‘Extreme heat belt’ to cover middle of US by 2053: report
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- An area of intensely warm weather -- a so-called "extreme heat belt" -- with at…
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Drought officially declared in several parts of England
London, United Kingdom | AFP | The UK government on Friday officially declared a drought in several parts of England,…
4 years ago
Drought tightens its grip on Morocco
by Kaouthar Oudrhiri Agence France-Presse OULED ESSI MASSEOUD, Morocco (AFP) -- Mohamed gave up farming because of successive droughts that…
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Swiss mountain pass set to lose all ice within weeks
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The thick layer of ice that has covered a Swiss mountain pass for centuries will have…
4 years ago
Last month one of hottest Julys on record: UN
https://youtu.be/88CFFQUkzO4 Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Last month marked one of the three hottest Julys ever recorded, with global…
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Climate deniers use past heat records to sow doubt online
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - With Europe gripped by successive heatwaves, climate-change deniers are spreading scepticism by publishing data on social…
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Australia backs law to speed carbon emission cuts
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia enshrined deeper cuts to carbon emissions in new legislation Thursday, aiming to shed its decade-long…
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UK sea levels rising quicker than century ago: study
by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse Sea levels are increasing around Britain at a far faster rate than a…
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Thaw and redraw: melting glacier moves Italian-Swiss border
by Nicolas CAMUT Agence France Presse Way up in the snowy Alps, the border between Switzerland and Italy has…
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One person killed fighting Morocco forest fire
RABAT, Morocco (AFP) -- One volunteer firefighter has been killed and another injured in a forest fire in northern Morocco,…
4 years ago
Firefighters tackle California wildfire as heat grips parts of US
by David McNew with Chris Lefkow in Washington Agence France-Presse MIDPINES, United States (AFP) -- Firefighters were battling California's largest…
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Thousands evacuated as California wildfire grows
Midpines, United States | AFP by David McNew with Michael Mathes in Washington A fierce California wildfire expanded Sunday, burning…
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