Tag Archives: Summer

The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe’s recorded history, with the continent suffering blistering heatwaves and the worst drought in centuries, the European Commission’s satellite monitor said on Thursday. The five hottest years on record have all come since 2016 as climate change drives ever longer and stronger …

Global power grids are about to face their biggest test in decades with electricity generation strangled in the world’s largest economies.

Greece lifted COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday for foreign and domestic flights, its civil aviation authority said, ahead of the summer tourism season that officials hope will see revenues bouncing back from the pandemic slump. To fly in or out of the country, travelers were previously required to show either a …

Iraq’s Minister of Electricity, Majed Hantoosh, submitted his resignation to the Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, today, Tuesday. The deterioration of the power supply due to increased weather temperature in summer and the organized attacks on power transmission tower was the motive of his resignation. The spokesperson of the Ministry, Ahmed …

Summer has not even begun and Lake Oroville, the second-largest reservoir in California that provides drinking water to more than 25 million people, is at less than half of its average capacity at this time of year. It is a worrying indication of the worsening drought conditions in the northern …