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A Pandemic of Wildfire, Part 2 Pandemic

A Pandemic of Wildfire, Part 2

Yesterday, I published images captured from space revealing the scope and intensity of 2020's burning season — from Siberia to the western United States. In this second part of "A Pandemic of Wildfire," I'm focusing not on the flames but on the smoke.It has travelled far and wide, causing much…
bubmag
August 30, 2020
A Pandemic of Wildfire, Part 1 Pandemic

A Pandemic of Wildfire, Part 1

The blaze captured in the false-color satellite image above is just one small part of a much bigger wildfire, which is just one among hundreds that have scorched Siberia since winter ice and snow melted in May.Meanwhile, half a world away, a brutally hot August in the western United States…
bubmag
August 29, 2020
Thousands of anti-maskers who believe pandemic is a HOAX march against lockdown in London  Pandemic

Thousands of anti-maskers who believe pandemic is a HOAX march against lockdown in London 

More than 10,000 Covid-19 conspiracy theorists who believe the virus is a hoax have gathered in London's Trafalgar Square to protest against lockdown restrictions and vaccination programmes.Demonstrators in the 'Unite for Freedom' rally - which started at noon in the capital - are calling for an 'end to Government lies' and the…
bubmag
August 29, 2020
China: All schools in Wuhan, Ground Zero of COVID-19 pandemic, to reopen on Tuesday Pandemic

China: All schools in Wuhan, Ground Zero of COVID-19 pandemic, to reopen on Tuesday

Wuhan, Ground Zero for the COVID-19 pandemic and the Chinese city hardest hit by the coronavirus, will reopen all its schools and kindergartens on Tuesday, local authorities said. Senior high school students are seen inside a classroom in Wuhan (Photo: Reuters) Updated: Aug 29, 2020, 11:23 PM IST Wuhan, Ground…
bubmag
August 29, 2020
Another million applied for jobless benefits as coronavirus pandemic’s economic toll rises Pandemic

Another million applied for jobless benefits as coronavirus pandemic’s economic toll rises

People wear their face masks waiting in line for an emergency food distribution at the 88th Street Temple Church of God in Christ on April 14, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, during the coronavirus pandemic.Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty ImagesThe number of Americans who filed for unemployment benefits…
bubmag
August 27, 2020