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"He Monitors Solar Flares. Here’s What Keeps Him Up at Night." [1]

"Mike Bettwy, a government meteorologist who focuses on potential threats from space weather, says that we are more prepared than ever — and that forecasting is only getting better."

Disasters [2]
Natural Resources [3]
Science [4]
Technology [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
Source: NYTimes [9], 06/27/2024
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"The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanish" [10]

"Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Natural Resources [3]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [6]
International [8]
Source: NYTimes [13], 06/27/2024
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"Summer Heat Brings New Misery To Palestinians In Israel's Gaza Campaign" [14]

"Sweltering summer weather is worsening conditions in Gaza where nearly all the 2.3 million inhabitants have been driven from their homes by Israel's military campaign and where there is almost no electricity and little clean water."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Military [17]
People & Population [18]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [6]
Middle East [19]
Source: Reuters [20], 06/27/2024
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July 9, 2024

GIJN Webinar: How Latin America Connects to Your Story [21]

This Global Investigative Journalism Network webinar is on investigations into intricate webs of misconduct that start in Latin America but impact communities around the world. Explore the region’s global reach of illicit money, deforestation, illegal mining, drug trafficking and environmental destruction. 11:00 ET.

Other Events [22]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [23]
Forests [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Natural Resources [3]
People & Population [18]
Region: 
International [8]
Mexico [26]
Central America & the Caribbean [27]
South America [28]

"Texas, California Cities Threatened By Worsening Fires Amid Oil Wells" [29]

"More frequent and destructive fires are combining with booming oil production to put towns across the American West at risk, a new study has found."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [15]
Forests [24]
Natural Resources [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [31], 06/26/2024
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"Flooded Brazil 'Ghost Town' A Climate Warning To World, UN Advisor Says" [32]

"Record floods that killed over 170 people and displaced half a million in southern Brazil are a warning sign of more disasters to come throughout the Americas because of climate change, an official at the United Nations' refugee agency said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
People & Population [18]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [6]
International [8]
South America [28]
Source: Reuters [33], 06/26/2024
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Analysis: "Heat Is Killing Thousands, and Big Events Have Not Adjusted" [34]

"At large events all over the world, the scenes of extreme heat stress are starting to look familiar. Older men, shirts undone, lying down with their eyes closed. Aid tents packed with the unconscious. And lines of the faithful — whether they seek religion, music, ballot boxes or sport — sweating under slivers of shade."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [15]
Public [6]
International [8]
Source: NYTimes [35], 06/26/2024
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"Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam At Risk Of Failing As Floods Hit Midwest" [36]

"Rising waters on the Blue Earth River in Minnesota washed out a portion of the Rapidan Dam near the town of Mankato, 50 miles southwest of Minneapolis, as floods inundated parts of the Midwest."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [15]
Infrastructure [37]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [39]
Source: Washington Post [40], 06/26/2024
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Railroad Erred In Burning Vinyl Chloride Cars In East Palestine: NTSB [41]

"Norfolk Southern and its contractors botched the decision to blow open five vinyl chloride tank cars after last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and trackside detectors that might have prevented the crash failed to accurately detect the temperature of a burning wheel bearing 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) beforehand, according to the National Transportation Safety Board."

Chemicals [42]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [15]
Infrastructure [37]
Pollution [43]
Transportation [44]
Public [6]
Source: AP [45], 06/26/2024
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"Ash Trees Are Dying Everywhere. This Is Why." [46]

"A bug is going to make your summers hotter".

Biodiversity [47]
Disasters [2]
Forests [24]
Natural Resources [3]
Wildlife [48]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Sierra [49], 06/25/2024
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