195390 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.sentinelsource.com/news/national_world/wapo/record-wildfire-burns-at-least-40-000-acres-on-hawaiis-big-island-sets-up-mudslide/article_7e97aa37-9aa1-5029-8424-14c94e6ef346.htmlA brush fire that scorched at least 40,000 acres on Hawaii’s Big Island is the largest ever on the island, officials said, and the area burned may pose a risk for mudslides if there are heavy downpours in coming months. Mandatory evacuations forced residents in three communities out of their homes....2021-08-04T18:53+0200sentinelsource-da952af6069d0a3653584d6208388cd320210804185300https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/how-to-bring-forests-back-to-life-after-wildfires-48919A viral photo of a red pine cone covered in grey ash from the outside but revealing its inner colour after having cracked open from the heat is perhaps the perfect visual metaphor summarising the state of Turkey’s forests in the Mediterranean and Aegean.2021-08-04T16:04+0200trtworld-84d473da85052843cd7cba698615ec4120210804160400https://albaniandailynews.com/news/us-emphasizes-support-to-albania-as-wildfires-advanceEmbassy of the United States in Tirana underlined Tuesday that its mother country will stand by Albania’s side in times of need as it sent prayers for the citizens affected by the forest fires. In its statement, the Embassy put in the limelight equipment donated by the US, which are being used to....2021-08-03T19:33+0200albaniannews-e077753e6e2bc5e21ca3737a41f8a74c20210803193300https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2021/08/04/mil-osi-global-climate-change-is-already-disrupting-us-forests-and-coasts-heres-what-were-seeing-at-5-long-term-research-sites/, we have watched climate change play out over decades at long-term research sites in forests, fields and coastal areas across the U.S. A recent series of five papers in the journal Ecosphere presents more than 25 case studies from these sites, providing a unique perspective on the changes underway....2021-08-03T15:14+0200foreignaffairs-nz-f90c8c43be9dd75043264772e6fda53d20210803151400