YOUR WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE
- According to the defence ministry, fire is extinguished at one of Turkey’s main ports. The earthquakes that occurred on Monday, which wreaked havoc across much of Turkey, are to blame for the fire in Iskenderun on the country’s Mediterranean coast. A massive cloud of dense, black smoke rose into the sky as hundreds of shipping containers caught fire. According to the officials, the fire was put out on Tuesday, but it later rekindled. Firefighters from Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, were among those who contributed to putting out the wildfire.
- Australia has used environmental rules to stop the development of a coal mine for the first time in history. The government turned down a plan to build a new mine 6.2 miles from the Great Barrier Reef. The infamous Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, who owns the mine, has yet to comment to the denial. His company, Central Queensland Coal, had suggested developing an open-cut mine 700 kilometres northwest of Brisbane that would produce both thermal and coking coal and run for roughly 20 years.
- According to a recent study, glacial lakes that could suddenly breach their natural dams could cause catastrophic flooding to affect up to 15 million people. Glaciers recede as the temperature warms, and meltwater accumulates to form lakes. Global warming has increased the size and number of glacial lakes globally, but its effects on glacial lake floods are still unknown. The Nature Communications study examined the state of lakes and how many people now live downstream from them, both of which have grown dramatically.
- The US claims that a huge Chinese balloon that was allegedly spying on important military installations around the country was shot down. The balloon was knocked down over US territorial seas, according to the Department of Defense’s fighter jets. The US’s use of force to destroy civilian unmanned aircraft was later met with “strong displeasure and protest” by China’s foreign ministry. Defense sources informed US media that the debris fell in shallower water than they had anticipated 47 feet (14 meters), near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
- Due to a growing internet trend, digital cameras from the early 2000s are quickly becoming must-have accessories for many young people. Online stores like eBay and Etsy are seeing an increase in search activity for used equipment. Additionally, videos with the hashtag #digitalcamera had more than 220 million views on TikTok. The style is compared to other revivals of turn-of-the-century fashion, according to analysts. The BBC was informed by eBay UK that more individuals were looking for the gadgets over the final thee months of 2022. .
- According to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, we are losing wetlands three times faster than we are forests. There is one hero with extraordinary abilities to return them to their original state: the beaver. Wetlands serve as a carbon sink, a water storage area, and a food supply. Despite doing more for humanity than any other terrestrial habitat, according to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, they are vanishing at an alarming rate. The primary issues include droughts and rising heat brought on by climate change, as well as urban growth.
Date: 3/2/23
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