Sydney (AFP) Mar 21, 2024 More than 100 Australians were evacuated from a remote northern Australian town Thursday, as severe flooding from ex-tropical cyclone Megan was expected to hit. More than 100 residents of the small town of Borroloola were airlifted by the Australian Defence Force to Darwin, more than 970 kilometres (600 miles) away. The evacuation comes after 700 residents were left stranded as … Continue reading Military evacuates more than 100 Australians as flood looms

Tokyo (AFP) Mar 21, 2024 Buildings shook in Tokyo and emergency phone alarms went off when a magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck near the capital on Friday morning, with no tsunami warning issued. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake in southern Ibaraki, east of Tokyo, had a depth of 50 kilometres (30 miles). No damage or injuries were immediately reported, but bullet trains suspended operations … Continue reading Tokyo rattled by quake, no tsunami warning

Kuta, Indonesia (AFP) Mar 20, 2024 A tidal wave of plastic trash has left a normally pristine beach on the Indonesian resort island of Bali awash with garbage, a bleak annual event caused by the monsoon that has left tourists vexed and local officials scrambling to clean up. The Southeast Asian nation has a mammoth marine waste problem, ranking as one of the world’s biggest … Continue reading Trash tidal wave coats normally pristine Bali beach

United Nations, United States (AFP) Mar 21, 2024 Television viewers across the globe will get a special weather report Thursday as children take to the small screen to deliver special forecasts about their future – threatened by the climate crisis. From CNN to France 2, and in languages ranging from Spanish to Arabic to Hindi, the children are part of an effort conceived by the … Continue reading ‘Weather forecasts’ by kids warning about climate to hit TVs globally

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 20, 2024 An international team of researchers found the remains of a giant freshwater dolphin that is about 16 million years old and the largest river dolphin species ever found, the University of Zurich announced Wednesday. The newly discovered species is named Pebanista yacuruna after a mythical group of aquatic people thought by some to have inhabited the Amazon basin long … Continue reading Remains of extinct giant river dolphin found in Amazon region

Beijing (AFP) Mar 21, 2024 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday congratulated Prabowo Subianto on his victory in Indonesia’s presidential election, Beijing’s state news agency Xinhua said. Prabowo and his vice-presidential running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of outgoing leader Joko Widodo, had already declared victory after unofficial counts showed them winning a majority in the February vote.http://dlvr.it/T4PmhR Continue reading China’s Xi congratulates Indonesia’s Prabowo on election win

Brest, France (AFP) Mar 20, 2024 The French navy has seized 10.7 tonnes of cocaine with a street value of hundreds of millions of dollars from a Brazilian fishing boat in the Gulf of Guinea, officials said Wednesday. The operation off the west African coast last Thursday targeted a Brazilian-flagged boat measuring around twenty meters (66 feet). French authorities requested the raid based on a … Continue reading French navy seizes 10.7 tonnes of cocaine off African coast

Bayreuth, Germany (SPX) Mar 19, 2024 A comprehensive study led by Veronika Mitterwallner at the University of Bayreuth, published in PLOS ONE, highlights a significant decrease in annual snow cover days at ski resorts worldwide due to climate change, forecasting a stark future for the industry. The research encompasses seven critical skiing regions: the European Alps, Andes Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Australian Alps, Japaneshttp://dlvr.it/T4LtBN Continue reading Ski resorts face unprecedented challenges amid climate change