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    Mont Blanc, Tallest Mountain in the Alps, Shrinks 2.2 Meters

    Mont Blanc, Tallest Mountain in the Alps, Shrinks 2.2 Meters

    Mont Blanc has shrunk 2.22 meters (approximately 7.3 feet) since 2021, leaving it at its lowest height in the 22 years since recordings began in 2001. Mont Blanc is famous for being the tallest mountain in the Alps and of Western Europe, but it has now declined to a height of 4,805.59 meters (15,766 feet). […]

    Landmark ‘David and Goliath’ Youth Climate Trial Begins

    Landmark ‘David and Goliath’ Youth Climate Trial Begins

    In an “unprecedented” climate change case, six young people from areas in Portugal affected by heat waves and wildfires took 32 European governments to court today, arguing that the countries’ failure to take swift action on the climate crisis violated their human rights. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will hear the case, which […]

    Deadly Wildfires Spread Across the Mediterranean

    Deadly Wildfires Spread Across the Mediterranean

    Wildfires are spreading in nine Mediterranean countries, killing dozens of people and causing thousands to evacuate. Heat waves and dry vegetation have created conditions for the wildfires to spread, and the extreme heat has been made more likely because of climate change, scientists say. Algeria has experienced the highest death toll of 34 people, as […]

    Heat Waves in Europe Threaten Olive Harvest for Second Consecutive Year

    Heat Waves in Europe Threaten Olive Harvest for Second Consecutive Year

    Olive harvests are expected to face a second challenging year in a row as heat waves threaten crops across Europe. This year’s heat waves arrived a month earlier than the first heat waves of last year’s hot, dry season, according to Earth.org. The first heat wave arrived in late April, following a warmer- and drier-than-usual […]