Wallaby returns home after 2000 kilometre [1242 mile] round-trip. Roadkill is a common sight on outback roads, but a group of travellers was dedicated to making sure a joey found in north Queensland survived.
Tijdens de week van 22–28 juni stierven in Nederland ruim 3500 mensen, circa 480 meer dan statistisch werd verwacht op basis van eerdere jaren.r
Die verhoogde sterfte komt vrijwel volledig voor rekening van mensen van 80 jaar en ouder, met een concentratie in Oost- en Zuid-Nederland waar de temperatuur én luchtvervuiling het hoogst waren.
Hitte is voor oudere en chronisch zieke mensen direct levensgevaarlijk: hun organen werken minder goed, de dorstprikkel is zwakker en ze zweten minder, waardoor het lichaam de warmte niet kwijt kan.
2Bij eerdere hittegolven in 2019 en 2020 werden al honderden extra sterfgevallen gemeten, maar de piek van deze week laat opnieuw zien hoe snel een paar tropische dagen zich vertalen in overlijdensakte na overlijdensakte.
Waarom onze 80-plussers zo kwetsbaar zijn
Bij 75- en 80-plussers gaat het vernauwen en verwijden van bloedvaten trager, zweten en rillen werken minder goed en de kerntemperatuur loopt sneller mee met de buitentemperatuur.
Daarbovenop gebruiken veel ouderen plastabletten of hartmedicatie, hebben long-, hart- of nierproblemen en voelen minder dorst, waardoor uitdroging en hittestress razendsnel kunnen toeslaan.
Een deel van de sterfte is geen pure “natuurkracht”, maar het resultaat van omstandigheden: slecht geïsoleerde of juist extreem goed geïsoleerde woningen zonder koeling, kleine huurflats in de stad, warme zorginstellingen en eenzaamheid waardoor niemand aan de bel trekt als iemand versuft raakt.zoek. Onderzoek laat al jaren zien dat hittegolven onder ouderen vergelijkbare oversterfte geven als stevige winterkou; het is dus geen incident, maar een terugkerend, voorspelbaar patroon.
Wat er nu wél (en niet) gebeurt
Het RIVM monitort wekelijks de sterftecijfers en kwam snel met een voorlopige schatting en een waarschuwing dat deze hittegolf opnieuw tot verhoogde sterfte heeft geleid.
Ook bestaat het Nationaal Hitteplan, dat zorginstellingen, mantelzorgers en gemeenten oproept tot extra aandacht voor ouderen, zieken, mensen met overgewicht en baby’s wanneer tropische hitte wordt verwacht.k
Zó weinig doen we eraan – en wat er nú kan
Terwijl we bij corona elke procent oversterfte minutieus analyseerden en dagelijks persconferenties hielden, lijkt een piek van 480 extra doden in één week door hitte vooral een weerbericht-detail. Geen landelijke noodcampagne, weinig politieke ophef, en slechts sporadisch lokale hitte-coördinatoren of belrondes voor alleenstaande ouderen – het contrast met de impact op onze 80-plussers is schrijnend.
Concrete maatregelen liggen voor het grijpen: automatische activering van het Nationaal Hitteplan bij combinaties van temperatuur, luchtkwaliteit en kwetsbare wijken, structurele koeling en zonwering in zorginstellingen en sociale huur, en georganiseerde “hitte-buurtzorg” waarbij vrijwilligers en wijkteams gericht oudere bewoners aflopen.
Daarnaast kunnen gemeenten via hittekaarten en sterftedata van het RIVM precies zien waar de stille slachtoffers vallen – en juist dáár investeren in vergroening, schaduw, koele publieke ruimtes en gerichte informatiecampagnes.
Eén illustratief scenario: stel dat een middelgrote gemeente elk hitte-uur €1 per inwoner reserveert voor belrondes, extra zorgcapaciteit en noodkoelplekken; de kosten blijven beperkt, maar de winst in geredde levens onder 80-plussers kan bij elke hittegolf tientallen overlijdens schelen.rivm+1
SIMFEROPOL (ANP) - Bij een Oekraïense aanval op de bezette Krim is een persoon om het leven gekomen. Twee anderen raakten gewond. Dat meldt het hoofd van de Russische lokale autoriteiten Sergej Aksionov.
Bij de aanval werd het noorden van de Krim getroffen. Eind juni werd de noodtoestand van kracht op het door Rusland geannexeerde schiereiland. De aanhoudende Oekraïense aanvallen, die als doel hebben de Krim te isoleren, hebben onder meer tot tekorten aan brandstof en elektriciteit geleid. Oekraïne valt infrastructuur en tankwagens aan die het schiereiland bevoorraden.
ASSEN (ANP) - Bij een steekpartij in een horecapand aan de Kerkstraat in Assen zijn twee mensen gewond geraakt. Dat meldt de politie Drenthe op X. De slachtoffers werden ter plaatse aangetroffen. Een van hen is ernstig gewond.
Het incident vond plaats rond 03.30 uur. De politie onderzoekt wat er precies gebeurd is.
Op de traditionele naturalisatieceremonie op de plantage van Thomas Jefferson hangt de schaduw van Trumps harde migratiebeleid. Maar de anti-immigratiepresident wint er ook kiezers. „Als het je hier niet bevalt, ga je maar naar Iran.”
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Zorgen is meer iets voor meisjes, krijgen veel jongens al vroeg mee. Niet verbazend dat zij daarin vervolgens achterblijven, schrijft Eva Marie de Waal.
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marikoroid has added a photo to the pool:
I sowed seeds in the garden and it bloomed beautifully in the third year.
八重咲ホリホック
種まきしてから今年で３年目、きれいに次々に咲きます。
Forgive and forget? I haven’t set foot in my local bakery since I was belittled by the woman behind the counter
‘If your name’s not down, you’re not coming in” is a phrase with which celebrity party planner Fran Cutler will be more than familiar. However, her latest list has a distinctly different quality, and you definitely do not want to be on it.
This week, Cutler told the Second Act with Ateh Jewel podcast that she keeps a physical record of people with whom she has issues.
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Continue reading...Huge numbers of blackchin tilapia, a fish native to west Africa, are wreaking havoc among Thailand’s river ecosystems. Experts – and some chefs – are seeking sustainable solutions
The menu at Kor-Tae seafood restaurant, in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province, is filled with Thai classics – from tom yum talay, a fragrant hot and sour soup, to spicy larb salads. But the restaurant’s chef is also experimenting with a more controversial ingredient: blackchin tilapia.
“People are hesitant, but once they try it – [they say] it’s delicious,” says owner Adisorn Jamsuksaward, who has been offering the non-native fish free of charge to friends who request it.
Continue reading...Discover where supplicants consulted Apollo in Delphi, the infant Hermes hid stolen cattle and where Poseidon created a love nest for a sea nymph
Some stories never get old. The poems and songs from Greek mythology – tales of tragedy, love and loss, war and revenge, jealous gods, magic and monsters – have been retold through the ages for good reason. Like all stories that really resonate, they deal in the flawed nature of humankind.
To the ancients, though, they were far more than legends; they explained the universe. From the Earth’s origins and the stories of constellations to ideas of justice and morality, they shaped the arts and sciences, and carved a shared cultural identity. Visiting Greece today, it’s clear how deeply rooted the myths still are in modern culture. From the capital (named after wise Athena) and beyond, this is a country steeped in legends.
Continue reading...‘Here to write our own chapters’: England not daunted by unique occasion of Mexico game, says Tuchel
‘Impossible’ to adapt to altitude but players coping, says coach
Aguirre trying to keep El Tri ‘grounded’ before Azteca match
Thomas Tuchel has admitted England are enduring a challenging adaptation in Mexico City but is convinced his team will be ready to “write our own chapters” when they face the World Cup co-hosts at Estadio Azteca.
The last-16 match against Mexico in their fabled home ground is the most eagerly anticipated of this summer and its logistics have presented unusual problems. England must adapt to playing 2,240 metres above sea level at a venue where Mexico have not lost since 2013. They landed on Friday evening and found it difficult to hit their stride on Saturday afternoon in their final training session before the tie.
Continue reading...
Subsea cables. Ukrainian power stations. Russian oil refineries. Even airports, water-desalination plants and Amazon data centers.
They've all become targets in wartime, notes the Wall Street Journal, and around the world now arguments "are already brewing between companies and governments over new regulations and potential costs."
In Germany, powerful associations representing private companies and municipal utilities have pushed back against new standards for physical protection, warning they could spell financial ruin. New Zealand's government has faced resistance from industry groups over a proposal to fine critical-infrastructure companies and their directors for cybersecurity breaches... A sign of how lines are blurring: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 32 countries last year agreed that as part of a pact to spend 5% of economic output on defense and security, 1.5% would go to military-adjacent needs including protecting critical infrastructure and networks. Spending targets range from cybersecurity and industrial capacity to railroads, bridges and ports needed for military logistics... "We need a wide concept of defense — defense is no longer just military," said Italian Adm. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, NATO's top military adviser.
Adding to the complexity, companies now need to protect the data networks that serve as gateways to critical infrastructure. Hackers increasingly target not just computer files to steal information but also systems managing vital functions like building access and factory control, remotely causing physical damage or enabling espionage. U.S. authorities in April warned that Iranian hackers were trying to disrupt American drinking-water systems by targeting computer equipment that connects hardware with software. A year earlier, suspected Russian hackers remotely manipulated valves on a Norwegian hydroelectric dam...
Another challenge will be parsing jurisdictions and liability for assets that cross international waters or are damaged in combat — such as subsea data cables or energy pipelines. Turf battles between law enforcement and militaries are already complicating efforts... "The private owner can invest in redundancy, monitoring, and repair capacity, but only governments and militaries can really deter, patrol, attribute, or respond to hostile state activity," said Marc Glasser, who worked on cybersecurity and infrastructure security for three decades at the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Department of Homeland Security.... Companies say they need greater clarity from governments on what protections they will provide and subsidies to help them defend privately owned assets that provide a public good. Most governments don't provide incentives for companies to invest more than the minimum legal resilience requirements.
The article notes that in May the chief executive of California's Port of Long Beach "launched a cyber-defense operations center to thwart tens of thousands of cyberattacks daily, which jeopardize computer systems and all equipment connected to them."
The article also points out that the EU adopted new regulations requiring countries to reduce vulnerabilities, and new laws proposed in the U.K. now "seek to increase penalties for subsea sabotage, updating codes that date to when telegraph cables were first laid in the 19th century."
They've all become targets in wartime, notes the Wall Street Journal, and around the world now arguments "are already brewing between companies and governments over new regulations and potential costs."
In Germany, powerful associations representing private companies and municipal utilities have pushed back against new standards for physical protection, warning they could spell financial ruin. New Zealand's government has faced resistance from industry groups over a proposal to fine critical-infrastructure companies and their directors for cybersecurity breaches... A sign of how lines are blurring: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 32 countries last year agreed that as part of a pact to spend 5% of economic output on defense and security, 1.5% would go to military-adjacent needs including protecting critical infrastructure and networks. Spending targets range from cybersecurity and industrial capacity to railroads, bridges and ports needed for military logistics... "We need a wide concept of defense — defense is no longer just military," said Italian Adm. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, NATO's top military adviser.
Adding to the complexity, companies now need to protect the data networks that serve as gateways to critical infrastructure. Hackers increasingly target not just computer files to steal information but also systems managing vital functions like building access and factory control, remotely causing physical damage or enabling espionage. U.S. authorities in April warned that Iranian hackers were trying to disrupt American drinking-water systems by targeting computer equipment that connects hardware with software. A year earlier, suspected Russian hackers remotely manipulated valves on a Norwegian hydroelectric dam...
Another challenge will be parsing jurisdictions and liability for assets that cross international waters or are damaged in combat — such as subsea data cables or energy pipelines. Turf battles between law enforcement and militaries are already complicating efforts... "The private owner can invest in redundancy, monitoring, and repair capacity, but only governments and militaries can really deter, patrol, attribute, or respond to hostile state activity," said Marc Glasser, who worked on cybersecurity and infrastructure security for three decades at the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Department of Homeland Security.... Companies say they need greater clarity from governments on what protections they will provide and subsidies to help them defend privately owned assets that provide a public good. Most governments don't provide incentives for companies to invest more than the minimum legal resilience requirements.
The article notes that in May the chief executive of California's Port of Long Beach "launched a cyber-defense operations center to thwart tens of thousands of cyberattacks daily, which jeopardize computer systems and all equipment connected to them."
The article also points out that the EU adopted new regulations requiring countries to reduce vulnerabilities, and new laws proposed in the U.K. now "seek to increase penalties for subsea sabotage, updating codes that date to when telegraph cables were first laid in the 19th century."
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