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Hurricane Beryl Wreaks Havoc, Turns To Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic

July 3, 2024 admin

Beryl felled power lines and unleashed flash floods across smaller islands. KINGSTON / PORT-AU-PRINCE: Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday, threatening to dump rain on parts of Hispaniola after leaving at least three people dead on smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean. Tropical storm conditions were expected on…

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Climate change caused 26 extra days of extreme heat in last year: report

May 29, 2024 admin

Labourers sleep on the roadside during an early hot summer morning in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan port city Karachi and some other parts of the country continued to experience heatwave these days. File | Photo Credit: AP The world experienced an average of 26 more days of extreme heat over the last 12 months that would…

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Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years, says study

May 15, 2024 admin

According to a recent research, the summer months in 2023 were on average 2.2 C (4 F) warmer than the estimated average temperature across the years 1 to 1890. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The intense northern hemisphere summer heat that drove wildfires across the Mediterranean, buckled roads in Texas and strained power grids in…

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How Climate Change Has Forced US To Change Policy

May 13, 2024 admin

US park workers have claimed that some species of plants are vanishing because of climate change. Washington: Can America’s national parks remain “unimpaired” forever, with their majestic scenery and wildlife unaltered? Global warming makes that impossible, says Wylie Carr, a climate change specialist at the National Park Service. According to Carr, who works on environmental…

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April temperatures in east and south India posted record highs

May 1, 2024 admin

A woman covers her head for protection against the scorching sun on a hot summer day, in Kolkata, on May 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The searing April temperatures were the highest over eastern and northeastern (E&NE) India and the second highest over south India since 1901, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in…

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Asia Hit Hardest By Weather Disaster, Climate Change In 2023: UN

April 23, 2024 admin

The annual mean near-surface temperature over Asia in 2023 was the second highest on record Geneva: Asia was the world’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, with floods and storms the chief cause of casualties and economic losses.Global temperatures hit record highs last year, and the…

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Slow Recovery As Dubai Airport, Roads Still Plagued By Floods

April 18, 2024 admin

Climate experts say the rains are consistent with changes caused by global warming Dubai airport, one of the world’s busiest, witnessed major disruption for a third straight day Thursday after the heaviest rains on record drenched the desert United Arab Emirates. Emirates, Dubai’s state-owned flagship airline, and sister carrier flydubai resumed check-ins after telling passengers…

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Climate change could cut global income by 19% in 25 years, finds study

April 18, 2024 admin

Image of people watching a sunset for representation | Photo Credit: AP The global economy is expected to lose about 19% income in the next 25 years due to climate change, with countries least responsible for the problem and having minimum resources to adapt to impacts suffering the most, according to a new study published…

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March is tenth straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say

April 9, 2024 admin

Since last June, the globe has broken heat records each month, with marine heat waves across large areas of the globe’s oceans contributing. File | Photo Credit: AP For the tenth consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an…

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Species in 17 mountains worldwide face extinction risk due to global warming: Study

March 28, 2024 admin

Researchers have explained a new approach they developed to estimate climate velocities in mountainous regions. File | Photo Credit: AP Species living in 17 mountains around the world may be facing the risk of extinction due to the rapid rate at which the planet is warming, new research published in the journal Nature has found. Researchers…

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