Climate Change
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Britain’s 2022 was hottest year on record
LONDON (Reuters) — Britain experienced its hottest year on record in 2022, the national weather serv...
January 13, 2023
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Hokkaido man may have made deadly firearm
SAPPORO (Jiji Press) — A man in Hokkaido who was indicted last year for allegedly possessing black p...
January 12, 2023
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Spain records hottest year ever in 2022
MADRID (AP) — Spain is about to conclude its hottest year on record, the nation’s weather service sa...
December 28, 2022
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Large-scale offshore wind farm begins operation
AKITA — Commercial operation of Japan’s first large-scale offshore wind farm began at Noshiro Port i...
December 22, 2022
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Warming climate ups threat from bark beetle
HELSINKI (AFP-Jiji) — Deep in the Finnish woods, the moss and blueberry shrubs hide a deadly threat ...
December 21, 2022
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Japanese Climate Activist Hirata Makes BBC’s 100 Women List
LONDON (Jiji Press) — Environmental activist Kimiko Hirata made British broadcaster BBC’s list of th...
December 7, 2022
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Scientists turn up heat on seagrass in climate change
BERLIN (Reuters) — Scientists in Germany are working on ways to restore seagrass fields in the Balti...
December 2, 2022
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Sinking Alexandria faces up to coming catastrophe
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AFP-Jiji) — Alexandria, Egypt’s fabled second city and its biggest port, is in da...
November 24, 2022
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Climate disaster aid scheme ‘Global Shield’ launched at COP27
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP-Jiji) — A scheme to give speedy financial support to communities battere...
November 24, 2022
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‘Water people’ left high and dry as major Bolivian lake vanishes
PUNACA TINTA MARIA, Bolivia (AFP-Jiji) — An abandoned boat rests on the cracked earth where formerly...
November 16, 2022
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Emperor penguins now threatened species due to climate change
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Antarctica’s emperor penguin is at risk of extinction due to rising global temp...
November 16, 2022
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Cranberry farmers fight climate change to protect Thanksgiving staple
TAUNTON, Mass. (AFP-Jiji) — American farmers growing cranberries, a quintessential component of Than...
November 16, 2022
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U.N.: Europe temperature rise more than twice global average
GENEVA (AFP-Jiji) — Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over...
November 10, 2022
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World-famous glaciers ‘to disappear by 2050’
PARIS (Reuters) — Some of the world’s most famous glaciers, including in the Dolomites in Italy, the...
November 10, 2022
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Japan to provide rainfall warning tech to developing countries
The government will unveil a plan to support the rollout of an early warning system to monitor heavy...
November 6, 2022
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