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Flooding in central Japan's Noto region kills at least one person,
prompting evacuation orders for tens of 1000s and causing
blackouts for more than 6,000 households.
Japan: Heavy rains trigger evacuation in quake-hit region
dw, 21 Sep 2024 08:02Z
Tens of 1000s of people have been asked to evacuate to safety in the
Ishikawa region which is still recovering from a devastating earthquake
earlier in the year.
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Deadly flooding in West and Central Africa leaves corpses of crocodiles and
snakes floating among human bodies
CBS News, 20 Sep 2024 15:33Z
[Plant Food!]
Altai becomes fifth Russian region to declare emergency due to crop problems
Reuters, 20 Sep 2024 16:13Z
Altai on Fri became the fifth Russian region to declare a state of
emergency this month due to crop problems caused by extreme weather, saying
too much rain had waterlogged the soil.
Influencers are posting content from NEOM, Saudi Arabia's megacity under
construction. It's not what people expected
ABC News, 20 Sep 2024 06:06Z
The massive infrastructure project has been advertised for years
with otherworldly concept images, but as influencer vlogs from
within the brand-new urban development gain traction on social
media, audiences haven't been entirely impressed.
Hot, dry conditions kill masses of native vegetation in WA's Wheatbelt
ABC News, 21 Sep 2024 01:56Z
Only a small fraction of eucalyptus woodland remains alive in this
region of Western Australia and the habitat loss is threatening
wildlife and plant survival.
RFS less than halfway to hazard reduction burn target as bushfire season
approaches
ABC News, 21 Sep 2024 02:56Z
Wet winter weather prevents much of the NSW Rural Fire Service's
planned hazard reduction burning, but the agency says it is
prioritising protecting houses.
[Humans == 40 Gt CO2/yr; volcanoes <0.1 Gt/yr].
Global carbon dioxide emission to the atmosphere by volcanoes
Volcanic CO2 presently represents only 0.22% of anthropogenic emissions but
may have contributed to significant "greenhouse" effects at times in Earth
history.
-- Science Direct
From stardust to pale blue dot: Carbon's interstellar journey to Earth
new.nsf.gov, 14 Apr 2021
Most of the carbon on Earth was likely delivered from the interstellar
medium, the material that exists in space between stars in a galaxy.
Community 'bitterly disappointed' as endangered forest to be cleared for
housing
ABC News, 20 Sep 2024 10:02Z
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has approved the
development of a South Coast NSW forest after 4 years of
community fighting.
Second health care worker tied to Missouri bird flu case had
respiratory symptoms
STAT, 21 Sep 2024 01:37Z
The coming microbial crisis: Our antibiotic bubble is about to burst
Science, 20 Sep 2024
UN rights chief claims detonation of Hezbollah comms devices could
be a war crime
The Times of Israel, 21 Sep 2024 03:31Z
[Some reports say the bo,bs were exploded, targeting no-one in particular,
because the devices were about to be "lost"].
EU unveils plan to lend Ukraine $39B in frozen Russian assets
VOA Asia, 20 Sep 2024 13:22Z
Another home collapses on North Carolina's Outer Banks
FOX Weather, 20 Sep 2024 15:16Z
A third home has collapsed along Cape Hatteras National Seashore,
highlighting the ongoing threat of erosion and rising sea levels to North
Carolina's Outer...
[Plant Food!]
Coffee prices boiling over as natural disasters decimate crops
Euronews, 20 Sep 2024 14:15Z
Europe's coffee lovers are bracing themselves for higher prices as natural
disasters hit the world's top 2 coffee-producing ...
[Budget Buster!]
Analysis-Extreme weather adds to fiscal strains in central Europe
AOL, 20 Sep 2024 14:15Z
Just a week ago, before deadly floods swept through central Europe, the
Czech Republic looked on track to become the first ...
'Our plan worked': How Vienna prepared itself for a 5,000-year flood
BBC, 20 Sep 2024 14:14Z
The steps Vienna took to prepare for extreme rainfall may hold lessons for
how other cities can face deluges to come.
Sydney's weekend of free train travel to cost taxpayers up to $3.5m
ABC News, 20 Sep 2024 07:05Z
Government pay negotiations with the Rail, Tram and Bus Union broke
down earlier this week and the union threatened to disrupt services
on one of the busiest weekends of the year.
Tasmania in early stage of whooping cough epidemic as authorities urge
vulnerable to vaccinate
ABC News, 20 Sep 2024 10:04Z
Health authorities are urging at-risk Tasmanians to get vaccinated
against the highly infectious illness, as the state prepares for a
12 to 18-month whooping cough wave.
[Martians Bad Fer Bidness!]
US Scientist Warns Excessive Alien Talk Could Create Societal Problems
CNN-News18, 09 Sep 2024 05:41Z
Recently, a former US intelligence officer claimed that aliens are hiding on
Earth. These talks have led to people believing ...