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Asia heatwaves made 30 times more likely by climate change says study
Climate change made record-breaking deadly heatwaves in Bangladesh, India, Laos and Thailand last month at least 30 times more likely, according to a study published Wednesday (17)
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World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns
The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, climate scientists say
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World has less than a decade to stop catastrophic warming, UN panel says
Earth is likely to cross a critical threshold for global warming within the next decade, and nations will need to make an immediate and drastic shift away from fossil fuels to prevent the planet from overheating dangerously beyond that…
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Malawi cyclone toll hits 190 as hopes for survivors fade
The death toll in Malawi from Cyclone Freddy nearly doubled to 190 on Tuesday (14) after the record-breaking storm triggered floods and landslips in its second strike on Africa in less than three weeks
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Nations agree on language for historic treaty to protect ocean life
After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a gruelling race over the past few days in New York, a significant majority of nations agreed on language for a historic United Nations treaty that would protect ocean biodiversity
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New Zealand, battered by a record storm, faces a painful clean-up
In Hawke’s Bay, cows swam for their lives. In Northland, unremitting winds toppled electricity poles like matchsticks. And throughout New Zealand’s sodden North Island, people who had lost homes and livelihoods looked anxiously ahead to a…
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Rising seas threaten exodus of ‘biblical’ scale, warns Guterres
The UN Secretary-General warned Tuesday (14) that global warming could force a mass exodus "on a biblical scale" as people flee low-lying communities and called for legal frameworks to be implemented in preparation, especially for refugees
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Sri Lanka bans single-use plastics to save elephants
Sri Lanka will ban single-use plastics, the government said Tuesday (14), in a move that follows a series of wild elephant and deer deaths from plastic poisoning
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Floods rage as weary California faces more rain
An unrelenting series of pounding storms over at least 11 days has left no part of California untouched — flooding towns from north to south, loading inland mountains with snow and transforming the often dry Los Angeles River into a raging…
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Most of Los Angeles County under flash flood warning as rains pound California
As California reeled from another bout of extremely wet weather on Monday (9) night, most of Los Angeles County was under a flash flood warning — an unusual twist for a dry, sunny place where the concern is typically a lack of water
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