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Marine heatwaves can be generated by either the atmosphere or by ocean processes (Representational) Since April, the world has seen record high ocean temperatures and that’s bad news for the plants and animals that call the ocean home. Longer and more frequent bouts of extreme temperatures can cause the exodus of some species and the…
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The rains damaged nearly 900 homes and caused 1,345 road collapse (File) Beijing, China: Seven people died and three were missing after heavy rain and flooding hit central China’s Hunan province, state media reported Tuesday. China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with heavy rains battering swathes of the country and many regions enduring…
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Typhoon Gaemi hits Chinese seaboard, widespread flooding feared Singapore: Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying typhoons and other tropical storms. Taiwan, the Philippines and then China were lashed by the year’s most powerful typhoon this week, with…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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