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River banks lined with carcasses and dead fish visible through the water:this is the image described by American officials who revealed that in the Nishnabotna River, a tributary of the Missouri, a fertilizer spill wiped out much of the aquatic life for a 60-mile stretch (about 97 km) causing a massacre and an environmental disaster.Over 789,000 fish would have been killed in what is one of the most ecologically devastating chemical spills in recent years in the region.Most of the species involved are small, but thousands of catfish and carp were also found among the carcasses found.Matt Combes, scientific supervisor of the ecological health unit for the Missouri Department of Conservation, estimated that about 40,000 fish have died within his state alone, adding that even trying to find the words for "a near total die-off for 60 miles of river it is astounding and daunting.”According to Andrew Loftus then, fisheries biologist and author, lThe tragedy would also be environme...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. “Loss and Damage” is the term used to describe how climate change is already causing severe and, in many cases, irreversible impacts around the world – particularly in vulnerable communities. As he explains to Carbon Brief the Prof.Saleemul Huq, director of the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and pioneer of loss and damage research: “The term ‘loss and damage’ refers to the impacts of human-induced climate change affecting people around the world.Damages refer to things that can be repaired, such as damaged homes, while losses refer to things that have been completely lost and will not come back, such as human lives.” “We are losing infrastructure, agricultural land – and we are losing what we can call a hope of having sustainable economic growth and a future for all,” adds Ineza Umuhoza Gra...