Bid to end deadly cooking methods which stoke global warmingNews
SourceMay 13, 2024
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Bid to end deadly cooking methods which stoke global warming
By Catherine HOURS | AFP Paris, France - Fifty countries are meeting in France on Tuesday to discuss the lack of access to clean cooking…

European Battery Production Faces Uncertain Future Despite Environmental AdvantagesNews
Adrian AlexandreMay 13, 2024
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European Battery Production Faces Uncertain Future Despite Environmental Advantages
New analysis by Transport & Environment (T&E) reveals that European-made batteries could potentially be up to 60% less carbon-intensive than those produced in China. However,…

Climate change hardly a burning issue for Indian votersClimate
SourceMay 13, 2024
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Climate change hardly a burning issue for Indian voters
By: Sajan Thomas, St. John's College, Anchal; Titto Idicula, St.Olavs Hospital, NTNULocation: Thiruvananthapuram | Source: 360info Unprecedented climate change disasters — prolonged heatwaves, flash floods,…

Parks and restoration: Climate change forces US policy shiftNews
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Parks and restoration: Climate change forces US policy shift
By Lucie AUBOURG | AFP Washington, United States - Can America's national parks remain "unimpaired" forever, with their majestic scenery and wildlife unaltered? Global warming…

Early forest fires prompt evacuations in CanadaNews
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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…

Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south BrazilNews
SourceMay 12, 2024
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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…

Dogs, horses, rabbits: more than 10,000 animals rescued from Brazil floodsNews
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…

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

Brazil’s catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theoriesNews
SourceMay 11, 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…

First ‘extreme’ solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular aurorasNews
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…

US, China pledge joint methane action at climate talksNews
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…

Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruptionNews
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…

Octogenarian Just Stop Oil protesters target Britain’s Magna CartaNews
SourceMay 10, 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…

Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives diseaseNews
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…

Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon captureNews
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…

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

Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed VaultNews
SourceMay 9, 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…

Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakesScience
SourceMay 9, 2024
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Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakes
By Jennifer Chu | MIT News When scientists look for an earthquake’s cause, their search often starts underground. As centuries of seismic studies have made…

Australia, Tuvalu to launch climate and security pact this yearNews
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…

School’s out: how climate change threatens educationNews
SourceMay 9, 2024
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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…

A Vaccine for Climate MisinformationFacts
SourceMay 9, 2024
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A Vaccine for Climate Misinformation
By Stella Levantesi | DeSmog Facts aren’t enough to combat false and misleading messaging. Experts suggest an additional strategy. “The climate crisis is a hoax,”…

Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish parliament climate protestsNews
SourceMay 8, 2024
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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…

Floods misery reminder of climate’s role in supercharging rainFactsNews
SourceMay 8, 2024
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Floods misery reminder of climate’s role in supercharging rain
By Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France - Floods have been tearing a path of destruction across the globe, hammering Kenya, submerging Dubai, and forcing…

In South Africa, tiny primates could struggle to adapt to climate changeScience
SourceMay 8, 2024
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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…
