Climate Change
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Fiona, Ian Retired from List of Tropical Cyclone Names
MIAMI (AP) — Weather officials announced March 29 that they’re retiring the names Fiona and Ian from...
April 5, 2023
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Claude Lorius, Climate Science Pioneer Dies at 91
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Leading glaciologist Claude Lorius, whose Antarctica discoveries in the 1980s hel...
March 30, 2023
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Vienna Museum Exhibit Tilts Paintings in Call for Climate Action
VIENNA (Reuters) — A Vienna museum where climate activists recently attacked the glass screen shield...
March 30, 2023
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What Makes Cyclone Freddy an Exceptional Storm
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Cyclone Freddy, which has twice smashed into the African coast after traversing t...
March 24, 2023
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Europe Experienced 2nd-warmest Winter
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Europe is emerging from its second-warmest winter on record, European Union sci...
March 16, 2023
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Climate Change-linked Heat Worsened Argentina Drought Impact
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Extreme high temperatures in Argentina linked to climate change exacerbated...
March 15, 2023
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Winter Storm Hits Mallorca
MADRID (AFP-Jiji) — Snow blanketed Spain’s holiday island of Mallorca on Feb. 28 as a winter storm b...
March 8, 2023
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Scientists Grow Sea Stars to Understand Mass Die-off
FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. (Reuters) — A few hours from Seattle at a location that can only be reached by ...
March 8, 2023
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D.C.’s Cherry Blossoms Coming Early Due to Confusing Weather
WASHINGTON (AP) — The cherry trees in the nation’s capital are confused by Earth’s changing climate,...
March 8, 2023
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Horn of Africa Drought Trends Said Worse Than in 2011 Famine
NAIROBI (AP) — Trends in a historic Horn of Africa drought are now worse than they were during the 2...
March 1, 2023
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Kids Take Plunge in Icy Lake Survival Lessons
SOLLENTUNA, Sweden (AFP-Jiji) — The frigid water under the frozen Ravalen lake north of Stockholm do...
February 24, 2023
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Scientists Say Warm Water Melts Weak Spots on Doomsday Glacier
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — Scientists studying Antarctica’s vast Thwaites Glacier — nicknamed the Dooms...
February 24, 2023
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Two-thirds of Reef Sharks, Rays Risk Extinction
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Nearly two-thirds of the sharks and rays that live among the world’s corals are t...
February 16, 2023
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Glacial Lake Floods Threaten Communities in Asia, S. America
Melting mountain glaciers pose a growing flood risk to some 15 million people around the world, rese...
February 15, 2023
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Graves Sink, Fisheries Shrink As Climate Change Hits Fiji
TOGORU, Fiji (AFP-Jiji) — The sea has already swallowed the village graveyard in Togoru, Fiji, and l...
February 9, 2023
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