Climate Change
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Amphibian Crisis: 41% of Species Deemed Threatened with Extinction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Earth’s amphibians — from the thorny spike-thumb frog to the red knobby newt,...
October 12, 2023
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Study: Humans Increasingly Settling in High-risk Flood Zones
BANGKOK (AFP-Jiji) — Humans are increasingly settling in areas highly exposed to dangerous flooding,...
October 12, 2023
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Brazil Favela Activist Plants Green Roofs to Combat Heat Wave
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) — Luis Cassiano climbs a ladder and gently places small bundles of plants o...
September 29, 2023
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Analysis / Climate Change Adds Workplace Costs, Hazards
As Texas baked in this summer’s record temperatures, local UPS driver Chris Begley started feeling u...
September 27, 2023
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‘Animals Are Thirsty’: Dust and Bones on Turkey’s Shrinking Lake
VAN, Turkey (AFP-Jiji) — Shepherd Ibrahim Koc recalls his youth with fondness as he grazes cattle on...
September 23, 2023
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Fly Responsibly? Airlines Face a Storm over Climate Claims
AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) — When Dutch airline KLM launched advertisements urging customers to “fly...
September 22, 2023
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Study Quantifies Link between GHGs, Polar Bear Survival
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — Polar bears have long symbolized the dangers posed by climate change, as ris...
September 14, 2023
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Warming Triggers Loss of Emperor Penguin Chicks
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Helpless emperor penguin chicks perished at multiple breeding grounds in West Ant...
September 13, 2023
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Scientists Sail to Melting Sanctuary in Greenland
ITTOQQORTOORMIIT, Greenland (AFP-Jiji) — With rugged red mountains rising on either side, a sailboat...
September 13, 2023
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Lake Titicaca’s Water Levels Fall to Historic Lows
HUARINA, Bolivia (AFP-Jiji) — Pedro de la Cruz stood beside his stranded boat and supplicated his Go...
September 8, 2023
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Climate-friendly Cows Bred to Belch Less Methane
WINNIPEG, Canada (Reuters) — When Canadian dairy farmer Ben Loewith’s calves are born next spring, t...
September 7, 2023
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U.N. Researcher: Climate Change Could Bring Year-round Heat Waves
GENEVA (AFP-Jiji) — As Europe and other regions swelter, a U.N. researcher cautioned that climate ch...
August 31, 2023
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Extreme Heat, Heavy Rain Devastate S. Korean Watermelon Farmer
NONSAN, South Korea (Reuters) — Kwon Gye-soon has been farming for more than a quarter of a century,...
August 26, 2023
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Loch Ness Struggles with Scotland’s Shifting Climate
INVERNESS, Scotland (AFP-Jiji) — Around Scotland’s Loch Ness, famous for hosting a mythical monster ...
August 18, 2023
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EU Climate Observatory: July Hottest Month Ever
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, the European Union’s climate o...
August 18, 2023
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