Bangladesh reopens schools despite heat alert
DHAKA, April 28, 2024 (AFP) - Millions of students returned to their reopened schools across Bangladesh Sunday despite a lingering…
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Dubai roads, airport reel from floods after record rains
By Talek Harris, Sahar Al-Attar and Amanda Mouawad DUBAI, April 17, 2024 (AFP) - Dubai's giant highways were clogged by…
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Thousands flee flooding in Russian Urals region of Orenburg
ORENBURG, Russia, April 13, 2024 (AFP) - Russian emergency services on Saturday said they had evacuated thousands of people from…
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Climate change is slowing heat waves, prolonging misery
Climate change is causing heat waves to slow to a crawl, exposing humans to extreme temperatures for longer than ever…
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Landmark Australia, Tuvalu climate and security pact to go ahead
SYDNEY, March 27, 2024 (AFP) - Australia and Tuvalu are pressing ahead with a landmark treaty offering the Pacific Island's…
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Climate change changing Earth’s time: study
By Daniel Lawler and Juliette Collen PARIS, March 27, 2024 (AFP) - Struggle to wrap your head around daylight savings?…
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NASA: El Niño and climate change drive global sea level rise
Global average sea level rose by about 0.3 inches (0.76 centimeters) from 2022 to 2023 -- nearly four times the…
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UN warns ‘planet on the brink’ after warmest decade on record
By Nina LARSON GENEVA, March 19, 2024 (AFP) - Global heat records were "smashed" last year, the UN confirmed Tuesday,…
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Great Barrier Reef hit by seventh ‘mass bleaching event’ since 1998
By Laura CHUNG SYDNEY, March 8, 2024 (AFP) - A "mass bleaching event" is unfolding on Australia's famed Great Barrier…
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Above-normal temperatures for March-May due to El Nino: UN
By Robin MILLARD GENEVA, March 5, 2024 (AFP) - The warming El Nino weather phenomenon that peaked in December was…
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Faulty warnings, deforestation turned Philippine rains ‘deadly’: study
MANILA, March 1, 2024 (AFP) - Faulty warning systems, poverty and deforestation of mountains in the southern Philippines turned recent…
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Vietnam’s ‘rice bowl’ cracks in monster heatwave
HANOI, Feb 28, 2024 (AFP) - Southern Vietnam, including business hub Ho Chi Minh City and its "rice bowl" Mekong…
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