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Climate change has made hurricane winds 18 mph stronger since 2019, study says

For most of the storms — 40 of them — the extra oomph from warmer oceans made the storms jump an entire hurricane category, according to the study...

20.11.2024 10

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Seth Borenstein

COP29 reveals world’s most polluting states and provinces are all in China—except for one U.S. exception

Seven states or provinces spew more than 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases, all of them in China—except Texas.

15.11.2024 30

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Carbon emissions increase again in 2024 as Earth races toward 1.5 degree warming threshold

If the world continues burning fossil fuels at today's level, it has six years before passing 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the...

13.11.2024 10

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Hurricanes Helene and Milton are both likely to cost more than $50 billion, joining ranks of priciest disasters

Making that even more painful is that most of the damage — 95% or more in Helene's case — was not insured, putting victims in a deeper financial...

17.10.2024 10

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Here’s what made Hurricane Milton so intense and unusual

Warm water fueled amazingly rapid intensification that took Milton from a minimal hurricane to a massive Category 5 in less than 10 hours.

10.10.2024 10

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More than 40 trillion gallons of rain flooded the South over the past week

“It was not just a perfect storm, but it was a combination of multiple storms that that led to the enormous amount of rain.”

01.10.2024 9

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Summer 2024 officially sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record

Human-caused climate change, with a temporary boost from an El Nino, keeps dialing up temperatures and extreme weather.

06.09.2024 10

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The amount of plastic waste produced each year could fill NYC’s Central Park and reach as high as the Empire State Building

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution annually, according to a new study.

04.09.2024 5

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Paris ‘flipped the coin’ and took a €1.4 billion gamble against climate change with its plan for the Olympics—and lost

Organizers believed their huge investment in the River Seine's defences would protect the Paris Olympics, but within hours the river was overwhelmed.

31.07.2024 8

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How extreme heat can turn deadly: It confuses your brain, shuts down your organs, and overworks your heart

As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what's happening inside the human body can become deadly.

21.06.2024 4

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Climate change caused by fossil fuels made killer heat wave in U.S. and Mexico 2.5 degrees hotter and 35 times more likely, scientists say

At least 125 people have died so far, according to the World Weather Attribution team.

20.06.2024 10

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Humanity has just 2 years ‘to save the world,’ UN climate chief says

United Nations executive climate secretary Simon Stiell knows his warning may sound melodramatic. But he said action over the next two years is...

10.04.2024 50

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‘Cicada-geddon’ will hit America for first time since 1803, expert says: ‘We’ve got trillions of these amazing living organisms come out of the Earth’

An unusual cicada double dose is about to invade parts of the United States for the first time since Thomas Jefferson was president.

01.04.2024 10

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As John Kerry steps down from climate role, he sees a 'vast change in the marketplace'

"We now have an agreement globally that we have to transition away from fossil fuel," Kerry told the AP as he departs the scene—maybe.

05.03.2024 50

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After the hottest year ever, January 2024 is on track to be so warm that for the first time a 12-month period will exceed the 1.5-degree Paris Accords threshold

The record heat made life miserable and sometimes deadly in Europe, North America, China and many other places last year.

09.01.2024 6

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Nearly 37 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide were pumped into the air in 2023, twice the amount from 40 years ago, Global Carbon Project tells COP

Carbon emissions ticked up 1.1% in 2023 on increased pollution from China and India, said the group of scientists who produce the gold standard of...

05.12.2023 3

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John Kerry says U.S. stands with 56 countries committed to phasing out coal power plants entirely

No date was given for when existing plants would have to go, but other Biden regulatory actions and international commitments indicate no coal by...

04.12.2023 30

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