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UN warns wildfires, heatwaves threaten air quality and health

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UN warns wildfires, heatwaves threaten air quality and health

Wildfires and heatwaves, which generate microscopic airborne pollutants, risk undermining international efforts to improve air quality, protect human health and safeguard nature, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday (September 7, 2026). The United Nations’ weather and climate agency underlined the links between air pollution and climate change, which scientists say is leading to…

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Earlier California fire shows how Los Angeles could rebuild

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Earlier California fire shows how Los Angeles could rebuild

Seven years before wildfires tore through opposite ends of the Los Angeles area, the Tubbs Fire in Northern California’s Sonoma County jumped a six-lane freeway and decimated Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park subdivision, a suburban enclave similar to Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The fire destroyed about 5,000 homes in Santa Rosa and the surrounding area in…

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Man On How His Los Angeles Mansion Survived Fire

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Man On How His Los Angeles Mansion Survived Fire

The largest of the raging wildfires that have devastated parts of Los Angeles this week has, till now, burnt 10,000 structures as neighbourhoods turn to ashes. Thousands of people are homeless; a public health emergency has been declared over smoke all around the area. Insurers are facing billions in claims as many notable rich people,…

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Wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles area and kill 2 as thousands flee homes

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Wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles area and kill 2 as thousands flee homes

Massive wildfires roaring through the Los Angeles area left neighborhoods in ruins Wednesday (January 8, 2024), killing at least two people and threatening landmarks made famous by Hollywood as desperate residents escaped through flames, hurricane-force winds and towering columns of smoke. Three major blazes that erupted just a day earlier blanketed the city with a…

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From Bolivia To Indonesia, Deforestation Continues Apace

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From Bolivia To Indonesia, Deforestation Continues Apace

Paris: Deforestation continued last year at a rate far beyond pledges to end the practice by 2030, according to a major study published Tuesday. Forests nearly the size of Ireland were lost in 2023, according to two dozen research organisations, NGOs and advocacy groups, with 6.37 million hectares (15.7 million acres) of trees felled and…

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Residents in Kyiv asked to stay indoors as air pollution blankets Ukrainian capital

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Residents in Kyiv asked to stay indoors as air pollution blankets Ukrainian capital

A delivery cyclist wearing a face mask cycles down a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, on a day with poor air quality. | Photo Credit: AP Authorities in Ukraine advised residents in the capital Kyiv to stay indoors Friday (September 20, 2024) as air pollution, partly caused by fires in the region,…

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