MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his property is now dotted with thousands of what he and others hope is a promising new crop for the state following years … Read more
MANAUS — The Negro River, the major tributary that runs through the Brazilian Amazon, has reached historic lows, revealing millennia-old carvings previously hidden under water. The engravings deeply etched into the black rock along the riverbanks represent human faces, animals and other figures, and are thought to be 1,000 to 2,000 years old, archaeologists said. … Read more
MANAUS, Brazil — Communities dependent on the Amazon rainforest’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food or filtered water. Dozens of river dolphins perished and washed up on shore. And thousands of lifeless fish float on the water’s surface. These are just the first grim visions of extreme drought sweeping across Brazil’s Amazon. The … Read more
A stormy, wet year for California has brought its perilously depleted reservoirs back to life. The state’s “water year” ended this past Saturday, with officials noting that reservoirs throughout California are at 128% of their historical average, the Associated Press reports. The U.S. In For A Dry Winter | Extreme Earth Oroville Lake is currently … Read more
Singapore’s Shanti Pereira celebrates winning the women’s 200m final athletics event during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on October 2, 2023. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP) When Shanti Pereira sprinted to Singapore’s first athletics Asian Games gold in 49 years no one was prouder than her parents watching … Read more
Officials say the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is facing a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people by the end of the year ByThe Associated Press September 26, 2023, 2:55 PM View of the much-diminished Negro river shore amid an ongoing drought in Manaus, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. The Brazilian Amazon rainforest is … Read more
The crypto {industry} has not had a terrific run over the previous yr. Together with rising regulatory scrutiny and skeptical traders, capital deployment has pulled again considerably from the highs of 2021, which has left many younger startups struggling to boost funds. This capital crunch is affecting the Bitcoin ecosystem as properly. In keeping with … Read more
Barges of coal on the inland harbor in Duisburg, on the river Rhine in Germany, on Thursday, July 20 2023. Ben Kilb | Bloomberg | Getty Pictures The drought in Europe isn’t solely inflicting wildfires and dangers to meals safety however can also be threatening the shipments carried on the continent’s rivers, attributable to falling … Read more
Karl-Josef Hildenbrand | AFP | Getty Photos Automobile-sharing service Turo filed its IPO prospectus in January 2022. A month earlier, Reddit stated it submitted a draft registration for a public providing. Instacart’s confidential paperwork was filed in Could of final 12 months. None of them have hit the market but. Regardless of a bloated pipeline … Read more
HELSINKI — Summer time is wildfire season in southern Europe, however this 12 months the continent’s north can also be in danger, with forest hearth warnings in impact from Scotland to the Nordic and Baltic international locations. A scarcity of rain and rising temperatures have led to dangerously dry situations within the area, resulting in … Read more