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Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south Brazil
By Florian PLAUCHEUR Porto Alegre, Brazil - River levels were rising again Sunday as strong rains lashed waterlogged southern Brazil, where flooding has killed more…
SourceMay 12, 2024
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Dogs, horses, rabbits: more than 10,000 animals rescued from Brazil floods
By Mauricio RABUFFETTI Porto Alegre, Brazil - At a makeshift field hospital for pets rescued from Brazil's flooded south, a steady stream of volunteers arrives…
SourceMay 12, 2024
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Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit south
By Mauricio RABUFFETTI Porto Alegre, Brazil - New rains in waterlogged southern Brazil are expected to be heaviest between Sunday and Monday, authorities have warned,…
SourceMay 12, 2024
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Brazil’s catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theories
By Maria-Eduarda JOIA | AFP Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - The climate catastrophe that has struck southern Brazil, killing more than a hundred people and…
SourceMay 11, 2024
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First ‘extreme’ solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular auroras
By Issam AHMED | AFP Paris, France - Earth was set to be struck by more powerful solar storms on Saturday, a day after the…
SourceMay 11, 2024
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US, China pledge joint methane action at climate talks
By AFP Washington, United States - The United States and China promised Friday to work together on reduction of methane, the second most abundant greenhouse…
SourceMay 11, 2024
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Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruption
By Issam AHMED | AFP Washington, United States - A huge solar storm begun pummeling Earth on Friday, bringing possible disruptions to satellites and power…
SourceMay 11, 2024
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Octogenarian Just Stop Oil protesters target Britain’s Magna Carta
By AFP London, United Kingdom - Two environmental activists in their 80s on Friday targeted the historic Magna Carta document at the British Library in…
SourceMay 10, 2024
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Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives disease
By Sara HUSSEIN | AFP Bangkok, Thailand - Humans have made our planet warmer, more polluted and ever less hospitable to many species, and these…
SourceMay 10, 2024
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Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon capture
By Mathilde DUMAZET | AFP Hellisheidi, Iceland - With Mammoth's 72 industrial fans, Swiss start-up Climeworks intends to suck 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the…
SourceMay 10, 2024
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Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed Vault
By Juliette MICHEL Paris, France - Scientists Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, who on Thursday received the prestigious World Food Prize for "their work to…
SourceMay 9, 2024
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Australia, Tuvalu to launch climate and security pact this year
by AFP Staff Writers Sydney, Australia - Australia and Tuvalu said Thursday they have agreed to launch a landmark climate and security pact this year, after…
SourceMay 9, 2024
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