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"Greece is leading the world in wildfire detection thanks to EU-funded satellites and AI"
#Greece #Environment #Wildfires

Greece using satellites and AI to detect wildfires earlier than ever
Four nanosatellites are now fully operational, sending instant alerts to firefighters.

Snow cover on Greek mountains has more than halved in four decades, study finds #Greece

Snow cover on Greek mountains has more than halved in four decades, study finds
Snow cover in the mountains of Greece—an important water source for communities, agriculture and natural ecosystems during the dry summer months—has more than halved over the past four decades, a study has found.

"Greece increases the number of beaches where sunbeds are banned to protect the environment"
#Greece #Beaches #Environment

Greece has increased the number of beaches where sunbeds are banned
The ban means that you will not be able to hire umbrellas or sunbeds at some 251 beaches, many of which are marine NATURA 2000 sites.

Whenever I see these obvious offsets in #OpenStreetMap, I have this itch to move them so they align with each other. But since I am not a local, I won’t do so and will leave it to Greek OpenStreetMappers to reconcile. But yeah, the 100-meter offset looks bad.
Island of Skopelos, #Greece 🇬🇷:

Glocal Roots ist eine Organisation mit Sitz in Zürich. 'Solidarity with people on the move'
«Integration ist eine Investition in die Gesellschaft und nicht einfach nur Gutmenschentum.» Liska Bernet, Politikwissenschafterin, Aktivistin
#switzerland #Greece

Glocal Roots | Solidarität mit Menschen auf der Flucht
Wir bilden Netzwerke und Strukturen, die vertriebene Menschen darin unterstützen, resilient und wieder autonom zu werden!

"Blue Flag beaches: Spain hits a new record with 794 sandy stretches awarded, followed by Greece"
#Greece #Spain #Environment

Blue flag beaches: All the newly awarded sandy stretches in Europe
Mediterranean beaches have swept the Blue Flag awards again this year.