Night-time heat significantly increases the risk of strokeClimateScience
SourceMay 22, 2024
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Night-time heat significantly increases the risk of stroke
By Helmholtz Munich In a recent study, researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the Augsburg University Hospital show that nocturnal heat significantly increases the risk of…

More than half of all mangrove ecosystems at risk of collapse by 2050News
Adrian AlexandreMay 22, 2024
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More than half of all mangrove ecosystems at risk of collapse by 2050
In a report released today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warns that more than half of the world's mangrove ecosystems are at…

Satellite to unravel how clouds impact future climate changeClimate
SourceMay 21, 2024
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Satellite to unravel how clouds impact future climate change
By University of Reading A brand new satellite that will revolutionise our understanding of the role clouds and aerosol particles play in climate change is…

Climate change is a human rights issueClimate
SourceMay 21, 2024
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Climate change is a human rights issue
By Kuan-Wei Chen, McGill University and Hoda Asgarian, Bond University, The Conversation In April, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of a group of…

Small island states win key climate case in UN courtNews
SourceMay 21, 2024
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Small island states win key climate case in UN court
By Femke COLBORNE | AFP Berlin, Germany (UPDATED) - The UN maritime court on Tuesday ruled in favour of nine small island states who brought…

NGOs seek climate trial of French oil giant TotalEnergiesNews
SourceMay 21, 2024
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NGOs seek climate trial of French oil giant TotalEnergies
By Guillaume DAUDIN | AFP Paris, France - NGOs filed a criminal complaint against French oil giant TotalEnergies and its top shareholders in Paris on…

India shuts schools as temperatures soarNews
SourceMay 21, 2024
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India shuts schools as temperatures soar
New Delhi, India (AFP) - Indian authorities in the capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures hit 47.4 degrees Celsius…

Howler monkeys drop dead during Mexico heat waveNews
SourceMay 21, 2024
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Howler monkeys drop dead during Mexico heat wave
Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) - Howler monkeys are dropping dead in Mexico and authorities said Monday that they were investigating whether extreme heat was killing…

Record low Antarctic sea ice ‘extremely unlikely’ without climate changeClimateScience
SourceMay 20, 2024
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Record low Antarctic sea ice ‘extremely unlikely’ without climate change
By British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Scientists at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have found that the record-low levels of sea ice around Antarctica in 2023…

Climate change key driver of record-low Antarctic sea ice: studyNews
SourceMay 20, 2024
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Climate change key driver of record-low Antarctic sea ice: study
By Linda GIVETASH | AFP Paris, France - Climate change played a key role in last year's record-low levels of Antarctic sea ice, a study…

Mapping malaria in Africa: climate change study predicts where mosquitoes will breed in futureClimate
SourceMay 20, 2024
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Mapping malaria in Africa: climate change study predicts where mosquitoes will breed in future
By Mark Smith, University of Leeds and Chris Thomas, University of Lincoln | The Conversation The relationship between climate and malaria transmission is complex and has been…

Floods in south Brazil have displaced 600,000 – here’s why this region is likely to see ever more extreme rain in futureClimate
SourceMay 19, 2024
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Floods in south Brazil have displaced 600,000 – here’s why this region is likely to see ever more extreme rain in future
By Marcia Zilli, University of Oxford; Caio Coelho, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe), and Neil Hart, University of Oxford | The Conversation A mighty river is flowing out of…

Fresh floods kill 66 in northern AfghanistanNews
SourceMay 19, 2024
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Fresh floods kill 66 in northern Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP)(UPDATED) - Fresh floods killed 66 people in northern Afghanistan, a provincial official said Sunday, after weeks of flooding that has inundated farms…

Finding Where the Grass is GreenerScience
SourceMay 19, 2024
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Finding Where the Grass is Greener
By Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, enhance land surface maps to…

World Bank supports better access to rural water and sanitation in BrazilNews
SourceMay 17, 2024
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World Bank supports better access to rural water and sanitation in Brazil
WASHINGTON, DC - The World Bank Board of Directors approved a substantial new investment to increase access to water and sanitation for about one million…

How heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplanktonClimateScience
SourceMay 17, 2024
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How heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplankton
By Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research The basis of the marine food web in the Arctic, the phytoplankton, responds to…

Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientistsNews
SourceMay 17, 2024
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Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientists
By Lucie AUBOURG | AFP Washington, United States - The massive coral bleaching episode signaled by US authorities last month is expanding and deepening in…

Brazil’s Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happenNews
SourceMay 16, 2024
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Brazil’s Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happen
By Sandra FERRER | AFP Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Porto Alegre, the Brazilian metropolis left submerged after torrential rains, had been lulled into a…

Green policies can be vote winners, London mayor saysNews
SourceMay 16, 2024
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Green policies can be vote winners, London mayor says
By Ella IDE Vatican City, Holy See - Green policies can win votes, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said Thursday, after winning a record third term…

Climate change likely to aggravate brain conditionsClimateScience
SourceMay 16, 2024
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Climate change likely to aggravate brain conditions
By University College London Climate change, and its effects on weather patterns and adverse weather events, is likely to negatively affect the health of people…

Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warnsClimateNews
SourceMay 16, 2024
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Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warns
By Sara HUSSEIN | AFP Bangkok, Thailand (UPDATED) - Thailand may have to consider relocating its capital Bangkok because of rising sea levels, a senior…

The origin and long-distance travels of upside down treesScience
SourceMay 16, 2024
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The origin and long-distance travels of upside down trees
By Queen Mary University of London Scientists have solved the mystery behind the origin, evolution and dispersal around the world of iconic baobabs. The iconic…

Using solar energy to generate heat at high temperaturesScience
SourceMay 15, 2024
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Using solar energy to generate heat at high temperatures
By Fabio Bergamin | ETH Zurich Instead of burning coal or oil to produce cement or steel, in the future solar energy could be used…

Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years: studyNews
SourceMay 14, 2024
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Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years: study
By Linda GIVETASH | AFP Paris, France - Last year's northern hemisphere summer was the hottest in 2,000 years, according to a new study published…
