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Tourism Emissions Project Team, University of Queensland (NEW YORK) — The carbon footprint from the travel industry is growing at rates never seen before, according to new research. An increasing demand for international travel over the past decade has led to higher rates of carbon dioxide emissions every year, according to a paper published in Nature […]
Mailee Osten-Tan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over 1,100 flights have been canceled and 2,867 delayed in the U.S. as private and public sector industries continue to be impacted by the the CrowdStrike outage around the world more than a day after it began. While many businesses appear to have recovered, the issue has not yet […]
Lillian Suwanrumpha/ Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising temperatures, significant coral bleaching has been reported across the globe, according to experts. On Monday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the fourth global bleaching event on record and the second in the last 10 years. “From February 2023 […]
Tim Graham/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Access to clean and safe water is the “great connector” of our world and critical in promoting peace, according to the 2024 United Nations World Water Development Report released on World Water Day. Globally, 2.2 billion people still live without access to safely managed drinking water and 3.5 billion […]
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Global cases of measles increased by 18% from 2021 to 2022, following a drop in vaccinations over the past few years, according to a new report Thursday from the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Deaths due to measles have also increased globally by […]
AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The global number of children forcibly displaced from their homes reached a record 43.3 million by the end of 2022, fueled by conflicts such as the war in Ukraine, according to estimates released Wednesday by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. That figure has doubled in the last […]
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