Day: July 26, 2024

HOTTEST DAY WORLDWIDE: Highest value exceeded again

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According to preliminary data from the EU climate change service Copernicus, the record for the hottest day worldwide, which was only reached on Sunday, was exceeded again on Monday. The global average surface temperature rose to 17.15 degrees Celsius, 0.06 degrees higher than Sunday’s record of 17.09 degrees. The previous high of 17.08 degrees Celsius was measured on July 6, 2023. Before that, the record for the global daily average temperature was 16.8 degrees Celsius on August 13, 2016. However, since July 3, 2023, there have been 57 days on…

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Earth’s Resources used up on August 1

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This year, Earth Overshoot Day will be celebrated on August 1. As the environmental organization Germanwatch announced on Thursday, this is the day on which, according to the Global Footprint Network, the world’s population will have used up all the resources the planet could naturally replace within a year. “For decades, the Earth’s overload has increased almost every year, and it has now been hovering at a high level for almost ten years,” explained Christoph Bals, Political Director of Germanwatch. However, a turning point can be recognized. Congestion could soon…

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Typhoon “Gaemi” (local name: “Carina”): Already over 30 dead in the Philippines

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The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Gaemi is rising. At least 33 people died in landslides and flash floods in the wake of the severe tropical storm, according to reports from various police stations. Almost a dozen people died in the severely affected capital, Manila.At times in the past few days, the water in the streets of Manila was several meters high. In the meantime, most of the water has drained away, so that the full extent of the damage is slowly becoming clear, said eyewitnesses. Some areas…

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