More than two million people are affected by heavy rains that caused major rivers to burst their banks in Bangladesh this week, according to officials who confirmed the death toll on Saturday ( July 6 ). The South Eastern region of 170 million people, crisscrossed by thousands of river, hasContinue Reading
In a diving location in the Philippines, green activists have proposed to transfer a bag of grain for every bag of trash that local residents have collected. Although Mabini in Batangas state is known for its lively reefs and marine wildlife, a rising flood of plastic waste poses a growingContinue Reading
PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court has handed jail terms of up to eight years to 10 activists of environmental group Mother Nature, on charges of plotting against the government and insulting the king, the group’s founder and a lawyer said on Tuesday (Jul 2). The verdict comes amid growing concernsContinue Reading
PHNOM PENH: Ten activists from the Cambodian environmental group Mother Nature were found guilty on charges of plotting against the government and insulting the king, the group’s founder said on Tuesday (Jul 2). Five of the defendants from the conservation group were arrested outside the court in Phnom Penh immediatelyContinue Reading
“UNSUSTAINABLE Costs” In a statement from July 2023, India’s government-run NITI Aayog public policy center forecasts a” steep decline in water supply by 2030.” Additionally, it issued a warning about “increasing water shortages, depleting water tables, and deteriorating tool excellent.” Groundwater tools “are being depleted at untenable costs”, it added,Continue Reading
PM2.5 molecules can penetrate deeply into individuals ‘ breathing due to their tiny size, leading to health issues that particularly affect vulnerable groups like children, the elder, and those with respiratory conditions.
Additionally, long-term exposure to polluted air may cause heart disease, strokes, or even heart tumor, related to cigarette use.
According to the NTU research, PM2.5 pollution caused 49 million Chinese people’s unnecessary deaths. The number was 26.1 million in India.
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Japan also recorded significant amounts of early deaths due to PM2.5 waste, ranging from 2 to 5 million each.
LKCMedicine professor Joseph Sung, who co- authored the investigation, noted:” We are seeing more and more people who have never been tobacco, especially females, that might get this illness and the trend seems to be rising over the past decades”.
Healthcare providers you better prepare for the possibility of more people seeking treatment for pollution-related illnesses by acknowledging these trends, said Professor Sung, who is also the school’s senior vice president of health and life science.
According to the study, a fourth of the unnecessary deaths that occurred between 1980 and 2020 were thought to be related to injury.
Another second were associated with ischemic heart disease, while the remainder were linked to COPD, lower lung diseases, and lung cancers.
The government announced on Monday ( Jun 10 ) that at least eight people had died in India’s eastern state of Odisha from suspected sunstroke, with the state’s national weather department forecasting more hot weather for parts of the state this week. When a region’s temperature is between 4.5 degreesContinue Reading
A forest official reported on Tuesday ( Jun 4 ) that dozens of monkeys in India’s heatwave-hit state of Pania have drowned in a well. Since last quarter, a heat wave has gripped parts of northern India, with temperatures reaching over 45 degrees Fahrenheit. A court in India last yearContinue Reading
Due to climate change, the Indian Ocean’s lake surface temperatures have increased by 50 % faster than the average over the past 50 years. This causes fish to change their normal migration patterns, forcing them to migrate in cooler, deeper waters.
Sailors have also been forced to deal with more erratic wind patterns while sailing.
” The fishermen spend a lot of time at sea right now.” They spend about a week minimum out at sea”, said Maldives Fishermen’s Association director- public Abdulla Shakir Mohamed.
” So, if the sea is rough, if the weather is bad, then that will definitely ( pose ) problems ( for ) them returning back to the base or to their home island”.
The relationship works with thousands of fishermen, and teaches them necessary skills to overcome these difficulties.
These abilities, according to Mr. Abdulla, include the ability to gather and analyze data, as well as the ability to recognize various cloud types and weather patterns shifts.
He added that the training that was provided focused on how climate changes and how this affects smaller island communities.
In response to climate change, fishermen have learned to embrace green hunting techniques while relying on tech to chart a fresh program. However, these guardians of the ocean still take risks every day at sea.
” In the olden days, like maybe 10 years ago, during the season changes, everybody would go out to the reef ends where they ( could get a ) good number of animals”, Mr Ashfam lamented.
” Now, it’s been affected”.
The city park in Delhi relies on lakes and extinguishers to provide comfort to its 1, 200 occupants, where higher temperatures have been making birds and wild monkeys faint or fall ill. Sanjeet Kumar, the zoo’s chairman, informed ANI that the summer management diet includes a more liquid meal asContinue Reading