2000-2010 drought in Upper Missouri River Basin driest in 1,200 years

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A large team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions across the U.S. and one in Canada has found that the 2000-2010 drought in the Upper Missouri River Basin was the driest in the past 1,200 years. … Read More

Syria – a looming pandemic catastrophe

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Russian television channel NTV, in Damascus, Syria in this handout released on June 24, 2018. SANA/Handout via REUTERS Sir, – President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is reported in The Irish Times … Read More

Coronavirus pandemic could last 2 years, 70 percent of world population needs immunity: researchers

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The coronavirus pandemic has drastically altered the planet since first appearing in late 2019, infecting more than 3 million and resulting in the deaths of at … Read More

Pandemic 2020: Layoff-related deaths exceed COVID-19 deaths by 41%

Our most recent research is on nursing homes, hospices, and hospitals with a NY focus. Covid deaths are exaggerated because of how they are reported and many are reported as COVID deaths without being tested. Moreover, there is a financial … Read More

“Murder hornets” have now entered the U.S. — and they could decimate the honeybee population

A roughly 2-inch long insect known as the “murder hornet” has made its way to the U.S. for the first time ever, researchers said. The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, has been known to kill up to 50 people a … Read More

Environmental disasters across world in April 2020

Authorities in Afghanistan warn more than 7 million people still at risk as 56 people die from severe flooding. ANKARA The fourth month of 2020 saw numerous environmental disasters that impaired climate change and vice versa, including severe flooding in … Read More

Worst drought in recent Polish history likely: hydrologist

The lack of precipitation last winter and this spring, has left Poland in danger of experiencing the worst drought in recent history, warns Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences and hydrologist, professor Paweł Rowiński. According to the Institute … Read More

Australia fires: Life during and after the worst bushfires in history

Australia experienced the worst bushfire season ever in 2019-2020 with fires blazing for months in large parts of the country. Around 126,000 square kilometres of land and thousands of buildings were destroyed and at least 33 people died. Many animals were injured … Read More

Yemen is hit by once-in-a generation floods; tens of thousands of families lose everything

See the United Nations report here. Sana’a, 26 April 2020 – Initial reports indicate that more than 100,000 people across Yemen have been impacted by torrential rains and flooding since mid-April. Health authorities in Aden Governorate, one of the hardest-hit areas, … Read More

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