L’Onu avverte: moriremo tutti di sete, non solo i Paesi più poveri

2022-08-24T19:39+0200nanopress (it)

L’umanità deve affrontare siccità sempre più gravi e dannose a causa del cambiamento climatico e del degrado del suolo, afferma un rapporto dell’Onu pubblicato mercoledì 11 maggio scorso. La Terra – NanoPress.it. Le nazioni devono intraprendere azioni urgenti per ridurre la minaccia della scarsità....

Global fires causing unprecedented tree loss due to climate change Rory Morrow 21 Aug 2022 - 13:00 UTC New data tracking the loss of forests has found wildfires are burning through almost twice as many trees now as they were 20 years ago.

2022-08-21T18:13+0200yourweather (en)

Global fires causing unprecedented tree loss due to climate change Global fires causing unprecedented tree loss due to climate change. New data tracking the loss of forests has found wildfires are burning through almost twice as many trees now as they were 20 years ago.

Forest fires are getting worse, 20 years of data confirm

2022-08-17T23:56+0200mongabay (en)

Fires are now causing 3 million more hectares (741,3160 acres) of tree cover loss per year than they did in 2001, according to a newly released Global Forest Watch analysis which examined fires that burn all or most of a forest’s living overstory trees.

Forest fires are getting worse, 20 years of data confirm

2022-08-17T22:45+0200wn (en)

Across Russia, Europe, Indonesia, the Amazon Basin, North America, Australia , and beyond, we have watched fires blaze across landscapes, causing immense damage to life and land. Now, a new analysis confirms what many have witnessed firsthand and in the news — forest fires are getting worse.

Forest fires destroyed nearly 23 million acres of land in 2021, and it's expected to get worse, experts say

2022-08-17T19:43+0200mycentraloregon (en)

Lucas Ninno/Getty Images. (NEW YORK) — The planet continues to experience a massive loss in forest land as the world warms and allows severe wildfires to run rampant in regions spanning the globe. Overall, forest fires are getting worse worldwide, according to a new report released Wednesday by....

Forest fires erupt around Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine Wildfires

2022-08-17T10:59+0200wingsenvironmental (en)

Forest fires have erupted in the vicinity of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, with Ukraine claiming that Russian control of the abandoned power plant is hampering efforts to control the flames. At least seven fires have been spotted within Chernobyl’s exclusion zone via satellite imagery taken by the....

European forest fires further increasing the world’s climate footprint

2022-08-16T21:15+0200france24-en (en)

Some 650 firefighters were on the scene Tuesday putting out numerous hot spots that continued to burn along the perimeter of the Landiras fire in southwestern France, which has ravaged 74 square kilometres of pine trees. More than 600 square kilometres (232 square miles) of forest have burned so far....

Climate change: we need to adapt our forests in the face of wildfires

2022-08-15T19:30+0200atalayar (en)

This summer, in a depressingly familiar scenario, the world has had to deal with devastating wildfires, a highly visible and damaging illustration of the climate crisis. In the United States, several states are battling wildfires, including in Alaska, where more than 1.2 million hectares of land were destroyed by fire in mid-July.

Europe, USA, Australia are burning: What can we do to prevent wildfire?

2022-08-15T17:28+0200deutschewelle-en (en)

, partly due to climate change. Declining rainfall and longer droughts are making forests so dry that localized lightening can spark a small fire that transforms into an inferno before firefighters can limit the damage. Such was the scale of the Australia n Black Summer megafires of 2019-20 that....

Tackling air pollution at a global scale

2022-08-15T01:16+0200europesun (en)

Air pollution has no respect for borders. Regional agreements can only go so far. The world needs a global agreement. In the 1960s, scientists across Europe began to notice that the rain was unusually acidic, denuding forests and poisoning lakes. They traced the problem to the sulphur-dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants.

Cambiamenti climatici: serve il sostegno ai paesi in difficoltà

2022-08-14T17:59+0200notiziegeopolitiche (it)

di C. Alessandro Mauceri. I danni causati dai cambiamenti climatici nei primi sei mesi del 2022 sono impressionanti. Inondazioni, incendi e tempeste hanno causato perdite per oltre 65 miliardi di dollari. Questo senza contare i costi in termini di vite umane: secondo i dati ufficiali, sarebbero almeno 4.

Opinion Subscribers only Wildfires: 'We are in a real war with fire that demands increased international co-operation'

2022-08-14T05:16+0200LeMonde (en)

Subscribers only From the south of France to the Mediterranean, from Siberia to California, from Australia to South America, forest fires are reaching an unprecedented scale. The weather (drought, heat and wind) is particularly unfavorable and human activities are also playing a major role in the proliferation of fires, including deliberate ones.

Carbon emissions, ozone pollution... How forest fires are suffocating the planet

2022-08-13T15:39+0200tellerreport (en)

Overheated, France continues to burn in the west. While the peak of the heat wave was reached on Friday August 12, with temperatures exceeding 41°C in the South-West, French firefighters – now supported by European reinforcements – continue to fight against forest fires, in particular by Gironde....

Tackling air pollution at a global scale

2022-08-12T05:16+0200JakartaPost (en)

In the 1960s, scientists across Europe began to notice that the rain was unusually acidic, denuding forests and poisoning lakes. They traced the problem to the sulphur-dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. And not just their own for example, sulphur emissions from the UK were causing the forests in Scandinavia to suffer.

Wildfires: A climatologist explains what you need to know

2022-08-11T08:49+0200wingsenvironmental (en)

Wildfires have occurred on our planet ever since terrestrial plants began appearing over 400 million years ago, in the period of Earth’s history known as the Silurian. While certain regions are well known for them, such as Australia , Greece, the Amazon and the western USA, they actually take place on most areas of land around the globe.