Climate Change

Residents fled their homes on Sunday as a fast-moving wildfire outside Athens fuelled by hot, windy weather burned trees, houses and cars and sent smoke clouds over the Greek capital. More than 400 firefighters backed by 16 waterbombing…
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Since April, the world has seen record high ocean temperatures and that's bad news for the plants and animals that call the ocean home. Longer and more frequent bouts of extreme temperatures can cause the exodus of some species and the…
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Seen from the sky, with its turquoise waters stretching out into the desert expanses in the shape of a crescent, you can see why they call Lake Balkhash the "pearl of Kazakhstan". But pollution, climate change and its overuse are…
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New scientific research paints a stark and alarming picture: the Atlantic Meridional Overturning. Circulation (AMOC), a crucial oceanic current system regulating global climate, is on the brink of collapse. This impending disaster,…
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Climate change, fragile terrain and loss of forest cover created the perfect recipe for the devastating landslides in Kerala's Wayanad district that claimed 123 lives, according to studies conducted over the years. Extremely heavy rain…
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A surprising technique has helped scientists observe how Earth's oceans are changing, and it's not using specialized robots or artificial intelligence. It's tagging seals. Several species of seals live around and on Antarctica and…
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Throngs of firefighters were mobilized in California Monday to battle the state's largest blaze of the year, which has prompted thousands of evacuations and already burned an area larger than the city of Los Angeles. The Park Fire outside…
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G20 financial leaders said on Friday the global economy was likely heading for a "soft landing", but warned wars and escalating conflicts could endanger this outlook, while more global cooperation could make growth stronger. In a joint…
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Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying typhoons and other tropical storms. Taiwan, the Philippines and then China were…
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Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest, temporarily suspended flights on Thursday morning after climate activists staged a demonstration near the airport runways. "Passengers are asked not to go to the airport for the time being," the…
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