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This is an article of notable issues relating to the terrestrial environment of Earth in 2023.They relate to environmental events such as natural disasters, environmental sciences such as ecology and geoscience with a known relevance to contemporary influence of humanity on Earth, environmental law, conservation, environmentalism with major worldwide impact and environmental issues.
Torrential rainfall flooded the Burning Man festival, which was closed throughout the remainder of the scheduled event afterwards as thunderstorms also flooded the Black Rock Desert. [17] Diplo and Chris Rock, who attended the festival, fled 5–6 miles (8.0–9.7 km) from the festival site through mud caused by the floods.
There were 28 climate and weather disasters that cost at least $1bn in 2023, NOAA reported on Tuesday (NOAA) US wildfires in 2023 were roughly on par with the 10-year average, NOAA said, with more ...
In December 2023, an atmospheric river caused flooding in the Pacific Northwest. [1] Rainfall and temperature records were set in the U.S. state of Washington. [2] Two deaths have been attributed to this flood. [3] One person died in Portland. [4]
List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023; List of United States tornadoes from April to May 2023; List of United States tornadoes from January to February 2023; List of United States tornadoes from July to August 2023; List of United States tornadoes in March 2023; List of United States tornadoes from September to ...
On August 22, a fire started in Beauregard Parish, before spreading to numerous areas of the Parish. [20] Power outages occurred in Singer, Louisiana, and a main water line north of Singer burned due to the fires, forcing the Beauregard Parish Police Jury to shut off water from the connecting water lines, including water lines to Merryville.
On September 16th, 2023 at 12:35 UTC, a 25.5 Mm 3 (3.34 × 10 19 cu yd) rockslide occurred on the slope of Dickson Fjord in Northeast Greenland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The rockslide impacted a gully glacier, leading to a rock and ice avalanche that entered the fjord causing an up to 200 m (660 ft) high tsunami and subsequent waves up to 110 m high, with ...