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Early forest fires prompt evacuations in CanadaNews

Early forest fires prompt evacuations in Canada

By AFP Montreal, Canada - Thousands of people fled their homes Sunday in western Canada as hundreds of wildfires beginning earlier than usual portend a…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
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Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south BrazilNews

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…
SourceSourceMay 12, 2024 Full article
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Dogs, horses, rabbits: more than 10,000 animals rescued from Brazil floodsNews

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…
SourceSourceMay 12, 2024 Full article
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Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit southNews

Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit south

By Mauricio RABUFFETTI | AFP Porto Alegre, Brazil - New rains in waterlogged southern Brazil are expected to be heaviest between Sunday and Monday, authorities…
SourceSourceMay 12, 2024 Full article
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Brazil’s catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theoriesNews

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…
SourceSourceMay 11, 2024 Full article
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First ‘extreme’ solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular aurorasNews

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…
SourceSourceMay 11, 2024 Full article
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US, China pledge joint methane action at climate talksNews

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…
SourceSourceMay 11, 2024 Full article
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Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruptionNews

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…
SourceSourceMay 11, 2024 Full article
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Octogenarian Just Stop Oil protesters target Britain’s Magna CartaNews

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…
SourceSourceMay 10, 2024 Full article
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Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives diseaseNews

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…
SourceSourceMay 10, 2024 Full article
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Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon captureNews

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…
SourceSourceMay 10, 2024 Full article
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Net zero plans show limited climate ambition on ‘residual’ emissionsScience

Net zero plans show limited climate ambition on ‘residual’ emissions

New research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals what countries think will be their most difficult to decarbonise sectors when they reach net…
SourceSourceMay 10, 2024 Full article
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Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed VaultNews

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…
SourceSourceMay 9, 2024 Full article
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Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakesScience

Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakes

When scientists look for an earthquake’s cause, their search often starts underground. As centuries of seismic studies have made clear, it’s the collision of tectonic…
SourceSourceMay 9, 2024 Full article
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Australia, Tuvalu to launch climate and security pact this yearNews

Australia, Tuvalu to launch climate and security pact this year

Sydney, Australia | AFP Australia and Tuvalu said Thursday they have agreed to launch a landmark climate and security pact this year, after smoothing over…
SourceSourceMay 9, 2024 Full article
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School’s out: how climate change threatens educationNews

School’s out: how climate change threatens education

Bangkok, Thailand | AFP Record-breaking heat last month that prompted governments in Asia to close schools offers fresh evidence of how climate change is threatening…
SourceSourceMay 9, 2024 Full article
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A vaccine for climate misinformationFacts

A vaccine for climate misinformation

Facts aren’t enough to combat false and misleading messaging. Experts suggest an additional strategy. “The climate crisis is a hoax,” “climate action is too costly,”…
SourceSourceMay 9, 2024 Full article
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Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish parliament climate protestsNews

Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish parliament climate protests

Stockholm, Sweden | AFP A Stockholm court fined climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday for disobeying police orders after blocking access to Sweden's parliament during…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2024 Full article
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Floods misery reminder of climate’s role in supercharging rainNewsFacts

Floods misery reminder of climate’s role in supercharging rain

Paris, France | AFP Floods have been tearing a path of destruction across the globe, hammering Kenya, submerging Dubai, and forcing hundreds of thousands of…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2024 Full article
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In South Africa, tiny primates could struggle to adapt to climate changeScience

In South Africa, tiny primates could struggle to adapt to climate change

By Daniel Strain, University of Colorado at Boulder In the “sky islands” of the Soutpansberg Mountains of South Africa, two closely related species of primate…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2024 Full article
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Rubbish, climate change help boost Portugal’s white stork numbersNews

Rubbish, climate change help boost Portugal’s white stork numbers

By Levi FERNANDES Aljustrel, Portugal - Above a flowering meadow in southern Portugal, three white stork nestlings click their beaks, adding to the chorus of…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2024 Full article
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South Korea records hottest April in half a centuryNews

South Korea records hottest April in half a century

By AFP - Agence France Presse Seoul - South Korea experienced its hottest April since comprehensive records began in 1973, the state weather agency said…
SourceSourceMay 7, 2024 Full article
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The EU’s new ecocide law may still let environmental criminals get away with itNews

The EU’s new ecocide law may still let environmental criminals get away with it

Legal pitfalls Reckless disregard The EU recently passed a law that criminalises actions “comparable to ecocide”. It’s a revolutionary legal development – the first law…
SourceSourceMay 7, 2024 Full article
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China says top climate envoy heading to US for talksNews

China says top climate envoy heading to US for talks

Beijing, China - China's top climate envoy will head to the United States for talks with US counterpart John Podesta on Tuesday, Beijing said, as…
SourceSourceMay 7, 2024 Full article