104150 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.dw.com/en/how-do-we-fight-wildfires-as-the-planet-heats-up/a-62725149Fighting fire with fire. Controlled or "prescribed" burning of forest vegetation, most often in the cooler months, helps lessen wildfire hazards in the summer by reducing the amount of kindling available to fuel fires. In fire-prone nations like the United States, Australia, Portugal, Spain, Canada,....2022-08-05T17:41+0200deutschewelle-en-5ee9f961943a9cd080bde6575e83c36f20220805174100https://greenreport.it/news/clima/catastrofi-naturali-danni-per-65-miliardi-di-dollari-nella-prima-meta-del-2022/Secondo il rapporto di metà anno presentato da Minich Re, «Il quadro delle catastrofi naturali per la prima metà del 2022 è dominato dalle catastrofi meteorologiche. I tornado estremi negli Stati Uniti hanno causato miliardi di danni, parti della costa orientale dell’Australia sono state sommerse da....2022-08-04T07:06+0200greenreport-b30dc66c657b2a1545d6690a08c062e620220804070600https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3113989/dod-office-focuses-on-effects-of-climate-change-on-department/Human activity is the main driver for global warming, according to the United Nations. The main culprit is burning fossil fuels that pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping heat. The Earth is 1.1 degrees Celsius warmer than it was in the late 1800s. The last decade, 2011-2020, was the warmest on record.2022-08-02T22:58+0200defense-a2f1d7b1128591aa6b0addd47def6fbf20220802225800https://www.ilmeteo.it/notizie/meteo-cronaca-diretta-video-california-in-fiamme-lincendio-mc-kinney-brucia-intere-foreste-104845Meteo: Cronaca diretta: (Video) California in fiamme, l'incendio 'Mc Kinney' brucia intere foreste. Prosegue senza sosta l'emergenza incendi negli Stati Uniti occidentali. In California vanno a fuoco interi boschi, a rischio anche molte abitazioni.2022-08-02T20:45+0200ilmeteo-4cc9250be07b8d20d0235bcae37f9b8920220802204500