TEHRAN, Iran – Residents of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province are protesting agiainst the water crisis in the region. Protesters demanded that President Ebrahim Raisi visit the region and urged the establishment of a High Council to address the crisis. The water crisis has also negatively impacted the region’s agricultural and ind...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Four U.S. senators have called on the Justice Department to sue the fossil fuel industry for its carefully coordinated campaign of climate change denial. Senators Bernie Sanders, Ed Markey, Jeff Merkley and Elizabeth Warren said the fossil fuel industry has spent millions of dollars to obscure the public’s underst...
ANKARA (AA) – Forest fires have destroyed about 82 million hectares of forest worldwide in the last 10 years. According to Global Forest Watch (GFW), the worst forest fires occurred in Australia, Russia, Canada, and the U.S. In Australia, the 2019-2020 bushfires were the largest in the last 10 years, destroying more than 24 million […]...
JAKARTA, Indonesia – An Indonesian women’s group is preparing to help people if El Niño triggers severe wildfires in the coming months. Aisyiyah, the oldest women’s organization, has reopened its “oxygen houses” in Kalimantan and Sumatra. It had established these houses in 2019 when 3.1 million hectares of land in Indon...
ANKARA (AA) – NASA data has shown that global sea level rise poses a significant threat to coastal regions and ecosystems. The rise in water level is due to the melting of ice sheets, glaciers, as well as the warming of seawater. NASA’s comprehensive satellite-derived analysis states that global sea levels have been gradually risin...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Scorching temperatures are spreading across the U.S. Midwest, and millions of people are feeling the heat. According to the National Weather Service, temperatures will rise in southeastern California and nearly all of southern Arizona. Thunderstorms are also expected in Arizona’s high-elevation regions. A heat war...
WASHINGTON –The climate clock has fallen below six years for the first time, suggesting that humanity is running out of time to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5°C. According to activists, this is a sign that the effects of climate change are already being felt. The environmental deterioration that was expected after six years […...
BOSTON, Massachusetts – Researchers have discovered a link between a planet-friendly diet and a reduced risk of death from chronic diseases. A study has found that individuals who followed a more sustainable diet were 25% less likely to die from cancer, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses. The research was presented at the annual ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Rains have claimed more than 100 lives in Pakistan for the past month. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDM), 13 people were killed by the renewed monsoon rains on Sunday. Authorities said nine people were killed by landslides and collapsed roofs. Most of the deaths were reported in the [&...
Yazd, Iran (AFP): Tall, chimney-like towers rise from centuries-old adobe houses in Iran’s desert city of Yazd, drawing in a pleasant breeze for residents of one of the hottest cities on earth. The wind catchers, called badgirs in Persian, are just one of the engineering marvels inhabitants have developed in this ancient city in central ...
