Record-shattering heatwaves caused by pace of warming: study
Heatwaves that obliterate temperature records as in western Canada last month and Siberia last year are caused by the rapid…
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Europe picks through rubble from deluge as death toll soars to 150
by Jean-Philippe LACOUR with Deborah COLE in Berlin Agence France Presse Troops and firefighters scrambled through the night Saturday…
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UN confirms 18.3C record heat in Antarctica
by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The United Nations on Thursday recognized a new record high temperature for the…
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‘No time to waste’ warns Japan climate activist
by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Kimiko Hirata has spent nearly half her life fighting to wean…
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Climate change may have had ‘key role’ in pandemic: study
by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse Climate change may have played a "key role" in the transmission of the…
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480,000 killed by extreme weather this century: analysis
by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse Almost half a million people have died in natural disasters linked to extreme weather…
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Fiji tourism hit with climate, pandemic double whammy
by Leon LORD Agence France-Presse CORAL COAST, Fiji (AFP) — Fiji dive operator Ashwin Pal was living his dream until…
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Climate change biggest threat to natural World Heritage sites
by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Climate change has become the biggest threat to UN-listed natural world…
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How climate change could expose new epidemics
by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Long-dormant viruses brought back to life; the resurgence of deadly…
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Brazilian Amazon fires surge in July
by Joshua Howat Berger Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The number of forest fires in the Brazilian…
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Highest-ever temperature recorded in Norwegian Arctic archipelago
OSLO, Norway (AFP) -- Norway's Arctic archipelago Svalbard on Saturday recorded its highest-ever temperature, the country's meteorological institute reported. According…
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Russia sees melting permafrost behind Arctic fuel spill
by Maria ANTONOVA Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — An unprecedented fuel spill that has polluted huge stretches of Arctic…
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