Sea level rise worries Corem’s citizens

Corem is the second city of the country, which population amounts to 230 000 people, up to 300 000 if we consider the entire metro area. The city is located in the middle of a swamp that past tribes found useful as a natural protection. However, over time, the city started to grow more and more as colonisers found the position strategic to conquer and defend the Londu Peninsula. With the climate change, the melting glaciers and the rise of the sea level, is making the floods in the swamp around overflow to the city, and this event is becoming … Continue reading Sea level rise worries Corem’s citizens

Record drought in Tamor threatens water production and food supply

The image above shows the situation of the Valereja river around Poshet. The Valereja river is one of the most important river of the country as provides water to the Turley’s province farms which produce around the 27% of the national wheat and corn production. An October with record temperatures If in Poshet, located on the coast, the average maximum temperature for October is 22°C, this year the average temperature reached 24°C, with absolute values up to 32°C for several consecutive days and no precipitations. A severely dangerous situation in the whole country as this winter the national rainfall recorded … Continue reading Record drought in Tamor threatens water production and food supply