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Evacuation warnings after typhoon makes landfall in Japan

ENVIRONMENT
Millions of people in Japan were under evacuation warnings on Monday as Typhoon Nanmadol brought strong winds and heavy rain to the southwest of...

Hurricane Fiona hits Dominican Republic after ravaging Puerto Rico

ENVIRONMENT
Hurricane Fiona slammed into the Dominican Republic on Monday after knocking out power and causing widespread flooding in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi...

Exploring the synergy of westerlies and the monsoon on Mt. Everest, as well as their climatic and environmental effects

ENVIRONMENT
In May 2022, a group of monsoon researchers conducted "Earth Summit Mission 2022: Scientific Expedition and Research on Mt. Qomolangma" within the Himalayan Mountains....

Cameroon’s ‘exploding lakes’: Disaster expert warns deadly gas release could cause another tragedy

ENVIRONMENT
A sudden change on 29 August 2022 in the color and smell of Lake Kuk, in north-west Cameroon, has caused anxiety and panic among...

New model developed to predict landslides along wildfire burn scars

ENVIRONMENT
A wildfire followed by an intense rainstorm is often a recipe for disaster. Without vegetation to cushion rainfall, water runoff can turn into a...

Mineral-microbe interactions play important roles in geological and environmental processes

ENVIRONMENT
In a paper published in National Science Review, a team of scientists critically summarize major advances in mineral-microbe interactions, including molecular mechanisms of interactions...

Machine learning using climatic pattern data may help predict harmful algal blooms earlier

ENVIRONMENT
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are phytoplankton colonies that may harm aquatic ecosystem and human health. The fish die-offs, shellfish closures and reluctance among consumers...

Arctic lakes are vanishing in surprise climate finding

ENVIRONMENT
The Arctic is no stranger to loss. As the region warms nearly four times faster than the rest of the world, glaciers collapse, wildlife...

10 times normal rainfall drove vast Pakistan flooding

CLIMATE
Rainfall 10 times heavier than usual caused Pakistan's devastating floods, the European Space Agency said Thursday, as it released satellite images of a vast...

Brazilian Amazon records worst August for fires in 12 years

ENVIRONMENT
The Brazilian Amazon recorded its worst month of August for forest fires since 2010, with an 18 percent rise from a year ago, according...

Greenland already locked in to major sea level rise

CLIMATE
Even without any future global warming, Greenland's melting ice sheet will cause major sea level rise with potentially "ominous" implications over this century as...

New Zealand flood recovery estimated to take ‘years’

ENVIRONMENT
A New Zealand city devastated by flooding will take years to recover, the mayor said on Friday, as hundreds more homes were evacuated. The Pacific...
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