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2024 was a landmark year for record heat and climate disasters

Jan 13, 2025 | nzz.ch | Sven Titz |Jonas Oesch |Roland Shaw

NZZ.ch benötigt JavaScript für wichtige Funktionen. Ihr Browser oder Adblocker verhindert dies momentan. Bitte passen Sie die Einstellungen an. After months of speculation, it’s now official: 2024 will go down in history as the hottest year ever recorded since the dawn of modern climate tracking.
Greenland's rare earths draw keen international interest

Nov 14, 2024 | nzz.ch | Sven Titz |Roland Shaw |Tom Vaillant

Research for this article was supported by the Pulitzer Center. From wind turbines to electric cars and consumer electronics, many of today’s advanced technologies rely on critical raw materials. This dependence has put Greenland – a region rich in these resources – in the sights of industrialized nations. The world’s largest island holds substantial reserves of essential minerals, including lithium, niobium, hafnium and zirconium – key components for batteries and other technological applications.
The bloody escalation between Lebanon and Israel

Oct 4, 2024 | nzz.ch | Julia Monn |Danijel Beljan |Roland Shaw |Anja Lemcke

Bloody days in Lebanon: Maps and graphics show the extent of the escalation with Israel Emilie Madi / Reuters For a year, Israeli armed forces and the Lebanese Hezbollah have exchanged fire across the Lebanon-Israel border. What began as localized skirmishes has now spread further afield. Neither side has yet exhausted its arsenal of weapons. As the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre nears, attention in the region has shifted from the Gaza strip to Lebanon.
Satellite images show extent of Gaza's wartime destruction

Sep 13, 2024 | nzz.ch | Seda Motie |Roland Shaw

Seen from Space: New satellite images show how war is turning Gaza into a desert The view from space reveals the extent to which the war has devastated the Gaza Strip's agricultural land and infrastructure. Large swathes of the coastal region now lie in rubble and ashes. New satellite images from imaging firm Planet Labs show the extent of war damage in the Gaza Strip in the more than 11 months since the Hamas massacre on Oct. 7, 2023. The images taken on Aug.
Site of tragedy in Majdal Shams

Aug 9, 2024 | nzz.ch | Seda Motie |Roland Shaw

Seen from space: Satellite image shows site of tragedy that could transform the Middle East At least 12 young people were killed in a rocket strike on Majdal Shams – a small Druze village in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, near the Syrian and Lebanese borders. Satellite images show the extent of the tragedy. Majdal Shams is located at an altitude of around 1,200 meters in the Golan Heights on the southern slope of Mount Hermon.
Russian warships in Havana

Jul 4, 2024 | nzz.ch | Forrest Rogers |Roland Shaw

Seen from space: Russian warships conduct military exercises off Havana Satellite images from June 13, 2024, show the berth where Russian naval vessels docked in Havana, just 160 km from Florida. Moscow has previously conducted exercises near Cuba, but tensions over the Ukraine war have ensured these activities are being closely watched. A fleet of Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in the port of Havana on Wednesday, June 12.
North Korea is building mystery structures in the DMZ

Jun 28, 2024 | nzz.ch | Jessica Eberhart |Roland Shaw

North Korean soldiers are building a mystery structure in the military buffer zone between the Koreas South Korea's military has observed North Korean soldiers carrying out construction work in the demilitarized border zone between the two Koreas. The work may violate the 1953 cease-fire agreement and indicate an increased military presence. Tensions between North and South Korea are continuing to escalate.
Is China rehearsing a Taiwan invasion in the desert?

Jun 17, 2024 | nzz.ch | Jessica Eberhart |Roland Shaw

The Taiwanese army is on perpetual alert. For years, China has regularly sent military aircraft into Taiwan's air defense zone, while warships repeatedly cross the unofficial median line between the Chinese mainland and the island republic. China uses such military provocations to demonstrate its claim to Taiwan's territory.
Eine riesige Stahlkugel verhindert, dass man in einem der höchsten Gebäude der Welt seekrank wird

Apr 10, 2024 | msn.com | Sven Titz |Roland Shaw |Joana Kelén

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Italy's densest city sits near an ancient volcano. It may be ready to erupt

Oct 26, 2023 | nzz.ch | Sven Titz |Roland Shaw

Many people in Pozzuoli, west of Naples, are worried. Many are sleeping badly. Throughout the last month, the ground here has been shaking noticeably, sometimes several times a day. Tremors have reached magnitudes of up to 4.2. They haven't been this strong in 40 years. Furthermore, for years now, the ground has been rising. Since January, the surface has ascended by an average of up to 15 millimeters per month.