Surfside condo building: before, during and after the demolition
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Arctic summer sea ice could be gone by 2035, new study forecasts
Photo: Thomas Nilsen The Arctic could be completely ice-free in summers by 2035, according to a new study that compared present-day conditions with those about 130,000 years ago. The study published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, looked at the last interglacial, a warmer period 130,000–116,000 years ago, as a potential analogue for future…
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5.8-magnitude quake shakes Peru coast; no reports of damage
LIMA, Peru — A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Peru’s central coast late Tuesday, causing some residents of the capital to run out of their shaking homes or buildings. There were no immediate reports of damages. The U.S Geological Survey said the quake’s epicenter was 6.4 miles (10.3 kilometers) west-southwest of Mala in Canete province, and had…
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Brazil’s upcoming fire season and drought are likely to complicate Covid cases.
Patients were treated in the coronavirus wing of a hospital in Tefé, a remote municipality in Amazonas, Brazil, last year.Credit…Tyler Hicks/The New York Times RIO DE JANEIRO — Scientists are projecting another bad fire season in the Amazon, one that could further complicate Brazil’s struggle with one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks. Widespread Covid devastated…
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Kim Jong-un warns of North Korea crisis similar to deadly 90s famine
Mr. Kim made his rare admission of looming hardship at a party conference – EPA North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has told citizens to prepare for hard times ahead, following warnings from rights groups that the country faces dire food shortages and economic instability. Speaking at a party conference, Mr Kim appeared to compare the…
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More COVID-19 deaths have already been reported in 2021 than in all of 2020
More people worldwide have died of COVID-19 so far this year than during all of last year, according to data tallied by Johns Hopkins University. So far, 3.77 million deaths have been reported since the pandemic began — with 1.89 million reported in 2021 exceeding the 1.88 million deaths counted as of December 31, 2020. While the true…
