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Science-state coordination raised at IEEE conference

The lack of coordination between authorities and the scientific community in dealing with natural disaster risk assessment was raised at the 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, which is being held in Greece for the first time (July 7-12), at the Athens Concert Hall.

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09.07.2024 / 20:27

Crickets test patience of residents

The extensive presence of crickets in the central Greek city of Trikala and its adjacent areas has been a source of intense irritation and unrest among locals in recent days.

02.07.2024 / 14:33

Athens sizzles with hottest June on record

Last month was the hottest June ever experienced by the Greek capital since meteorological records began in 1860, according to the National Observatory of Athens. 

01.07.2024 / 20:13

Experts stress farming must adapt to climate change

The now evident impact of climate change on agriculture in Greece and the need for ways to adapt were discussed at a forum organized on Friday and Saturday in Lasithi by the University of Crete and the National Network on Climate Change.

20.06.2024 / 10:00

Heightened inferno risk on Thursday and Friday

The hot, dry, windy conditions forecast for Thursday and Friday are conducive to a very high forest fire risk, according to a map drawn up by the Flame team of the National Observatory of Athens.

11.06.2024 / 11:29

June heatwaves becoming norm rather than exception

Although once a rare phenomenon, June heatwaves have become more frequent in recent years, with another set to grip the country in its hot embrace beginning Tuesday through to Friday, with temperatures predicted to soar in places to more than 42 Celsius.

25.05.2024 / 13:37

Concern rises over coming summer heat

Experts are expressing concern about the possible intensity of weather phenomena in the coming summer, and not without reason, given the recent warm winter.

17.05.2024 / 17:27

Athens introduces digital tool to encourage walking

Aiming to encourage walking, the Athens Municipality has introduced a digital tool with valuable data informing citizens and local authorities about the state of sidewalks and streets in the Greek capital.

06.05.2024 / 17:30

Can Athens become a walkable city?

Walking in Athens is a risk you take at your own peril. It involves balancing on impossibly narrow pavements, while avoiding broken paving stones and sundry unexpected hurdles.

05.04.2024 / 19:06

Mapping Greece’s seabed with brand-new tools

They are explorers of submarine faults, often at great depths, using sound waves as a guide in the darkness. They have been trying for decades to capture the geological “engravings” and underwater structures of Greece’s seabed so that seismologists can better “read” the future.

02.04.2024 / 20:49

Expert: Hotter summers are foregone conclusion

The world is getting hotter and humanity will have to shield itself against the new conditions in the coming years, according to Spyros Pandis, professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras and researcher at the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences of the Technology and Research Foundation in Greece (FORTH).

22.03.2024 / 11:30

Plane trees ravaged by killer fungus

A deadly fungus targeting plane trees has reached epidemic proportions in Greece. So far, more than 52,000 plane trees have died, and there is a risk that most of these deciduous trees will be lost.

05.03.2024 / 18:32

Omens not boding well after 2023 record heat

With extreme weather and climate change-related natural disasters, 2023 was the warmest year ever recorded since meteorological data started being systematically recorded. Although a documented forecast cannot be made, the likelihood that 2024 will be among the five to 10 warmest since the mid-19th century is heightened by the elevated temperatures in the first two […]

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