ForestFires
Firefighters on the southern Greek island of Crete rushed to extinguish a blaze over the weekend while at least 70 other fires erupted across the country. The Crete wildfire forced dozens to leave their homes in the eastern city of Mavros Kolymbos in Lasithi before it spread into the mountains. It was brought under control on Sunday. A suspected arsonist was arrested later that afternoon and will be brought before criminal prosecution on Monday, the fire department said. The wildfires on Crete started one month before the official fire season was scheduled to kick off in the Mediterranean coun...
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The Amazon rainforest is approaching a tipping point which would have devastating consequences for the world’s climate system, new research shows. Up to 47 per cent of ‘the planet’s lungs’ could be threatened by rising temperatures, droughts, deforestation and fires by 2050, according to scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact research (PIK) in Germany. The southeastern Amazon in Brazil has already shifted from being a carbon sink to a carbon source, meaning it emits more of the greenhouse gas than it absorbs. Losing forest in one place can lead to losing forest in another in ...
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At least 46 people have been killed, and more than a thousand homes destroyed in forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile, the country's president said late Saturday. In a nationally televised address, President Gabriel Boric warned that the death toll could worsen as four large fires burn in the region of Valparaiso, where firefighters have struggled to reach the most threatened neighbourhoods. Boric urged Chileans to cooperate with rescue workers. “If you are told to evacuate don't hesitate to do it,” he said. “The fires are advancing fast and climatic conditions...
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