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🟢Welcome to Greenline 🇹🇷Türkiye’s first Environment & Agriculture News Directorate 🌐We’re here to inform, inspire, and take action for our planet ✨Reporting on nature, acting for the future 💻Explore more at🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline

🧊Kashmir's 12,000+ glaciers are retreating rapidly — scientists are now turning to AI to monitor ice loss, map glacial lakes and predict flood risks in one of the world's most climate-vulnerable regions 🌡️Himalayas warming faster than global average 💧Kohalai Glacier lost nearly a quarter of its surface area over six decades ⚠️Nearly 1 million people live near high-risk glacial lakes across the Himalayan region More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/c… #Greenline🌱

❄️Norway's annual snow cover has declined significantly, experts warn of a potential 20 TWh shortfall in hydropower production 💧Ski season shortened by 4–7 weeks compared to 1901–1930 levels 🌡️Snow levels currently at one of their lowest points in at least 20 years More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/c… #Greenline🌱

🌊Once the world's fourth-largest lake, the Aral Sea has shrunk to less than a tenth of its former size, leaving behind rusting ships, abandoned ports and a toxic desert 💧North Aral Sea seeing partial recovery after Kokaral Dam completed in 2005 ⚠️Environmental risks now outpacing mitigation efforts, Kazakh president warns 🌍Lakes provide 90% of the world's surface fresh water, and hundreds are shrinking More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/c… #Greenline🌱

🤖AI weather models are "systematically wrong" on extreme events, underestimating heat waves, cold spells and strong winds, a University of Geneva-led study finds 📊AI systems trained on historical data struggle with rare, unprecedented events increasingly common due to climate change 🌡️Traditional physical models better capture extreme scenarios, even previously unobserved ones More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/c… #Greenline🌱

💧60% of families in Gaza cannot access clean water on a daily basis, the UN warns as strikes continue to hit residential areas and disrupt basic services 🏗️Airstrike on NGO workers at a water well — one killed, four injured, facility suspended ⚠️Current stopgap measures "costly and unsustainable" More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/g… #Greenline🌱

🌾North Korea steps up efforts to address a rare drought affecting parts of the country, dispatching officials to provide farming supplies and secure irrigation water, state media reports 🚿Authorities monitoring pumping facilities and irrigation systems 💧Water reserves declining — efficiency measures being implemented More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/c… #Greenline🌱

⚖️Germany's Cabinet approves legislation to toughen penalties for serious environmental crimes 🏭Minimum 1-year prison term for intentionally causing "catastrophic" environmental damage ☠️Harsher penalties for illegal toxic waste disposal and radiation offenses by organized crime 🔍Authorities to gain covert investigative powers, including telecommunications surveillance More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/c… #Greenline🌱

🌱#COP31 in Antalya has been described as the "youth's COP" — serious work underway with universities and civil society to ensure young people are active participants ♻️Zero waste model seen as potential lever between developed and developing nations More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/c… #Greenline🌱

🌿57 countries convene in Colombia for the first global conference focused on moving away from fossil fuels 🇨🇴Colombia releases draft roadmap to phase out fossil fuels 🇫🇷France announces coal phase-out by 2027, oil by 2045, fossil gas by 2050 💸Developing nations warn rising debt burdens are limiting clean energy investment More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/c… #Greenline🌱

🫁Babies exposed to higher air pollution during early pregnancy may show delayed speech development by 18 months, a new King's College London study finds 🤰First-trimester exposure to nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter linked to developmental delays 👶Effects more severe in premature babies, impaired motor skills also observed More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/p… #Greenline🌱

🌍Europe is the fastest-warming continent — +0.56°C per decade, second only to the Arctic at +0.75°C 🌡️Warming rates per decade: Arctic: +0.75°C Europe: +0.56°C Asia: +0.46°C North America: +0.42°C Africa: +0.36°C Antarctica: +0.34°C Globe: +0.27°C Central and South America: +0.27°C More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/c… #Greenline🌱

🗑️A landfill in the Chilean town of Tiltil, about 60 kilometers north of Santiago, is the world's largest human-caused source of methane emissions, according to a UNEP report 💨The site emits more than 100,000 tonnes of methane annually 🌡️Methane has a warming potential about 80 times greater than carbon dioxide ⚠️Scientists say methane emissions are responsible for at least a quarter of current global warming #Greenline🌱

🌡️2025 was the third-warmest year on record — 1.47°C above pre-industrial levels 🌊Sea surface temperatures third-highest on record despite neutral El Nino conditions 🔥Record 1 million hectares burned in wildfires across Europe ❄️Greenland Ice Sheet lost 139 gigatons of ice More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/c… #Greenline🌱

🌾More than 94% of Gaza's agricultural land has been destroyed — production collapsed from 405,000 tons to just 28,000 tons 🐄Farmers now rely on animal manure and food scraps as fertilizer substitutes 💸Production costs have risen by more than 1,000% More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/a… #Greenline🌱

⚖️More than 4,500 people are taking a UK chicken producer and water company to court over river pollution — the largest environmental pollution lawsuit in UK history 🐔~24 million chickens raised in the area — a quarter of UK total poultry production 🌿Chicken manure runoff blamed for algae blooms and sewage discharges in the River Wye 📉Natural England classified the River Wye as "unfavorable - declining" in 2023 More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/p… #Greenline🌱

⚖️Criminalizing climate protests may be backfiring — arrests and prison sentences appear to strengthen activists' resolve rather than deter them, a new study of 1,300 campaigners finds 🇬🇧17% of UK climate protests led to arrests between 2019–2024, compared with a global average of 6.3% 🗣️Activists who responded to repression with anger felt more motivated to continue protesting. By contrast, those who felt fear were less likely to intend to take part in future actions. More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/c… #Greenline🌱

🌊For the first time, more than 10% of the world's oceans are formally protected, but the milestone arrives six years behind the 2020 deadline
 🗺️Reaching the 2030 target of 30% requires protecting an area roughly the size of the Indian Ocean ⚠️Only 1.7% of the ocean beyond national jurisdiction is protected More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/c… #Greenline🌱

⚠️EU controls on 14 hazardous chemical groups — including chemicals used in nappies and forever chemicals — have been significantly delayed, a new report finds ☠️Commission has never met its legal 3-month deadline — delays range from 13 to 47 months 🧪Nearly 100,000 tons of additional pollution from six chemical groups due to stalled action ❌7 of 22 targeted groups not yet regulated, 7 others "effectively frozen" More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/p… #Greenline🌱

🌊Central Asian leaders meet in Astana to discuss the Aral Sea — once the world's fourth-largest lake, now largely dried up since Soviet-era irrigation diverted its feeding rivers 💧Water volume in the Northern Aral Sea has risen from 18.9 to 23.5 cubic kilometers ⚠️Tokayev warns: environmental threats are escalating faster than mitigation efforts 📅March 26 proclaimed "International Day of the Aral Sea, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers" More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/w… #Greenline🌱

🇩🇪Germany reaffirms commitment to Paris Agreement at Petersberg Climate Dialogue 🏭Climate protection must not endanger the industrial base, Merz warns 🤝Germany to remain a "reliable partner" ahead of #COP31 in Antalya More here🔗aa.com.tr/en/greenline/c… #Greenline🌱