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Drought devastates crops
Reduced rainfall, combined with the recent sunny days, have scorched and destroyed cereal crops in farming communities of West Nicosia. Farmers are trying to salvage what they can,...
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Belgian farmer takes TotalEnergies to court, seeking climate damages
A Belgian farmer is taking French oil and gas company TotalEnergies to court, seeking compensation for damage to his farm linked to climate change and a legal order for the company to halt...
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UCLan Cyprus launches bee conservation campaign
The academic community of the Institute of Professional Studies (IPS) of UCLan Cyprus University has announced the launch of a bee conservation campaign, emphasising the insect’s key...
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EU underprepared as climate change risks mount, draft report says
Europe is in urgent need of stronger measures to prepare healthcare systems, farming and critical infrastructure for increasingly severe climate change, a draft report by the European...
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El Nino weakens but will keep temperatures high, UN weather agency says
The El Nino weather pattern has begun to weaken but will continue to fuel above average temperatures across the globe, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday. El...
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Chocolate prices soar due to cocoa shortage
The unusually high temperatures on one hand, and the intense rainfall that destroyed cocoa crops in West Africa on the other, have led to a 153% increase in cocoa prices within a short...
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Hopeful Cyprus Picks Silia Kapsis, Song “Liar” for 2024 Eurovision Contest
NICOSIA – Cyprus, which holds the record for being in the kitschy Eurovision song contest the most times without ever winning – finishing second in 2018 – is hoping to end the drought...
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Farmer instructed by God to yell
Working the land is a gamble, one angry lifelong farmer tells THEO PANAYIDES, and credits praying to St Parthenios for curing his cancer Tractors parked in single file, blocking the road...
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Chile partially pulls Google data center permit, seeks tougher environmental checks
A Chilean environmental court partially reversed a permit allowing Google to build a data center in the country on Tuesday, asking the U.S. company to revise its application to take into...
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Private lakes emerge as symbol of water inequity in elite Mexican holiday town
The shores of the giant dam in Valle de Bravo, a popular weekend spot for Mexico City’s rich and famous, have turned to cracked, dry mud. Mario Garcia, a boat driver of more than 30...
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Plant-powered planes may be no pipe dream
EU researchers are seeking to expand supplies of clean aviation fuels by producing more from agricultural sources. By Tereza Pultarova Professor David Chiaramonti is looking down at...
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Five deaths, €9.5 million damages from last year’s fires
The Fire Service on Tuesday announced that in 2023, fires have inflicted damages totalling €9.5 million, with a minor increase noted compared to 2022. A significant 90% of these...
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Berry tasty: the fruits emerging from new breeding and processing
Research is helping strawberries and raspberries become more resilient to climate change and snacks become healthier. By Matthew Newman Supermarkets across Europe offer...
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Climate change is not a theory
Tornado: Random Armageddon or the everyday reality of climate change, was the title of an article 10 years ago (in Phileleftheros) following a devastating tornado in Oklahoma with a death...
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Explainer: How climate change affects Europe’s farmers
Farmers protesting across Europe have taken aim at EU environmental rules, which they say are adding to a pile of burdens on the sector, from low consumer prices to cheap food imports....
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Storm dumps more than a foot of snow on parts of US Northeast
A powerful, fast-moving winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of New England on Tuesday after it brought New York City its first significant snowfall in at least two years....
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Domestic violence is cost of climate change for Sri Lankan women
After years of scant rainfall in a remote region of Sri Lanka, farmer Renuka Karunarathna’s crops failed and as the family’s income dwindled, her husband took his anger out on her, beating...
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Nor’easter to blanket New York, Boston in snow on Tuesday
A fast-moving winter storm was expected to hit the U.S. Northeast early on Tuesday, dumping as much as 6 inches (15.24 centimeters) of snow on New York City before moving north later in the...
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One in five of world’s migratory species at risk of extinction – UN report
More than a fifth of the world’s migrating species are at risk of going extinct as a result of climate change and human encroachment, according to the United Nation’s first-ever report on...
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The farmers, Brussels, and us
The Green Deal of Brussels for agriculture and animal husbandry is theoretically very good. The declared goal is the reduction of gas emissions, the limitation of pesticide use, and the...
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No farmers, no food
The slogan “No Farmers No Food” is not a recent catchphrase, despite being used by European farmers in their dynamic mobilisations. It was first widely used in India in 2000 when farmers...
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January was world’s warmest on record, EU scientists say
The world just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fuelled by climate change, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)...
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A step too far for S. Korea and Klinsmann’s ‘zombie football’
South Korea’s late comebacks at the Asian Cup had earned them the tag of playing ‘zombie football’ after they always came back to life when they appeared dead, but it could...
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Zimbabwe bets on no till farming to reduce El Nino impact on grain
Zimbabwe expects to harvest 2.28 million metric tons of maize this year, enough to meet its annual consumption, due to the promotion of farming practices aimed at reducing the impact of...
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Prices of electronics to rise next week
From next week, price increases are expected for large electrical appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators, with the increase estimated to be around 10% to 12% on average....