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Andean alarm: climate crisis increases fears of glacial lake flood in Peru
In 1941, thousands of people died in Huaraz when the natural dam on a lake above the city gave way. Now, melting glaciers are raising the chances of it happening again• Photographs by Harriet Barber. Lake Palcacocha is high in the Cordillera ...The Guardian - World - Climate -
US maritime union sounds alarm over global shipping standards
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association warned of the dangers of bigger cargo vessels and smaller crews not at par with US levels. A top labor union for maritime engineers has sounded the alarm against corporate profiteering in the wake of ...The Guardian - World -
I helped advise the US government on the next likely pandemic. What I learned is alarming | Devi Sridhar
The 100-day challenge, to be able to contain a virus while a vaccine is approved, manufactured and delivered, looks ever more remote. Four years on from the first Covid lockdown, life feels to be largely back to normal, although legacies of the ...The Guardian - World