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UN food chief: Poorest areas have zero harvests left
BBC News· 2 days agoDroughts and flooding have become so common in some of the poorest places on Earth that the land can no longer sustain crops, the director of the World...
Scrub recap: Weather stops SpaceX Falcon 9 that will rocket SES/Astra satellite into orbit
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe only sound anticipated will be the rocket’s familiar rumble. The Falcon 9 will be ferried back...
Mexico City is running out of water—are these cities next?
National Geographic· 5 days agoRather, “dilapidated water infrastructure and poor water management” by “dysfunctional...
Can desalination save a drying world?
Energy Monitor via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoThe hope for low-income countries...it must be powered by renewables. Unfortunately, this is far from the case in Israel today: more than 90% of the ...
China’s Copper Exports Hit a Record as Deflation Bites at Home
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 14 hours ago(Bloomberg) -- Chinese copper exports hit a record last month, as poor demand at home forced traders...
‘Everyone is vulnerable’ – how climate change impacts human health
Energy Monitor via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoDuring the UK’s 2022 (famously hot) summer, the country saw an estimated 2,985 all-cause excess...
Exclusive: Africa's Great Green Wall to miss 2030 goal says UN desertification president
Reuters· 7 days agoAfrica's Great Green Wall, which is meant to restore degraded landscapes and boost economies across...
Who is the biggest and richest?
The Washington Times· 2 days agoDoes China have a larger economy than the U.S.? Is India, Germany or Japan the world’s third-largest economic power? How many minutes of labor does it take for the average worker to buy a Big ...
Heatwave expected to linger in Chicago all week as high temp forecast to hit 97 today
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA heatwave stretching from the Midwest to the Northeast is expected to linger for at least five...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 13 hours agoThe El Niño phenomenon is likely to impact India’s weather in 2023, affecting the country’s agriculture sector. The annual monsoon rains are usually the worst-hit by this ...