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Everest season
Tons of trash and a skeleton cleaned off Everest

In a series of operations over 55 days, the Nepalese army has cleaned Mount Everest and the mountains Nuptse and Lhotse, writes the Independent. Tons of rubbish, four dead bodies and skeletal parts have been cleaned away.

The great pressure on people visiting the Himalayas and Everest has left a deep impression on the environment. In the past, estimates have been made that 50 tons of debris are on the mountains and over 200 dead people.

The Nepalese military began cleanup efforts in 2019. To date, efforts have collected 119 tons of debris and 14 dead bodies and skeletal parts.

Each climbing season, an additional five tons of trash is estimated to accumulate, when 600 people attempt to reach the world's highest peaks.

Nepalese authorities have previously asked climbers to buy bags to relieve themselves in – bags that will later be checked.
File photo: Fire in Petaluma, California, during the heat wave on June 30, 2023.

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Climate threatGlobal challenges
Over 52,000 have died from fire particles in California

Particulate pollution from wildfires has killed over 52,000 people in ten years in California alone in the US. This is according to a new study from the University of California published in the scientific journal Science Advances, AFP reports. The enormous fires during the summer are expected to increase even more this year when the heat has arrived in record time.

The study has examined the amount of particles below 2.5 micrometers (thousandths of a millimeter) caused by forest fires, and the effects on human health in the form of, among other things, poisoning and chronic respiratory diseases, filtered by zip code.

"The importance of controlling forest fires will increase in the coming decades as drying increases with climate change," write the researchers.

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The election in Great Britain
The Tory Party is declared dead - how could it go so wrong?

Liberal conservatism is dead – what really happened? That is the theme of two long articles from Politico and the Financial Times this weekend, both of which have their origins in the crisis of the British Tory Party.

The FT states that the pressure from parties and politicians on the right is causing liberal conservatism to bleed. The centrist parties throughout Europe have taken a beating. The right-wing parties often target "a liberal enemy", which has caused the liberal leg to wobble. One of the big questions now is where conservatism will go in the future, writes the newspaper.

Politico writes that the Tory Party, which is headed for a huge loss in this summer's election, is expected to move significantly to the right, according to people with access. This in an attempt to find a new political way forward