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Climate Change May Claim 14.5 Million Lives By 2050: WEF

According to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report published recently, climate change threatens to cause an additional 14.5 million deaths…

4 months ago
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Climate Change’s Dangerous New Fires

Heatwaves have been going through some extraordinary changes in recent history. Since midway through the 20th century, their intensity, frequency…

12 months ago
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Wildfires Are Turning Largest Forest Ecosystem Into Net-Emitter

The vast boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere stretch from Scandinavia through Siberia, Alaska and Canada. They cover a tenth…

1 year ago
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Vicious Cycle: Forest Fires And Flash Floods In The Himalayas

Wildfires and flash floods are two of the most visible symptoms of climate change across the Himalayas. The two phenomena…

1 year ago
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Indigenous Lore And The Fire Knowledge We Tend To Ignore

The hazy outline of the Sutter Buttes lingers on the horizon on the drive along Highway 32 connecting the Sierra…

1 year ago
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Wildfires Rage Across Europe As Climate Alarm Sounded

Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after…

2 years ago
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North India Caught In Vicious Cycle Of Forest Fires, Heatwaves

Mohan Negi is worried that respiratory conditions are becoming more common across Chamoli district in Uttarakhand, north India. “At least…

2 years ago
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What’s The Difference Between 1.5°C & 2°C Of Global Warming?

Over and over at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, world leaders have stressed the need to limit global warming…

3 years ago
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Dozens Of Homes Burn As California Wildfire Siege Continues

A small wildfire swept through a mobile home park, leaving dozens of homes in ashes, the latest in a series…

3 years ago
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Thousands More Flee Fires In Greece Amid Heatwave

Thousands of people in Greece fled to safety from a wildfire north of Athens early on Friday, as firefighters waged…

3 years ago
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Death Toll In Wildfires That Hit Southern Turkey Rises To 4

The death toll in a string of wildfires raging in southern Turkey rose to four, officials said, as fire crews…

3 years ago
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Winds Feed California’s Largest Fire As Blazes Scorch US West

It could be days before officials will be able to assess the damage done to a small town by California's…

3 years ago
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Fires Ravage Himalayan Forests, Threatening Health & Biodiversity

Wildfires described as “the worst in a decade” have engulfed Himalayan mountain states in a thick haze and killed at…

3 years ago
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Hundreds Of Homes Torched In Massive US Wildfires

Around half a million people in the state of Oregon, US, were under evacuation alerts on Friday, with residents of…

4 years ago
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Australian Wildfires: Authorities Steer Mass Evacuation

Tens of thousands of holiday makers fled seaside towns on Australia’s east coast on Thursday ahead of advancing bushfires, as…

4 years ago
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As Fires Ravage The Amazon, Indigenous Tribes Pray For Protection

As thousands of fires ravage the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, some indigenous tribes are turning to prayer, in a…

5 years ago

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