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 KLdy1 - june06 - petrol station - petrol kiosk - oil prices - petroleum - petrol - gas station. (dy1) Good news: The worst could be over for gas prices this spring
Israel and Iran have been in open conflict. Ukrainian drones have repeatedly attacked Russian oil refineries. And OPEC continues to hold back oil supply. All of these... (photo: WN / deniseyong) CNN
Energy   Gas   Oil   Photos
Homeowners assess damage after a tornado caused extensive damage in their neighborhood northwest of Omaha in Bennington, Neb., Friday, April 26, 2024. Oklahoma towns hard hit by tornadoes begin long cleanup after 4 killed in weekend storms
SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — Small towns in Oklahoma began a long cleanup Monday after tornadoes flattened homes and buildings and killed four people, including an infant,... (photo: AP / Josh Funk) Wtop
Oklahoma   Photos   Tornadoes   US States
A car lies on its side after being knocked over during a tornado that tore through downtown Sulphur, Okla., Sunday, April 28, 2024. Dozens of tornadoes plow central US, at least 5 killed
An exceptional number of tornadoes have ravaged parts of Oklahoma and nearby Great Plains states, leaving at least five dead, authorities and local media said Sunday.... (photo: AP / Ken Miller) The Daily Tribune - Bahrain
Extreme Weather   Natural Disaster   Photos   Tornadoes   Wikipedia: Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024
Residents rest near an area exposed after floods sweep through a village on the outskirts of Beijing, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Heavy rain and high water levels on rivers in northeastern China were threatening cities downstream on Friday, prompting the evacuation of thousands, although the country appears to have averted the worst effects of the typhoon season battering parts of east Asia. China evacuates over 100,000 as heavy rain continues to lash south
China has evacuated more than 100,000 people as heavy rain continues to lash the southern province of Guangdong. Authorities raised the highest level of alarm on Tuesday... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan) Al Jazeera
China   Guangdong   Photos   Weather
Youngsters wade through a flooded street caused by heavy rain in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, April 15, 2024. Lightening and heavy rains killed dozens of people, mostly farmers, across Pakistan in the past three days, officials said Monday, as authorities declared a state of emergency in the country's southwest following an overnight rainfall to avoid any further casualties and damages. Asia bears biggest climate-change brunt amid extreme weather: WMO
Asia was the region most affected by climate change, weather and water-related hazards globally last year, the United Nations weather agency has said. In a report... (photo: AP / Muhammad Sajjad) Al Jazeera
Climate Change   Extreme Weather   Natural Disaster   Photos   Wikipedia: Climate change
The new Earth Information Center at NASA’s headquarters includes immersive spaces that blend art and science to allow visitors to see how our planet is changing. Earth Day 2024: Our planet requires collaborative climate solutions
Earth Day 2024: How to celebrate Earth Day Celebrate Earth Day with these sustainability tips. Problem Solved Ilán Ramón, Israel's first astronaut, who perished in the... (photo: NASA / Peter Griffith) Daily Messenger
Climate change   Environment   Photos   Science
File - Residents wash their mud covered suitcases and belongings on a bank of a canal clogged with flood debris in the Mentougou district on the outskirts of Beijing, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Rain continued to pelt northeastern China in the wake of Typhoon Doksuri, as authorities reported more fatalities and missing people while evacuating thousands more. Floods swamp China's south, spark extreme weather fears
Floods swamped a handful of cities in southern China's densely populated Pearl River Delta following record-breaking rains, sparking worries about the region's defenses... (photo: AP / Andy Wong) LBC International
China   Extreme Weather   Natural Disaster   Photos   Wikipedia: Flooding of the Pearl River
FILE - A man rides his bike on a small road in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises on July 9, 2023. Scientists say crushing temperatures that blanketed Europe last summer may have led to more than 61,000 heat-related deaths, highlighting the need for governments to address the health impacts of global warming. Europe endured record number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023
Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so intense that the human body cannot cope, climate monitors have warned. The continent endured a record number of “extreme... (photo: AP / Michael Probst, File) Al Jazeera
Climate change   Environment   Europe   Photos
Stryjskyj Park in Spring. Entrance from the Parkova St. 30 April 2013. Climate change is leading to an earlier spring and more extreme weather, say experts
In our warming world, spring-like conditions are arriving earlier — prolonging seasonal allergies, causing early snowmelt, and extending growing seasons, experts say.... (photo: Creative Commons / Mykola Swarnyk/https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mykola_Swarnyk) The Augusta Chronicle
Climate change   Environment   Photos   Weather
Col. Turki al-Malki, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Huthi forces, listens during a press conference in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, May 31, 2019. Saudi Arabia braces for heavy rainfall and thunderstorms from Sunday to Wednesday
Dubai: Saudi Arabia is expected to experience significant rainfall and thunderstorms across various regions from Sunday to Wednesday, according to forecasts issued by the... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) Gulf News
Dubai   Photos   Saudi Arabia   Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia   heavy rainfall
pollen in flowers causes allergies in spring season so be careful when cleaning It’s not just you. Here’s why pollen allergies are worse than ever
For roughly 1 in 4 American adults, spring blooms mark the start of itchy, eye-watering, congested misery. And looked at any number of ways, it’s only getting worse:... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) CNN
Allergies   Health   Photos   Science
A boy cools off in a fountain at the city center of Budapest, Hungary, during a heatwave with 35 degrees Celsius on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023 Extreme heat is the silent assassin of climate change
Twenty million people dead in a heatwave, some poached alive in a lake they hoped to cool off in. It is, for now, science fiction.Keep reading list of 4 itemslist 1 of... (photo: AP / Martin Meissner) Al Jazeera
Climate change   Environment   Photos   Weather
Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA photographed the glowing nighttime lights of an aurora from his vantage point in the International Space Station's cupola module on June 19, 2017. Part of the station's solar array is also visible. Earth Struck By Severe Solar Storm, Sparking Aurora Activity In Tonight's Sky
Earth is being struck with strong geomagnetic storm activity after a coronal mass ejection was blurted out by the Sun over the past weekend. It’s a big one, but... (photo: NASA / Jack Fischer) IFL Science
Photos   Science   Solar storm
The Arctic is Getting Rainier Rain comes to the Arctic, with a cascade of troubling changes
This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In August of 2021, rain fell atop the... (photo: NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using data from Boisvert, L., et al.) Grist
  Arctic   Climate change   Environment   Photos
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, a damaged apartment building is seen near the location of a March 2 Russian attack during a visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Odesa, Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The sound of a large explosion reverberated around the Ukrainian port of Odesa as Zelenskyy and Mitsotakis ended a their Wednesday tour. Ukrainian storm front threatens Western Europe
By John J. Metzler LONDON — A stormy geopolitical weather front is converging on Western Europe as the Ukrainian war in the East has entered its third year with no... (photo: AP / Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Korea Times
  Nato   Photos   Russia   Ukraine War   Wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War
A spring evening on the shore across from Helmet Rock The planet just shattered heat records for the ninth month in a row
Last month was the planet’s hottest February on record, marking the ninth month in a row that global records tumbled, according to new data from Copernicus, the European... (photo: Creative Commons / Blake Everett) CNN
Climate change   Environment   Photos   Weather
File - Abdia Sheikh Abdullahi, 70-years-old, stands in the water by her flooded house in Mandera County, Kenya, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Rains began pounding the country in October. At the end of November Kenya President William Ruto convened an emergency cabinet meeting saying 38 of Kenya’s 47 counties had been affected by floods and mudslides made worse by the El Niño phenomenon. El Nino can impact global climate adversely in coming months: WMO forecast
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has reported that El Nino is one of the five strongest climate patterns on record. The current El Nino climate is predicted to... (photo: AP / Brian Inganga) Financial Express
Climate Change   El Nino   Extreme Weather   Photos   Wikipedia: El Niño–Southern Oscillation
File - A worker carries a bucketfull of disinfectant at a cholera treatment centre, in Lusaka, Zambia, Friday, Jan 12, 2024. The country is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays. Cholera: An overlooked outcome of climate change
In the 21st century, every case of and every death from cholera is preventable. Yet to this day, children around the world are still suffering and dying unnecessarily... (photo: AP) Al Jazeera
Cholera   Climate Change   Humanitarian Aid   Photos   Wikipedia: Cholera
Badwater Basin Refills 'Extremely rare event:' Satellite images show lake formed in famously dry Death Valley
Mudflows from Tropical Storm Hilary destroy homes in Cathedral City The large mudflows following Tropical Storm Hilary downpour on August 20, 2023, falls into FEMA’s... (photo: NASA Earth Observatory) Desert Sun
California   Death Valley   NASA   Photos
A truck drives through a flooded street during a rainstorm, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Santa Barbara, Calif. The terrifying forces that created a California monster storm
It appeared like a swirling specter off the coast of California. For days, forecasters warned of life-threatening effects as an atmospheric river prepared to unleash a... (photo: AP / Ethan Swope) The Los Angeles Times
California Floods   Climate Change   Natural Disaster   Photos   Wikipedia: Floods in California
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Rice terraces in Muong Khuong (Lao Cai, Vietnam). May 13, 2010.
In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice
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A ship of Freedom Flotilla Coalition anchors at Tuzla seaport in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, April 19, 2024. Activists and aid workers from numerous international aid NGO’s are gearing up for another attempt to break through the Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?
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In this photo released by Sitaro Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD Sitaro), hot molten lava glows at the crater of Mount Ruang as it erupts in Sanguine Islands, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. (BPBD Sitaro via AP)
Indonesia evacuating thousands after volcano erupts, causes tsunami threat
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New Orleans BP Oil Flood Protest, Jackson Square. Protest against the great oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Taking Big Oil to court for ‘climate homicide’ isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds
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Israel Defense Forces modernized M24A1 sniper weapon system. Nahal snipers 2021
Nicaragua seeks to halt German arms exports to Israel at World Court
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