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Rio de Janeiro is experiencing an unusual heat wave, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, in the context of preparations for the famous carnival, scheduled between February 28 and March 8. Earlier this week, the Brazilian metropolis...

I was quietly watching the snow falling over Bucharest from the window when suddenly Mr. Călin Georgescu started talking very loudly a few steps away from me. I suddenly stood up and put my hand to my heart, like great athletes when they listen...

The operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), began the dismantling of the treated water tanks at the end of last week, a key step in the plan to completely decommission the plant, which was severely...

A study published in the journal Nature highlights a close historical link between periods of drought and political instability in China, demonstrating that climate change played an essential role in the rise and fall of great Chinese dynasties....

The price of Arabica coffee futures hit a new record high on Monday in New York, as weather forecasts show dry weather in the main regions of Brazil where this agricultural raw material is grown.

Nearly 200 countries missed the deadline to submit their new roadmaps for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to the UN under the Paris Agreement. Only 10 countries met the deadline, raising concerns about the global commitment to combating climate...

The price of Arabica coffee futures on Wednesday topped $4 per pound for the first time in history on the New York Stock Exchange, as concerns about global supply have driven prices to double over the past year, Bloomberg reported.

Cea mai nouă aplicaţie Apple facilitează trimiterea invitaţilor pentru diverse evenimente şi este disponibilă gratuit abonaţilor iCloud.

Meteorologists announce that January 2025 is on track to become one of the warmest months in Moscow's history, with temperatures well above seasonal average. Records were broken earlier in the week, and on Wednesday the thermometers did not...

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 missing of some climate change targets is confirmed by several institutions. Global average temperatures have exceeded the internationally agreed 1.5 degrees Celsius target in the past two years, an EU monitor said, with the Earth recording...

The warming of the entire planet is being confirmed from more and more places. Meteorologists say that the situation is alarming, especially since the upward trend in temperatures is maintained. The average temperature on the Earth's surface...

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,...

The threats to flora and fauna are increasingly diverse and complex. A quarter (24%) of freshwater wildlife, including crustaceans, fish and insects, face a ""high risk of extinction'' due to ""considerable...

Big city living has some advantages, but also many disadvantages. Extreme pollution is among the disadvantages. Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, shrouded in a thick layer of smog in recent weeks, is at the top of the world's most polluted...

Coffee and cocoa bean futures prices have seen some of the biggest increases among commodities in 2024, fueled by a sharp drop in supply and escalating global trade tensions.

Climate change is causing milder winters, with a greater number of days in which temperatures exceed 0 degrees Celsius, according to a report published by Climate Central and cited by AFP. The phenomenon has major implications for tourism,...

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stressed, during a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), that the climate emergency is essentially an unprecedented health crisis. Climate...

The year 2025 could become one of the three warmest years ever recorded globally, according to the British agency Met Office. The estimates come after a year 2024 that could break all temperature records, exceeding for the first time the...

European entrepreneurs in agriculture, forestry and fisheries will benefit from a total of euro3 billion in financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB), according to a press release published yesterday on the financial and banking...

What was expected, according to forecasts, will be officially recorded. 2024 will be the warmest year on record, and extraordinarily high temperatures are expected to persist at least into the first months of 2025, European Union scientists said...

Artificial intelligence is also proving very efficient in the field of meteorology. Google has developed an Artificial Intelligence system capable of forecasting the weather for a period of 15 days and with unprecedented accuracy, thus saving...

If there is one word that sums up 2024, it is "change": change in politics, with over 2 billion people across the world going to the polls, and a profound shift in the global order that has shaped the world over the last 80 years and that...

Humanity is facing all kinds of challenges. The historic drought affecting southern Africa has plunged 26 million people into acute food insecurity, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned, needing $300 million (286 million euros) in emergency...

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...

Preţurile de referinţă ale gazelor naturale din Europa au înregistrat, ieri, a doua sesiune consecutivă de creştere, prognoza meteo arătând temperaturi mai scăzute în multe zone de pe continent, transmite Bloomberg, conform Agerpres.

European natural gas benchmarks rose for a second straight session on Thursday, with the weather forecast calling for cooler temperatures in many parts of the continent, Bloomberg reported, according to Agerpres.

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...

Climate-driven migration is a major concern for governments around the world. The global climate crisis is no longer a distant future, but a present reality. Every year, millions of people are forced to flee their homes due to natural disasters...

Fenomenele meteo generate de schimbările climatice continuă să producă pagube majore economiei globale, cu un cost total de peste 2 trilioane de dolari în ultimii zece ani, conform unui raport al Camerei Internaţionale de Comerţ (ICC)....

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...

Weather events generated by climate change continue to cause major damage to the global economy, with a total cost of more than $2 trillion over the past decade, according to a report by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). An estimated...

The world is warming and almost everyone is feeling it. 2024 will almost certainly be the warmest year on record, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. The data was released ahead of the UN climate...

Good news travels as fast as bad. The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 30.6% in one year, between August 2023 and July 2024, a development presented as a success for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who promised to fight...

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...

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 analysis team of the brokerage house Prime Transaction estimates an intrinsic value of 1.7683 lei for the shares of milk producer DN Agrar (DN), 16% above yesterday's mid-session market price of...

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,...