Kuwait's scorching summers a warning for heating planet
As the blazing summer sun beats down on Kuwait, shoppers stroll down a promenade lined with palm trees and European-style boutiques, all without breaking a sweat.
As the blazing summer sun beats down on Kuwait, shoppers stroll down a promenade lined with palm trees and European-style boutiques, all without breaking a sweat.
Environment
Aug 2, 2023
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It was so hot in Kuwait last summer that birds dropped dead from the sky.
Environment
Mar 21, 2022
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Kuwaiti society lacks awareness of the issue of climate change and the impact it will have on the country, says a report by the Kuwait Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), published today ...
Environment
Nov 1, 2021
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OPEC member Kuwait plans to spend more than half a trillion dollars by 2040 to boost its oil and gas output and refining capacity, a top executive said on Wednesday.
Environment
Jan 31, 2018
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In times of limited resources and continued evidence of significant climate change, sustainability is increasingly regarded as a topic of global importance. Consider areas such as design, energy, and materials: These core ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 8, 2015
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A Turkish man living in Germany has invented a Muslim prayer mat that takes the strain off the knees which, he said Friday, he hoped to now sell worldwide.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 2, 2013
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ESA's Envisat satellite has captured images of a sandstorm over Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and southern Iraq and Iran.
Earth Sciences
Mar 20, 2012
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A growing world population, mixed with the threat of climate change and mounting financial problems, has prompted University of British Columbia researchers to measure the overall 'health' of 152 countries around the world.
Environment
Feb 20, 2012
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In a finding that may speed efforts to conserve oil and intensify the search for alternative fuel sources, scientists in Kuwait predict that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014 — almost a decade earlier ...
Environment
Mar 10, 2010
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Since 1985, seawater temperature in Kuwait Bay, northern Arabian Gulf, has increased on average 0.6°C per decade. This is about three times faster than the global average rate reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2009
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