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Greece's heatwave is set to become the longest in the country's recorded history.
An expert in disaster management, Efthymios Lekkas, expressed his concern that successive wildfires and heatwaves will spell the “environmental collapse” of Attica, home to the Greek capital, Athens, as the region continues to battle major wildfires burning through forests, brush, pastureland, residential settlements, farms and businesses.
Earth's thermosphere recently hit a near 20-year temperature peak after soaking up energy from geomagnetic storms that bashed Earth this year. The temperature in the second-highest layer of the atmosphere will likely continue to climb over the next few years as the sun's activity ramps up, which could impact Earth-orbiting satellites, experts warn.
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Campi Flegrei is a constellation of ancient craters, in the south of Italy, more active than Vesuvius, where residents live with daily tremors. To the right is the Gulf of Pozzuoli, where the Mediterranean Sea laps the distant islands of Procida and Ischia.
Smoke from raging wildfires in Canada is spreading further into southern and western areas, giving New York and the nearby northeastern coast a brief respite as pollution levels dipped slightly.
Noise pollution from ships, speedboats and other human activities is taking a toll on the communications of aquatic mammals, the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation has warned.
During the lockdowns of 2020, loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Bay of Laganas on the Ionian island of Zakynthos moved to shallower and warmer waters which were beneficial for their eggs, according to a recent study published in a scientific journal.
A team from Athens University and the National Observatory’s Beyond research center are working on a “master plan” for tackling the impact of climate change on the Greek capital, sharing the first findings of a series of studies on flood and wildfire risks at a conference in Athens on Thursday.