Climate Cosmos on MSN17d
5 Weather Anomalies That Have Shaped History
Without a Summer (1816) " This unusual climatic episode was triggered by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815. The volcanic explosion was so massive that it sent a colossal amount of ash ...
The Globe and Mail13d
Ireland’s Great Famine occurred almost two centuries ago. But it remains a modern disaster
Famine killed at least a million people. Some half again as many fled Ireland – including all eight of my great-great-grandparents on my father’s side, who emigrated to Quebec. In the depths ...
The Irish Times6d
Rot: A History of the Irish Famine by Padraic X Scanlan - Interesting and new takes, and much to debate
Unspoken realities: The Great Famine eroded moral values in IrelandOpens in new window ] It is a remarkable comment, not least given the arc of his own life, and a reminder too that any ...
The New York Times3d
U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Hit Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Violence and Famine in Darfur
Fatehiyya Mohamed Adam is a Sudanese refugee who first fled war in 2023 and then lost everything after an accidental fire ripped through this refugee camp along the Chad-Sudan border. HIAS, a ...
The Hill24d
The Trump funding cuts will backfire if they are not stopped
One of the casualties of suspending funding for USAID programs and threatening to shut the agency down has been FEWS NET, the global Famine Early ... more efficient. The great irony of shutting ...
scmp.com7d
‘Shameful’ Japanese tourists detained in China over Great Wall prank
The Japanese public has reacted with outrage and horror over reports that two 20-something tourists from their country were detained in China after one bared his buttocks on the Great Wall of ...
USA Today12d
Banned item found in Great Smoky Mountains, prompts advisory
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was prompted to issue an advisory after a banned item was found on the floor of the forest. A park ranger is seen in an image posted online by the park ...
Reuters25d
MSF pulls out of famine-stricken camp in Sudan's Darfur due to heavy fighting
GENEVA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Medical charity MSF has been forced to suspend its activities in a famine-stricken camp ... "The sheer proximity of the violence, great difficulties in sending supplies ...