Climate crisis everywhere, all at once: Record-breaking temperature in 10 countries across 4 continents

2024-03-20T06:19+0100downtoearth (en)

Almost every day over the last nine months, Indonesia has broken national records. The record-breaking temperatures continued on March 19, 2024, when many stations reported their warmest March night on record. At the same time, temperature in Putussibau, one of the towns in West Kalimantan Province, surpassed its previous March heat record.

La tasa de elevación del nivel del mar en el planeta se ha duplicado en 20 años

2024-03-19T13:05+0100lavanguardia (es)

La subida media mundial del nivel del mar en el año 2023 alcanzó un nuevo récord, según recogen las mediciones por satélite que se vienen efectuando desde 1993. Para los expertos es una consecuencia más del continuo calentamiento de los océanos (y de su expansión térmica), así como del derretimiento....

News2 hours ago Northern Thailand’s Chiang Mai Struggles to Combat Wildfires

2024-03-11T02:58+0100chiangraitimes (en)

The governor of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand is offering a 10,000-baht reward for anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest of someone who sets fire to forested regions. Chiang Mai’s Governor Nirat Sitthithaworn said on Sunday that the prize was a bid to manage smog in March, when....

Bt10,000 reward offered per arrest of forest fire starters in Chiang Mai

2024-03-10T12:28+0100thaipbs (en)

The Chiang Mai provincial administration is offering a reward of Bt10,000 for the arrest of the person or people who started forest fires, as the PM2.5 dust problem in 17 northern provinces, mainly caused by human-initiated forest fires, steadily increases.