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Europe has descended into the age of fire
ArsTechnica   21 July 2022   Europe  
Enlarge / A firefighter stands by flames as a wildfire rages in the Monts d'Arree, near Brasparts, Brittany, on July 19, 2022.
<p>Europe is on fire: For days, temperatures have skyrocketed above 100&deg; Fahrenheit (38&deg; Celsius), shattering records and triggering huge wildfires that have forced tens of thousands from their homes. From Portugal to Spain to Greece, the flames have ...
EU boasts of strides in renewable energy
UPI   10 February 2016   Europe   Europe  
European data show about a third of all member states have met their goals for renewable energy usage early. New benchmark said for years following 2020. File photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo
<p>The European Union said it nearly doubled its share of renewable energy from a 2004 benchmark and was close to meeting its target obligations for 2020.</p> <p>Eurostat, the European statistics office, said data from 2014, the last full year for which it ...
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Soil area the size of Berlin lost each year due to water erosion in the EU
EurekAlert!   02 September 2015   Europe  
This image shows soil loss by water erosion in the European Union
<p>A recent assessment carried out by the JRC estimates that water erodes 970 million tonnes of soil every year in the EU. This would mean a one metre-depth loss of soil from an area corresponding to the size of the city of Berlin, or a one centimetre loss ...