At this point near Gennadi village, its climate change-fueled fury was only quenched by the sea. Climate change left a painful imprint on much of Europe in 2023, as the northern hemisphere sweltered through its hottest summer on record. The United Nation’s weather agency expects 2023 to also set a global heat record, and warns of a potential future of increasing floods, wildfires, glacier melt and heat waves. These included disruptions by climate activists who blocked traffic and glued themselves to things like busy roads and paintings in museums. According to the U.N., more than 2,600 migrants died trying to reach Europe, mostly by sea from northern Africa and Turkey.

Source: Libya Today December 23, 2023 18:37 UTC