1400 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.rnz.co.nz/news/world/514425/nzaero-hoping-to-win-contract-to-provide-rainmaking-aircraft-to-thailandThailand uses artificial rainmaking as a tool to combat the effects of drought on its agricultural sector. What's this rainmaking business? Cloud-seeding, as it is known, was used by many countries around the world , but had not really taken off in New Zealand.2024-04-16T06:59+0200radionz-1ae356644950942e037971d1b7ab8d1220240416065900https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/514425/nzaero-hoping-to-win-contract-to-provide-rainmaking-aircraft-to-thailandThailand uses artificial rainmaking as a tool to combat the effects of drought on its agricultural sector. What's this rainmaking business? Cloud-seeding, as it is known, was used by many countries around the world , but had not really taken off in New Zealand.2024-04-16T06:50+0200rnz-co-nz-1ae356644950942e037971d1b7ab8d1220240416065000https://thethaiger.com/news/chiang-mai/chiang-mai-battles-extensive-forest-fires-and-severe-air-pollution, a city in the northern region of Thailand, is currently combating an alarming number of forest fires , with over 15 fires reported, some of which have been persisting for three days. As per the local authorities, 17 out of 153 hotspots were detected in the city yesterday.2024-04-16T04:26+0200phuketgazette-856e52e3f8b8aafe1e65613bff96b16320240416042600https://globalvoices.org/2024/04/12/rising-public-frustration-in-thailand-over-chiang-mais-air-pollution-crisis/Since late March 2024, the level of PM 2.5 dust in Chiang Mai, Thailand, has increased at an alarming level until it became the world’s worst air quality . PM2.5 is a measure of particulate matter and an indicator of severe air pollution. Residents have bemoaned the slow response of the government in dealing with the emergency situation.2024-04-12T11:08+0200globalvoicesonline-c37a4701e263b4580f847491857f19b520240412110800