Spain fights fierce fire fanned by winds
Firefighters were battling strong winds Monday as a huge forest fire burnt out of control in southeastern Spain while another blaze in the north was stabilised, officials said Saturday.
Firefighters were battling strong winds Monday as a huge forest fire burnt out of control in southeastern Spain while another blaze in the north was stabilised, officials said Saturday.
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Aug 15, 2022
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The UK government on Friday officially declared a drought across swathes of England, following months of record low rainfall and unprecedented high temperatures in recent weeks.
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Aug 12, 2022
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The cascading effects of extreme weather—such as recent heatwaves which combine heat and drought—and the interconnectedness of critical services and sectors has the potential to destabilize entire socioeconomic systems, ...
Environment
Aug 10, 2022
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Monocultures of some of the U.K.'s most economically important conifers may be more resilient to spring drought than mixed species forests, new research has shown.
Ecology
Aug 9, 2022
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Portugal recorded its hottest July on record last month, the country's weather service said Friday.
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Aug 5, 2022
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Floods, droughts, and other water-related disasters are some of the costliest natural events that occur in Canada and around the world. Even with significant global advances in science and infrastructure designed to predict ...
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Aug 4, 2022
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Firefighters backed by more than 20 aircraft battled a wildfire in northwestern Spain which appears to have been started deliberately, local authorities said on Thursday.
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Aug 4, 2022
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As much of Europe bakes in a third heatwave since June, fears are growing that extreme drought driven by climate change in the continent's breadbasket nations will dent stable crop yields and deepen the cost-of-living crisis.
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Aug 3, 2022
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A plant scientist from the University of Missouri has discovered a new way of measuring stress in plants, which comes at a time when plants are experiencing multiple stressors from heat, drought and flooding because of extreme ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 1, 2022
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Since late 2020, the La Niña climate pattern has led to two years of above-average rainfall across much of Australia, and severe floods in parts of the country.
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Aug 1, 2022
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