With global warming driven by greenhouse gas emissions, the intensity and frequency of heat waves are steadily increasing worldwide. According to Berkeley Earth, the last eight years are the warmest eight years, while June 2022 was the warmest June on land since records began in the mid-1800s. Multiple intensive heatwaves in Asia, America, Europe, North Africa, and Oceania … [Read more...] about Record-Breaking Heatwaves Around the World In 2022
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Top 10 Countries with The World’s Dirtiest and Cleanest Air, 1990-2017
Air pollution is a major public health concern worldwide. It is always important and interesting to know which countries have the dirtiest and cleanest air, which may vary over different periods. The top 10 countries with the world’s dirtiest air in 2019 were introduced in a previous essay. However, knowing which countries have had the dirtiest air in previous years remains … [Read more...] about Top 10 Countries with The World’s Dirtiest and Cleanest Air, 1990-2017
Air Pollution in Top 20 Most Populous Countries in 2019
According to the World Health Organization, 92% of the world’s population is living with unsafe levels of air pollution, and more than 7 million premature deaths annually are linked to polluted air. The world’s population was estimated to have reached 7.8 billion as of March 2020. However, over 70 percent of the world’s population lives in the top 20 most populous countries. … [Read more...] about Air Pollution in Top 20 Most Populous Countries in 2019
10 Countries with the World’s Dirtiest Air in 2019
Top 10 Countries Affected by Extreme Weather Events During 1998-2017 (Economic Losses)
Extreme weather events are natural disasters that are inevitable and devastating. According to a Germany-based non-profit Germanwatch, more than 526,000 people over the world died as a direct result of more than 11,500 extreme weather events during 1998-2017, and the total economic losses amounted to around US$3,47 trillion. With global warming, the number and intensity of … [Read more...] about Top 10 Countries Affected by Extreme Weather Events During 1998-2017 (Economic Losses)