Atmosphere of Earth

Bulgaria witnesses an unusual red glow. According to some, it is the Aurora Borealis, which causes multicolored lights to dance in the sky.

Photos are "raining" from all over the country. The phenomenal optical phenomenon was also visible in neighboring countries.

In this photo taken with long shutter speed, a Perseid meteor sparks, while entering the earth's atmosphere as a man sleeps in Tripiti beach in Gavdos island, the southernmost point of Greece and Europe, early Sunday, on August 13, 2023. [Petros Giannakouris/AP]

This was announced today by meteorologist Slobodan Sovilj from the Republic Hydrometeorological Institute.
In a statement for Tanjug, Sovilj warned that on days when temperatures exceed 35 degrees, the UV radiation index will be very high and that one should not be exposed to the sun's rays in the period from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

With the risk of drought, insufficient snowfall and temperatures rising above seasonal norms, marine life in the Black Sea has been adversely affected, and the number of fish has decreased, warns an expert.

Geological Engineer Prof. Dr. Osman Bektaş stated that global climate change has started to drag the Black Sea to death.

Earth's protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says.

 A group of Slovenian researchers is the first in the world to find microplastic in hailstones. The results of their analysis suggest that microplastic may also contribute to the formation of large ice balls or lumps, they said at Monday’s press conference in Ljubljana.

Dust clouds dragged from Syria by strong winds have covered the skies over many southeastern and central Anatolia provinces on June 3.

"People residing in these provinces should not go out if not necessary, or wear face masks," prominent meteorologist Orhan Şen said.

Today there will be variable, more often significant clouds. This was announced for FOCUS News Agency by the weather forecaster on duty Evgenia Egova from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH).

Today, a significant concentration of Saharan dust will remain in the atmosphere over the country. There will be significant medium and high clouds again. A light to moderate northwest wind will blow. Daily temperatures will drop slightly and the maximum will be between 27 and 32 degrees, according to the NIMH forecast. 

Volkswagen's German carmaker fined €135m by a Toronto court after pleading guilty to 58 counts of violating Canadian environmental laws in a worldwide scandal for manipulating data on the diesel emissions of his cars, France Press and DPA reported.