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Overnight News Digest: Study: Weeks of temps above 100F will be the norm for 2/3 of US by 2053 [1]
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Date: 2022-08-15
x We have to face the climate emergency! 🆘 pic.twitter.com/eYCmJ6Ba0r — Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) August 16, 2022
NPR
A massive ecological study that's happening across the United States, and which is designed to track the impact of long-term changes like a warming climate, is deliberately releasing a highly potent and persistent greenhouse gas in national parks and forests. The gas, sulfur hexafluoride, is "the most potent greenhouse gas known to date,"according to the Environmental Protection Agency. It's 22,800 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide, and lasts in the atmosphere for thousands of years. So far, this ecology study has released around 108 pounds of the gas, which has about the same impact as burning more than a million pounds of coal.
C/NET
The Apple Watch can make calls, receive texts and navigate you from point A to point B, but it can also save your life. Thanks to Apple's various health and safety features, the Apple Watch can be used to protect you or someone else in a few ways. I know because I've experienced it firsthand. I have Type 1 diabetes and I wear a continuous glucose monitor that measures my blood sugar levels. If my blood sugar gets dangerously low, I can pass out or go into a diabetic coma. Luckily, my glucose monitor connects to my Apple Watch and sends notifications before it's too late. This feature saved my life a few months ago. I woke up to a dangerously low blood sugar warning on my Apple Watch. I ran to the fridge, grabbed some orange juice, drank it and then passed out. I woke up a few minutes later because my sugar levels went back to normal. That was one of the scariest moments of my life, and thanks to my Apple Watch alerts, I was able to address the low blood sugar before it was too late. In addition to blood sugar warnings, the Apple Watch can help keep people safe in other ways, too. Here are a few other life-saving features to take advantage of:
C/NET
The alleged gunmen in several recent mass shootings in the US -- in Highland Park, Illinois; Uvalde, Texas; Buffalo, New York; and recently a mall in Greenwood, Indiana -- were all found to have used racist, misogynistic or other hateful language in online posts. Finding repugnant messages on the internet is nothing new, but it's become almost routine to uncover such extremist posts after mass shootings. These attitudes aren't developed overnight. Instead, they fester in online spaces where others share the same frame of mind and cheer on hate and despair. As is the case with many online spaces, users create their own vernacular or hijack terms to describe their attitudes, themselves or how they view others. It's important to understand the words used by extremists in order to recognize when someone you know may be succumbing to hate-filled online groups.
BBC
Ukrainian artillery has struck a headquarters of Russia's shadowy Wagner paramilitary group of mercenaries in eastern Ukraine, reports say. The extent of damage to the military base of the group - which has been linked to war crimes - is not clear. Luhansk's governor claims its secret location was revealed after a Russian journalist shared its address. Last week, pro-Kremlin correspondent Sergei Sreda posted a photo on Telegram of the base with its apparent address. The image, shared on the social media site but since deleted, shows five people in military uniform with a street sign in Popasna, Luhansk visible in the top left corner. The BBC has not been able to confirm whether the strike, which has been reported by both the Ukrainian Luhansk governor and pro-Kremlin war reporters, was initiated as a result of the image.
BBC
Deputy President William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya's presidential election amid dramatic scenes. He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga, taking 50.5% of the vote, according to the official results. The announcement was delayed amid scuffles and allegations of vote-rigging by Mr Odinga's campaign. Four of the seven members of the electoral commission refused to endorse the result, saying it was "opaque". "We cannot take ownership of the result that is going to be announced because of the opaque nature of this last phase of the general election," said Juliana Cherera, the vice-chairperson of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
Deutsche Welle
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Monday that it is important to "remember the many refugees who have fled Russia," as debate continues over EU visa bans for Russian citizens amid Moscow's war in Ukraine. Speaking at summit of Nordic heads of state in Oslo, Scholz said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is "Putin's war" and "not the Russian people's." "It is important to us to understand that there are a lot of people fleeing from Russia because they are disagreeing with the Russian regime,'' Scholz told a press conference. Scholz added that EU decisions should not "make it more complicated" for these people leave Russia and "look for freedom." Lithuania and Estonia, Baltic EU member states bordering Russia, have already suspended tourist visas to Russians. Finland has also expressed support for a visa ban.
Deutsche Welle
Experts are still trying to determine the cause of death of thousands of fish last week in the Oder River that borders Germany and Poland, this time in the vicinity of the eastern city of Frankfurt (Oder). The reports came just two weeks after Polish anglers reported removing tons of dead fish from the Oder near the town of Olawa, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) upstream from the more recent fish die-off. At the time of the reports in Poland, water authorities based in the nearby Polish city of Wroclaw detected a toxic substance in two locations on the Oder that is likely the solvent mesitylene, which is known to have a harmful effect on fish. However, subsequent tests have shown no trace of the substance. Mercury was also identified as a potential culprit for the more recent die-off. But Polish Environment Minister Anna Moskwa said on Sunday that "completed fish tests for mercury and heavy metals" proved to be negative. Lab tests did show high levels of salinity in the water.
Al Jazeera
Russia is ready to sell advanced weapons to allies globally and cooperate in developing military technology, President Vladimir Putin said, adding its latest arms are far superior to those of rival nations. With the Russian leader’s forces beaten back from Ukraine’s two biggest cities and making slow headway at a heavy cost in the east, the five-month war in Ukraine has so far not proved to be a convincing showcase for Russia’s weapons industry. However, the Kremlin leader, addressing an arms show outside Moscow, insisted Russian armaments were years ahead of the competition.
Al Jazeera
Room for geopolitical neutrality has shrunk across Europe since February 24, the day Russia invaded Ukraine. The continent’s evolving security architecture has prompted Sweden and Finland to abandon their historic non-alignment and even Switzerland is moving closer to NATO. However, Austria continues to sit on the fence and Vienna has no plans to join NATO despite the ongoing war. Austria, a European Union (EU) member, partners with NATO in various capacities and the country has become more integrated into the EU’s security framework. In this context, some analysts label Austria as essentially a free rider, simply surviving by luck while remaining outside of NATO.
The Guardian
The FBI and local officials are investigating the recent release of dangerous chemicals into Michigan’s Huron River, a 130-mile-long waterway that is popular for fishing and recreation and supplies drinking water for more than 100,000 people in Ann Arbor as well as other south-eastern Michigan communities. On 29 July, Tribar Manufacturing, a maker of exterior trim components for vehicles located in a western suburb of Detroit, discharged up to 10,000 gallons of waste containing hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen, into a local sewer system on, according to Michigan’s department of environment, Great Lakes and energy, the state’s environmental regulatory agency.
The Guardian
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