In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95 billion. The year 2024 was marked by extreme temperature events in Asia that caused thousands of deaths, severe droughts in Africa affecting over 25 …
Water and sediment samples were takes near the sewage discharge point on the eastern Red Sea Coast of Jeddah and analyzed for PAH and fecal sterols like coprostanol, cholesterol and cholestanol. PAH were estimated spectrofluorometrically and then further analyzed by GC-MS. Sterols were derivatized by BSTFA into their corresponding trimethyl …
Saudi Arabia's civil defence said Thursday that 77 people were killed in intense flooding in Jeddah and nearby areas, and that scores could still be missing. Jeddah civil defence spokesman Abduallah al-Omary said most of the deaths occurred in vulnerable areas in the city's eastern and southern districts after a …
Unsatisfied with merely halting environmental destruction, some conservationists are trying to reconstruct ecosystems of the past. Emma Marris travels back in time with the rewilders.
Waves and ripples at a distance. A promise of relief for the parched throat. A herd of camels splash and spill water under their hoofs. We reached them after a long drive. But there was not a drop of water. The camels hesitated a moment, then continued their trudge. At …
Pakistan has received an application from Saudi government for buying around 500,000 acres of farmland on lease to produce variety of crops and fruits for the Middle East consumers. It is most likely that the government of Pakistan would consider the application soon after Raman, said a senior official in …
Saudi Arabia has donated a hefty US $100,000 to Committee for Science and Technology (Comstech) of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC). The grant was presented by ambassador of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdul Aziz Bin Ibrahim Bin Saleh Al-Ghadeer in a ceremony at Comstech secretariat building on Friday. The …
Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, is burning more crude in domestic power plants to keep new wells pumping and produce cleaner electricity, likely eliminating demand for imported fuel this summer. The use of even more crude oil to generate electricity allows the kingdom to put to use fresh …
An environmental group on Wednesday asked U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to deny permits for pipelines that would bring oil from Canada's oil sands to the United States. ForestEthics said production from Canadian oil sands, also known as tar sands, generates up to five times more greenhouse gas emissions …
International migrant workers, foreign students and political refugees are often endangered by laws that discriminate against people with AIDS, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch reported last week. About a third of the world
Egyptians who perform the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia risk being quarantined upon their return to Egypt, the health minister warned Wednesday, driving home the lengths to which Egypt is willing to go to remain free of swine flu. The minister, Hatem el-Gabali, said the volume of …
United Nations climate talks threaten Saudi Arabia's economic survival and the kingdom wants support for any shift from fossil fuels to other energy sources such as solar power, its lead climate negotiator said. Contrasting interests of different countries are challenging faltering climate talks, meant to forge by December a new …
Some of the Arabian Gulf states are busy developing several large, reclaimed islands and offshore townships. These structures are undoubtedly futuristic and the ideas are quite novel. However, there are serious issues of long-term sustainability of these townships. This article reviews and discusses natural hazards that have struck this region …
ABU DHABI: With one of the highest per capita carbon footprints in the world, these oil-rich emirates would seem an unlikely place for a green revolution. Gasoline sells for 45 cents a gallon. There is little public transportation and no recycling. Residents drive between air-conditioned apartments and air-conditioned malls, which …
Tired of watching glamorous models catwalk down the ramp with some of the hottest couture looks? How about a beauty pageant featuring locally bred sheep? The Saudi Arabian town of Nejdi held a beauty contest on October 30 in which sheep walked down the ramp and breeders sat in armchairs …
Saudi Arabia has given Morocco $100 million in flood relief after flash floods made thousands of people homeless, Moroccan officials said on Tuesday. In October, floods caused by the most rainfall in 35 years killed 28 people and left thousands homeless, the interior ministry said. (Reporting by Lamine Ghanmi; Editing …
Gordon Brown, prime minister, yesterday signed a clean energy co--operation agreement with a leading renewable energy company in the United Arab Emirates. Mr Brown is on the last leg of a tour of the region to raise money from oil-rich Gulf states for the International Monetary Fund, an effort which, …
