previous years in that area.Tue, 06 Jul 2021 23:36:00 +0200yubanet-53c59baee170199bcd2378873c49892a20210706233600