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☆ Photos show what cave divers discovered when they swam inside an iceberg the size of Jamaica. Today, it's gone.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Her trip inside B-15 marked the first time anyone ever dove beneath an iceberg. Professional diver Jill Heinerth has been exploring Earth's oceans for 35 years. Once inside, Heinerth described it as "this dynamic environment that's beautiful. During their second dive inside B15, they got caught in a powerful current sucking them deeper inside the iceberg. AdvertisementSince Heinerth's dive, iceberg B15 has almost entirely melted away.

Persons: Jill Heinerth, She's, it's, Heinerth, Jill, gobsmacked, www.IntoThePlanet.com Organizations: Service, Business, Disney, WBUR, NASA Locations: Jamaica, Antarctica, B15

☆ Activist Bluebell believes BP is 50% undervalued compared to peers
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Kenneth Squire | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

The company's segments include gas & low-carbon energy, oil production & operations and customers & products. Its gas business includes upstream activities that produce natural gas, integrated gas and power, and gas trading. Its oil production & operations segment comprises upstream activities that produce crude oil, including Bpx Energy. As of Bluebell's October 4, 2023, letter to BP, BP traded on a price-earnings ratio of 6.7 times, a 44% discount to Chevron and ExxonMobil, which on average traded at 12 times. To make it even clearer how the market views BP's strategy, on February 7, 2023, when BP announced its partial retracement from this strategy, BP's share price rose 8% on the day and 17% on the week.

Persons: Giuseppe Bivona, Marco Taricco, Bivona, –, Helge Lund, Bluebell, BP's, Bernard Looney, Shell, Looney's, Looney, Pamela Daley, Solvay, Glencore, Ken Squire Organizations: BP Bunge, Bpx Energy, Castrol, Bluebell Capital Partners, Bluebell Partners, BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Bluebell, International Energy Agency, EV, Exxon, Shell, Mr, Renewables, Power, BP's Board, BlackRock, 13D Locations: bioenergy, Europe, Bluebell, Paris, Bioenergy, United States, U.S

☆ Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo attends the 105th session of the Congress of Mayors organised by the "France's Mayors' Association" (AMF), in Paris, France, November 21, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday announced she was quitting the X platform formerly known as Twitter, calling it a "gigantic global sewer" that was "destroying our democracies" by spreading abuse and misinformation. After buying Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk laid off thousands of employees, including many who moderated content on the platform. "This medium has become a gigantic global sewer, and we should continue to wade into it?" X users and opposition politicians took to the #TahitiGate hashtag to lambast her over the partially taxpayer-funded trip.

Persons: Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Sarah Meyssonnier, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Elon Musk, Hidalgo, Michel Rose, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Mayor, Mayors, Association, REUTERS, Rights, Paris Mayor, Monday, Twitter, White, Socialist, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Tahiti

☆ Mont Blanc Shrinks Over Two Metres in Height in Two Years -Researchers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS (Reuters) - Western Europe's highest peak, Mont Blanc, has lost more than two metres (6.5 ft) in height over the past two years, French researchers said on Thursday. "The measurements are done on a live peak. In view of climate change, monitoring the changes will allow to better understand the impacts," glaciologist Luc Moreau said. As alarm grows worldwide over melting glaciers, the official height of Mont Blanc has been on a downward slide for over a decade. The reading was 4,810.90 metres (15,783.79 ft) in 2007.

Persons: Luc Moreau, Mont, GLAMOS, Kate Entringer, Dominique Vidalon, William Maclean Organizations: PARIS Locations: Mont Blanc, Chamonix

☆ Mont Blanc shrinks over two metres in height in two years - researchers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Western Europe's highest peak, Mont Blanc, has lost more than two metres (6.5 ft) in height over the past two years, French researchers said on Thursday. In view of climate change, monitoring the changes will allow to better understand the impacts," glaciologist Luc Moreau said. As alarm grows worldwide over melting glaciers, the official height of Mont Blanc has been on a downward slide for over a decade. The reading was 4,810.90 metres (15,783.79 ft) in 2007. Reporting by Kate Entringer, Dominique Vidalon, Editing by William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Luc Moreau, Mont, GLAMOS, Kate Entringer, Dominique Vidalon, William Maclean Organizations: Thomson Locations: Mont Blanc, Chamonix

☆ See How They Held Off Flames at a Haven for Hawaii’s Endangered Birds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Catrin Einhorn | More About Catrin Einhorn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“The sky was orange and there was smoke in the air, like out in the forest,” Ms. Pribble said. She went outside to see what was happening, and saw flames about 150 feet from the edge of the property. The center houses about 40 ‘akikiki, a native songbird, and about 40 ‘alalā, also known as the Hawaiian crow. The birds are divided between both places to insure against disasters such as this one. If it crossed, she thought, the grasses on the 46 acre property would provide ample fuel.

Persons: Ms, Pribble, Emily Senninger Organizations: Fire Department, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Locations: Hawaii, Maui County

"Much of the (Midwest) region did not see appreciable rainfall. As of June 20, 58% of the Midwest was in moderate drought or worse, the broadest area since 2012, the Drought Monitor data showed. 2 soybean producer in moderate drought or worse. In Illinois, the largest soy grower and second-largest corn producer, moderate drought or worse spanned 82% of the state. Conditions worsened across the eastern half of the High Plains, with 34% of the region in moderate drought or worse.

Persons: climatologists, Karl Plume, Matthew Lewis Organizations: U.S . Drought, Drought, U.S . Department of Agriculture, Chicago, of Trade, USDA, Weather, Thomson Locations: North Dakota, Kansas, U.S, Midwest, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Southern Plains, Chicago

☆ Opinion | On the Smoke Crisis, New York City’s Mayor Chokes
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Mara Gay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

He could have coordinated with the governor to use the subway system announcements to communicate about the smoke with residents. The mayor could have worked quickly to distribute high-quality N95 masks — and critically, information — to New Yorkers, especially in the city’s most vulnerable communities. The city’s Fire Department, which reports to the mayor, finally said on Twitter Thursday it would have masks available at certain locations. The city could have opened designated clean air centers, deploying air purifiers to school gyms or libraries, offering vulnerable New Yorkers a similar refuge during the smoke crisis. He could have led by example by clearly directing city workers to do the same, if their job allowed.

Persons: Adams, Kathy Hochul Organizations: Yorkers, Gov, Fire Department, Twitter, of Education Locations: New Yorkers

☆ Italy's ski industry fires cannon against climate change
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Stefano Bernabei | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

[1/7] Skiers pass on an artificial snow slope as end of the ski season nears, in Monte Cimone, Italy, March 31, 2023. "The ski-lifts were closed, the ski instructors and seasonal workers had nothing to do and we lost 40% of our revenue for the whole season," said Luciano Magnani, head of the local consortium of ski tourism operators. Some 90% of Italy's pistes rely on artificial snow, compared with 70% in Austria, 50% in Switzerland and 39% in France, according to data from Italian Green lobby Legambiente. Italy's ski sector directly or indirectly employs 400,000 people and generates turnover of 11 billion euros ($11.92 billion), according to Anef data, equal to about 0.5% of national output. Some economists and climatologists argue that trying to keep low-altitude ski resorts in business is destined to fail, and snow-making merely delays the inevitable.

☆ U.S. winter wheat farmers plant into dust as Plains drought persists
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Julie Ingwersen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

CHICAGO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - With planting roughly halfway complete, the 2023 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop is already being hobbled by drought in the heart of the southern Plains, wheat experts said. The drought threatens Kansas, the top winter wheat growing state, and Oklahoma in two ways: discouraging farmers who have not yet planted from trying, while threatening crops already in the ground from developing properly. About two-thirds of wheat in the United States, among the top five global exporters, is grown as a winter crop rather than spring. As a result, Justin Gilpin, chief executive of the Kansas Wheat Commission, expected the number of Kansas wheat acres planted for harvest in 2023 to remain steady with the 7.3 million acres seeded for 2022. A key driver of the drought is the La Nina weather phenomenon, which tends to favor warm and dry conditions in the Plains.

Similar numbers fled in Greece as a blaze fuelled by gale-force winds raged in mountains north of Athens. ABOVE 40CIn Spain, where emergency crews were fighting fires in five regions, national weather service AEMET also forecast higher temperatures. REUTERS/Stelios MisinasTreasury Minister Simon Clarke said Tuesday's "remarkable, unprecedented" record served as "a reminder ... of the importance of tackling climate change." British engineers raced on Wednesday to fix train tracks that buckled in the heat after firefighters worked through the night to damp down wildfires. In southern Europe, far larger wildfires continued to rage.

Persons: Armando Silva, Stephen Belcher, Stelios Misinas, Simon Clarke, Tuesday's, Emmanuel Macron, Eugenio Giani, Christos Stylianides, Marc Fesneau, Manuel Lopes, Renee Maltezou, Angeliki Koutantou, Karolina Tagaris, Dominique Vidalon, Mathieu Rosemain, Sudip Kar, Gupta, Kate Holton, William James, Emma Pinedo, Catarina Demoney, John Stonestreet, Nick Macfie, Alex Richardson, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: China, Emergency, Science, Technology, Britain's Met, REUTERS, European Union, Fincantieri, Thomson Locations: Tuscany, Athens, ATHENS, LONDON, Europe, London, Italy, Lucca, Greece, China, Texas , Louisiana, Arkansas, Central U.S, Portugal, Spain, Portugal's, Murça, Trieste, Rome, Milan, Florence, Britain, Pallini, France, Croatia, Slovenia, Monfalcone, Penteli, Gironde, Paris, Madrid, Lisbon

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