Climate Change
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Number of Brazil Amazon fires hits 5-yr high in August
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — More fires burned in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest this August than in any m...
September 7, 2022
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Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur ink accord to deepen ties
The Tokyo metropolitan government and Kuala Lumpur signed a letter of intent Thursday, aiming to str...
September 2, 2022
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Climate risks dwarf Europe’s energy crisis
PARIS (Reuters) — The head of the European Space Agency (ESA) has warned economic damage from heatwa...
September 1, 2022
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Japan govt to develop ports capable of accepting hydrogen tankers
The government is planning to build ports capable of accepting hydrogen tankers. As the world stri...
August 31, 2022
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Thaw, redraw: Melting glacier displaces Italian-Swiss border
ZERMATT, Switzerland (AFP-Jiji) — Way up in the snowy Alps, the border between Switzerland and Italy...
August 26, 2022
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Climbing Mont Blanc a tall order as Europe swelters
CHAMONIX, France (AFP-Jiji) — Rocks the size of fridges have been tumbling from Mont Blanc as summer...
August 25, 2022
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Satellite imagery shows Antarctic ice shelf crumbling faster than thought
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Antarctica’s coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature...
August 17, 2022
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Source of Thames River dries up in scorched U.K.
ASHTON KEYNES, England (AFP-Jiji) — At the end of a dusty track in southwest England where the Thame...
August 17, 2022
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Driest July in memory imperils Europe’s crops
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — As much of Europe bakes in a third heat wave since June, fears are growing that e...
August 13, 2022
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Hotter summers mean almost all Florida turtles are born female
MARATHON, Fla. (Reuters) — Florida’s sea turtles are grappling with a gender imbalance made worse by...
August 13, 2022
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Melting glaciers imperil villages in Pakistan
HASSANABAD, Pakistan (AFP-Jiji) — As dawn broke over Javed Rahi’s Pakistani mountain village, a loud...
August 4, 2022
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Study: Science offers basis for national climate damage claims
A scientific basis exists to calculate how much one country’s carbon emissions have damaged the econ...
August 3, 2022
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U.S. mega drought spells trouble at Hoover Dam
LAKE MEAD, Colo. (AFP-Jiji) — Millions of gallons of Colorado River water hurtle through the Hoover ...
July 20, 2022
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Webinar discusses future of decarbonization in Asia
Online panelists from five Asian countries shared their views on the future of renewable energy in A...
June 16, 2022
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Cities, towns make use of local characteristics for decarbonization
The Environment Ministry in April selected 26 sites in 19 prefectures as decarbonization leading are...
May 17, 2022
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