The rise of the abusive consumer has prompted authorities in Tokyo to introduce the country’s first ordinance – a locally approved regulation – to protect service industry staff from harassment. Modern life drives people mad. #MentalHealthCrisiswww.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
A wave of abusive consumers has prompted authorities to introduce the country’s first ordinance to protect service industry employees
Vitriol is being directed at meteorologists. “I’ve been doing this for 46 years and it’s never been like this,” says Alabama meteorologist James Spann. He says he’s been “inundated” with misinformation and threatening messages like “Stop lying about the government controlling the weather or else.”
It's their job to warn residents about destructive storms — but political polarization has made them targets online.
"Even if you brought temperatures back down again, the world that we are looking at is not the same as if you didn't overshoot." It's a whole new world and we are playing the same old games. We are doomed. phys.org/news/2024-10...
Any breach of what climate scientists agree is the safer limit on global warming would result in "irreversible consequences" for the planet, said a major academic study published on Wednesday.
The days of living in a functional society are almost behind us. Soon, thanks to people like Elon and other powerful men, disinformation will pervade every aspect of our lives. www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane...
I was today years old when I learned that insects are not attracted to artificial light, rather they get trapped by it, because flying insects evolved to always have the light at their backs. Our light bulbs are making them get stuck going in circles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzLe...
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The collapse of Western Civilization was set in stone the moment journalists started framing trust fund billionaires as being just as knowledgeable as the scientific community.
"These aerosols were observed in the stratosphere since January 2023 and are therefore most likely related to the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in January 2022," Which likely contributed to last years large ozone hole. phys.org/news/2024-09...
Extremely clean air on the ground, warm air intrusions and sulfate aerosol at high altitudes—a Leipzig research project has gained new insights into clouds in Antarctica. From January to December 2023...
Global movement of people, trade and climate change, are now putting half the world's population at risk of contracting dengue fever. Commonly referred to as the "bone breaker," disease. phys.org/news/2024-09...
As Europe grapples with the growing threat of tropical diseases brought by the Asian tiger mosquito, a research breakthrough led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) is enabling scientists...