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Europe faced the most extensive floods in the last decade in 2024, with 30% of the continent's hydrographic network affected. According to a joint report by the Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization...

Private equity funds that own Spanish telecoms group MasOrange are exploring an initial public offering (IPO) of the company next year, the Financial Times (FT) reported.

Greece is experiencing extreme temperature swings, with a record heat wave for March followed by frost and snowfall. Last week, the city of Livadia (central Greece) reached 31.4°C, the highest temperature ever recorded in March in Greece,...

The United States of America provided Ukraine, in 2024, with support of 6.1 billion dollars through the Agency for International Development (USAID), this being the highest financial aid granted by the US last year, according to an analysis by...

The disappearance of the Dacian treasure, following a burglary on the last day it was still on display at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands, represents the main event of the first month of 2025, despite the Government's attempts to keep...

The "Apocalypse Vault', the global seed bank located on the island of Spitsbergen in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, has received another 14,000 seed samples to protect the planet's agricultural biodiversity. The facility,...

A recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science suggests that fog harvesting could offer a viable solution to water shortages in extremely arid areas, such as Chile's Atacama Desert. The method, which involves...

Un studiu publicat în revista Nature evidenţiază o legătură istorică strânsă între perioadele de secetă şi instabilitatea politică din China, demonstrând că schimbările climatice au jucat un rol esenţial în ascensiunea şi prăbuşirea unor mari...

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.

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.

The second half of 2024 represented a critical turning point for Romania's economy and political stability. In an attempt to counter the ever-expanding budget deficit and ensure macroeconomic balance, the government implemented a series of...

Commodity prices have experienced significant volatility in recent years, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, disruptions in the global supply chain and geopolitical tensions.

Major disasters are wake-up calls from which people must draw the right conclusions. The fires in the US are a wake-up call related to the structure of large cities and climate change. The catastrophic fires in Los Angeles, exacerbated by the...

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.

The end of the calendar autumn was marked by the presidential and parliamentary elections that took place on November 24 and December 1. For this reason, in order to increase its chances before the election and to maximize the chances of its own...

Land aridity is a problem with long-term effects and is difficult to solve. About three-quarters of the Earth's surface has become "permanently drier" in recent decades, a new UN study has warned. According to the study by the UN...

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...

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...

Water shortages or excesses are causing major problems for people. Record-breaking global droughts are becoming "the new norm" forcing world leaders to "radically rethink" how they manage them, the UN warned, publishing a global...

Increasing subsidies, developing the irrigation system, access to financing and amending the lease law are the main demands of farmers in our country, according to the White Paper on Agriculture 2024 document launched yesterday by the National...

Reporter: In EU Member States we are witnessing a debate on GMO and NGTs cultivation. Farmers would like to grow plants that give higher yields and are more resistant to climate change, frost and drought through genetic modification, while...

SevenX Ventures, an investment vehicle controlled by Iulian Cîrciumaru, has lent Holde Agri Invest three million lei, according to a report by the agricultural land operator in our country, published on the website of the Bucharest Stock Exchange...

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...

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...

One of the main holiday destinations for Romanians, Greece, has faced major challenges this year. The country faced in 2024 the "most difficult year from a climate point of view in the last 40 years'', a year during which vegetation...

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,...

The third quarter of 2024 was marked by a series of major challenges for Romania's economy. High summer temperatures have led to increased energy consumption, and the government has taken drastic measures to cover energy needs, including the...

SevenX Ventures, an investment vehicle controlled by Iulian Cîrciumaru, lent Holde Agri Invest the sum of 1.5 million lei, according to a report of the agricultural land operator in our country, published on the website of the Bucharest Stock...

The intense droughts and extreme floods that are becoming more and more frequent around the globe are a "prelude" to future developments in the context of climate change, the United Nations (UN) warned in a recent report, sent by AFP....

The first month of autumn brought a series of economic and financial challenges for our country, especially in the context of a growing budget deficit, high inflation and volatility of energy prices. However, the Ciolacu government continued to...

Portul fluvial din Manaus, cel mai mare oraş din pădurea tropicală amazoniană, a înregistrat cel mai scăzut nivel al apelor Rio Negro din ultimii peste 120 de ani, în contextul unei secete devastatoare care a afectat întreaga regiune. Nivelul...

The river port of Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon rainforest, has recorded the lowest water level of the Rio Negro in more than 120 years, amid a devastating drought that has affected the entire region. The water level fell to 12.66...

Amazonia suferă din cauza secetei într-o perioadă în care Europa este dată peste cap de inundaţii. Cea mai gravă secetă înregistrată vreodată în Brazilia a redus nivelul apei râurilor din bazinul Amazonului la minime istorice, în unele cazuri...

The Amazon is suffering from drought at a time when Europe is being wracked by floods. The worst drought ever recorded in Brazil has reduced the water level of rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases drying up the beds of...

The last month of summer was marked by a series of government decisions that continued to deepen the budget deficit, which - according to the budget execution for the first seven months published by the Ministry of Finance at the end of August -...

Seceta severă care afectează insula italiană Sicilia a atins cote critice, lăsând mulţi locuitori din oraşul Caltanissetta fără apă la robinet de peste două luni. Într-o situaţie care aminteşte mai degrabă de dificultăţile din ţările în curs de...

The severe drought affecting the Italian island of Sicily has reached critical heights, leaving many residents of the town of Caltanissetta without running water for over two months. In a situation more reminiscent of the difficulties of...

A team of biologists, veterinarians and fishermen in Brazil briefly captured rare freshwater dolphins in the Amazon to study their health, hoping to avoid a repeat of the deaths of hundreds of such mammals last year due to severe drought, reports...