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World’s Hottest Day Record Broken In 24 Hours, Says Climate Watchdog
The Earth experienced its hottest day in at least 84 years on July 22, with the global average temperature reaching a record high of 17.15 degrees Celsius, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
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Acropolis In Athens Shut For Several Hours Daily. Heat Is The Reason
Greece's most visited tourist attraction, the Athens Acropolis, is to close during the hottest hours of Wednesday, authorities said as a heatwave scorches the country.
Tourists won't be able to visit the Parthenon and other ancient…
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The Stunning Reason Why Our Days Are Becoming Longer
It's well known that as far as the climate crisis goes, time is of the essence.
Now a study out Monday shows that the melting of the polar ice caps is causing our planet to spin more slowly, increasing the length of days at an…
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Heatwaves, Floods Disrupt Education, Increase Learning Loss: UNESCO Report
Climate related stressors like heat, wildfires, floods, droughts, diseases and rising sea levels affect education outcomes and threaten to undo educational gains of recent decade, according to the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM).…
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Hundreds stranded in rural Tibet after heavy rain: state media
Hundreds of people were trapped in rural Tibet in recent days after heavy rainfall caused floods and landslides, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday.
At least 472 people, including local residents and tourists from outside the area,…
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World Bakes In Heatwaves As Temperatures Hit 13-Year June Record High
Last month was the hottest June on record, the EU's climate change monitoring service said on Monday, continuing a streak of exceptional temperatures.
That some scientists said puts 2024 on track to be the world's hottest recorded year.…
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Over 4% Newborn Deaths Linked To Climate Change In Lower, Middle Income Countries: Study
Over four percent of newborn deaths are related to high and low temperatures, driven by climate change, according to a research looking at 29 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
Of the four…
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9 dead after Hurricane Beryl strikes Jamaica, 500 shifted to safe places
Hurricane Beryl churned menacingly over Jamaica on Wednesday afternoon, after uprooting trees, ripping off roofs and destroying farms as it forged a destructive, water-soaked path across smaller Caribbean islands over the past couple of…
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Climate Change Can No Longer Be Ignored: CJI DY Chandrachud
Stressing to incorporate a green lifestyle into daily lives, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Tuesday said that climate change can no longer be ignored.
Speaking at the occasion of laying the foundation stone of new buildings…
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5 Billion People Suffered Extreme Heat In June, 619 Million In India Alone
Nearly five billion people globally, including 619 million from India, experienced climate-change-driven extreme heat over nine days in June, according to a new analysis by an independent group of scientists based in the US.
The report by…
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