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The Case Against Dams
2023-09-26 in TIME MagazineDeadly dam failures will become more common, and removing them helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Tagged under: Libya
Climate Change made Libya's deadly rainfall up to 50 times more likely - study | Reuters
2023-09-19 in ReutersClimate Change made the heavy rainfall that led to deadly floods in Libya up to 50 times more likely, scientists said on Tuesday.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Libya | Flooding | Extreme Rainfall | Africa
Climate action must respond to extreme weather driving health crisis, says WHO
2023-09-19 in The GuardianMelting ice caps and rising sea levels are urgent but people care more about the floods, wildfires and droughts that are here now, New York summit hears
Tagged under: COP28 | Libya | Drought | Africa | Ice Melting | Sea Level | Health | Middle East | Wildfires
Dams Worldwide Are at Risk of Catastrophic Failure
2023-09-17 (or before) by in Scientific AmericanHere’s why disasters like Libya’s dam collapses happen and how to prevent them
Tagged under: Libya | Collapse
‘People feel unprotected’: Greeks lose faith in state after Storm Daniel and a summer of wildfires
2023-09-16 in The GuardianBefore the catastrophe in Libya, the cyclone brought devastation to Thessaly – and there are fears the climate crisis will bring more
Tagged under: Libya | Wildfires | Greece
‘Disastrous beyond comprehension’: 10,000 missing after Libya floods
2023-09-12 in The GuardianNeighbourhoods washed away in port city of Derna, where two dams burst, with many bodies swept out to sea
Tagged under: Libya | Africa | Middle East
Missing uranium ore in Libya raises nuclear security fears | Financial Times
2023-03-17 (or before) in Financial TimesMilitia group later claims to have recovered the barrels of uranium after worries they had been stolen
Tagged under: Libya | Nuclear Power
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