#High and dry: developed Cambodian wetlands raise flood risk

“#High and dry: developed Cambodian wetlands raise flood risk” The aquatic plants growing on the wetlands act as a waste treatment area More than a million Cambodians are at risk from increased flooding and worsening food security, NGOs warned Monday, due to the destruction and gradual filling-in of Phnom Penh’s wetlands by politically connected developers….

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#Highest-ever temperature recorded in Norwegian Arctic archipelago

“#Highest-ever temperature recorded in Norwegian Arctic archipelago” Svalbard is known for its polar bears, which a recent study predicts could all but disappear within the span of a human lifetime due to the Climate change Norway’s Arctic archipelago Svalbard on Saturday recorded its highest-ever temperature, the country’s meteorological institute reported. According to scientific study, global…

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#Tropical Storm Hanna drenches South Texas amid virus crisis

“#Tropical Storm Hanna drenches South Texas amid virus crisis” by John L. Mone and Nomaan Merchant </p><div> <div> <div data-src=”https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2020/36-tropicalstor.jpg” data-sub-html=”A boat sinks in the Packery Channel during Hurricane Hanna, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in North Padre Island, Texas. The Category 1 storm continued to strengthen before reaching Padre Island at 5 p.m. Saturday. (Annie…

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#Well-preserved mammoth skeleton found in Siberian lake

“#Well-preserved mammoth skeleton found in Siberian lake” In this handout released by Governor of Yamalo-Nenets region Press Office, people dig in silt searching for mammoth bone fragments in the Pechevalavato Lake in the Yamalo-Nenets region, Russia, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Fragments of a mammoth skeleton have been found by local reindeer herders in the lake…

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#NASA’s tracking Hawaii-bound Major Hurricane Douglas

“#NASA’s tracking Hawaii-bound Major Hurricane Douglas” On July 24 at 6:30 a.m. EDT (1030 UTC), the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite gathered temperature information about Hurricane Douglas’ cloud tops. MODIS found the most powerful thunderstorms (red) were in the eyewall, where temperatures were as cold as or colder than minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit (minus…

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