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Ireland is facing a major crisis caused by Storm Eowyn, which brought extremely violent winds, reaching an all-time record of 183 km/h on the west coast. More than 500,000 households were left without power, and the country is paralyzed by these...

The planet's oceans reached the highest temperatures ever recorded in 2024, according to a recently published study cited by the DPA agency. The records apply to both surface temperatures and heat stored down to depths of 2,000 meters,...

Efectul de domino se resimte din plin în natură. Scăderea record a banchizei antarctice în 2023 a dus la o creştere a frecvenţei furtunilor deasupra zonelor oceanice sudice lipsite de gheaţă, potrivit unui studiu publicat în revista Nature....

The domino effect is clearly visible in nature. The record-breaking Antarctic ice loss in 2023 has led to an increase in storms over the ice-free Southern Ocean, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The work by Simon Josey, of...

Damage caused by extreme weather events is increasing. The 2024 tropical cyclone season was exceptional, with violent storms causing record losses well above the average of the last ten years, according to estimates by the German reinsurance...

Grecia nu are probleme doar cu incendiile, furtunile de toamnă sunt la fel de periculoase. Două persoane şi-au pierdut viaţa pe insula grecească Limnos, din Marea Egee, din cauza intemperiilor care afectează o mare parte din ţară şi care au...

Greece is not only struggling with fires, autumn storms are just as dangerous. Two people have died on the Greek island of Limnos, in the Aegean Sea, due to the weather that is affecting a large part of the country and which has caused...

Spain's left-wing government has approved an innovative measure that allows employees to take up to four days of "paid leave" in the event of climate emergencies, such as floods, storms or other extreme weather events. The decision...

Natural phenomena, including extreme ones, are linked. Record-breaking ocean temperatures increased the maximum wind speeds that accompanied all hurricanes formed in the Atlantic in 2024, according to a study, thus confirming that global warming...

Records related to temperatures, rainfall, winds, fall one after another. October 2024 was the wettest ever recorded in Spain, announced the Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET), which mentions a record of rainfall recorded in one hour during...

Natural disasters are increasing at an alarming rate, much to people's concern. The catastrophic floods that killed at least 72 people in Spain were caused by a destructive weather system in which cold and warm air meet to produce heavy rain...

Schimbările climatice afectează regiuni tot mai mari de pe glob, nici ţara noastră nu face excepţie. Criza climatică globală a atins un punct critic, evidenţiat de datele din 2023, care arată o creştere a temperaturii medii globale cu 1,48°C faţă...

Climate change is affecting more and more regions around the world, and our country is no exception. The global climate crisis has reached a critical point, highlighted by data from 2023, which shows an increase in the average global temperature...

The duration and frequency of heat waves in Romania have increased significantly in recent decades, and projections point to an increasingly hot future. By 2040, approximately 50% of the urban population will be affected by extreme temperatures,...

Climate change has doubled the risk of torrential rains like those that recently caused devastating floods in Central Europe, according to a report published Wednesday by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. The report stresses the need for...

Our country has faced a new wave of heat waves in recent days. This is the first red heat code (the tenth this summer) ever issued in August in Romania, the director of the National Meteorological Administration, Elena Mateescu, said. Entire...

Confirmation of the weather records set this hot summer is coming from several directions. Last month was the hottest July on record and marked the 14th consecutive monthly temperature record, according to a US agency. 2024 currently has a 77%...

Problemele vin şi din spaţiu, nu sunt doar rezultatul activităţilor umane. Noi furtuni solare ar putea provoca furtuni geomagnetice pe Pământ, cu manifestări ale aurorelor boreale chiar şi la latitudini mai joase, conform Administraţiei Naţionale...

Problems also come from space, they are not only the result of human activities. New solar storms could cause geomagnetic storms on Earth, with displays of the aurora borealis even at lower latitudes, according to the US National Oceanic and...

Good news also comes from the "front" where the fight against pollution is taking place. The amount of dust in the atmosphere decreased slightly in 2023, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced, warning that poor...

The nightmare of fires returned to the Greek islands this summer as well.

Europa a fost lovită, în special în partea centrală, de o serie de furtuni violente şi ploi torenţiale. Acestea s-au abătut asupra Elveţiei, Franţei, Germaniei şi Italiei s-au soldat cu cel puţin 7 morţi, conform primului bilanţ dat publicităţii...

Europe was hit, especially in the central part, by a series of violent storms and torrential rains. They fell on Switzerland, France, Germany and Italy and resulted in at least 7 deaths, according to the first balance published by the local...

Air transport seems to face serious problems every summer season. The large number of flights scheduled during the summer, the lack of available slots and the unfavorable weather conditions caused by climate change lead to the cancellation or...

Rain and floods wreak havoc in Europe and Asia. Wild nature creates big problems. The search continues in Switzerland for the three people reported missing following the devastating floods that occurred in the south-east of this country, while a...

Students are in full exam period. The pressure is at its highest. The national exams, regardless of whether it is the National Assessment or the Baccalaureate, mean the end of a cycle of secondary or high school studies, but, at the same time,...

Heavy rainfall and flooding have caused severe damage in southern China, causing landslides and making roads impassable.

Extreme natural phenomena multiply and increase in intensity. The 2024 North Atlantic hurricane season, which is expected to begin this week, is shaping up to be "extraordinary" and could include four to seven Category 3 or greater...

Climate change also brings with it a procession of natural disasters. Violent storms are more and more present, there are areas of the globe that are more and more affected by them. The El Nino phenomenon and climate change caused by human...

Asia was in 2023 "the region of the world most affected by catastrophes" related to meteorological conditions, with floods and storms causing the most victims and the greatest economic losses during the past year, reveals a UN report....

Meteorological records fell one after another throughout 2023, and Europe was no exception. Last year was the hottest in the history of meteorological recordings, with a "remarkable" advancement, probably the warmest in the last 100,000...

The force of nature, including its destructive power, is well known. Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, storms in the United States, and other natural disasters last year caused global losses of $250 billion, and less than half of these losses were...

Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria will sign in the next few days an agreement on the establishment of a joint force, which will aim to remove sea mines that reach the territorial waters of the three NATO countries that have access to the Black Sea, it...

Foreign investments, ensuring a transparent and efficient flow of financial capital and increasing human capital are essential for the reconstruction of Ukraine, argued the participants of the first day of the international conference...

Humanity is facing increasingly numerous threats, many of which are self-inflicted, and nature seems less willing to aid humans. Experts argue that we have reached a point of no return, and if humanity does not realize the gravity of the...

Meteorologists are noting record after record when it comes to temperatures. October 2023 has been declared the "warmest October ever recorded worldwide," continuing a series of monthly records that began in June, as announced by the...

The Gross Domestic Product of our country could triple by 2050, if the central authorities would adopt measures to mitigate climate change and reduce carbon emissions, according to the Country Report on Climate and Development for Romania (RTCD)...

Climate change issues are causing concern at the highest level. President Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu discussed these changes at the "Climate Change Summit: Solutions for the Future," taking place in Bucharest....

The world is going through a turbulent period in many respects, and tragedies are unfolding at an incredible pace. While some may go unnoticed on a small scale, the larger picture is clear. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has...

Unprecedented rains are falling in multiple areas around the world. New precipitation records are being set these days, and nature seems to have temporarily lost its bearings. From Hong Kong to Athens and from Istanbul to Shenzhen, it's...