Massive floods, fires that have killed dozens of people are caused by global climate change
Massive floods that have engulfed Poland and Central European countries and caused the deaths of dozens of people are caused by global climate change, as are other similar cataclysms around the world, said Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former adviser to the UN Secretary-General on climate change Rae Kwon Chung. Record fires have engulfed South America, bringing black rain, green rivers and toxic air to the continent. Drought and prolonged heat have caused forest fires in the Bryansk region of Russia. At least 503 people have died in Chad as a result of floods, as of September 24. Coastal flooding due to high tides is becoming an increasingly common occurrence in most parts of the United States.
Earthquakes continue to rage along the Pacific coast
A strong earthquake occurred off the coast of Sakhalin on August 10, a powerful earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan on August 8, and an earthquake occurred off the coast of the Southern Kuril Islands on July 30. A strong earthquake occurred in Taiwan on April 3, which was the most powerful on the island in the last 25 years.
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Following the Artemis III mission, which lands the first humans near the lunar south pole, Artemis IV astronauts will live and work on humanity’s first lunar space station, Gateway, opening up new opportunities for science and preparation for human missions to Mars . The mission will combine the complex choreography of multiple launches and dockings of spacecraft in lunar orbit, and will also mark the debut of a larger, more powerful version of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and a new mobile launcher.
Natural disasters change the landscape and ecology in Japan
Several teams of scientists monitored the effects of the early 2024 earthquake in Japan using satellites and found that shifting tectonic plates raised parts of the Noto Peninsula by up to 4 meters, changing the position of coastlines and leaving some ports dry.
Increased volcanic activity has been recorded in Japan and Iceland
Volcanoes in seismically troubled island states have shown increased activity. A state of emergency has been declared in the south of Iceland due to the eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano. Before the awakening of the giant, an earthquake occurred in the country. A volcano erupted on Suwanose Island in Japan’s southwestern Kagoshima Prefecture.
Seismic activity in Japan remains high
The death toll from earthquakes in Japan has reached 128 people, reports the Japanese newspaper Tokyo Shimbun. According to the latest data from the Ishikawa Prefectural Government, 195 people are missing. Seismic activity in the country is still high. The number of victims of the earthquakes reaches 560, more than 2,000 people are isolated due to the consequences of the tremors.
The beginning of 2024 was marked by an earthquake in Japan and the threat of a tsunami in the Primorsky Territory
Earthquake on the Noto Peninsula: Seismologists in Japan recorded more earthquakes in the first two days after the onset of 2024 than in the past three years. This is evidenced by statistics from the country’s national meteorological department. On the coast of Primorsky Krai, after a tsunami warning due to an earthquake in Japan, the maximum wave height reached 30 cm.
The last whalers are going to stop their fishing
A moratorium on whaling, with the exception of the needs of the indigenous population of certain regions, has been in effect since 1982. But Japan, Norway and Iceland continue to harvest whales through quotas and withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission.
Winter cold in 2021 started earlier than expected
Mount Fuji in Japan was covered with snow a month earlier, a snowstorm raged in Krasnoyarsk, snow fell in the Stavropol region, and a record cold snap in Minsk was recorded in the last hundred years. In general, climatologists predict a harsh, snowy winter.