One person has died in a Colorado wildfire, officials said Wednesday, as around a hundred infernos continue to blaze across western US states and a dangerous new heat wave looms.
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Aug 1, 2024
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The punishing heat experienced around the Mediterranean in July would have been "virtually impossible" in a world without global warming, a group of climate scientists said Wednesday.
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Jul 31, 2024
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Throngs of firefighters were mobilized in California Monday to battle the state's largest blaze of the year, which has prompted thousands of evacuations and already burned an area larger than the city of Los Angeles.
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Jul 30, 2024
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A growing number of workers face exposure to heat stress, even in regions with traditional mild climates, the UN said on Thursday, warning that humanity was suffering an "extreme heat epidemic".
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Jul 25, 2024
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Several western US states including California and Utah were battling wildfires on Monday as millions of Americans in the region were once again under heat alerts.
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Jul 22, 2024
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In the summer of 2020, wildfire smoke blanketed the city of Portland, Oregon, leading to a prolonged period of poor air quality and health concerns for residents. Subsequently, in 2021 the city experienced a heat wave with ...
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Jul 19, 2024
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For decades, scientists warned that continued burning of oil, gas, and coal would have devastating climate impacts. Those impacts are being felt around the world.
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Jul 19, 2024
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot—the biggest windstorm in the solar system—is shrinking, and a new study may help explain why.
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Jul 18, 2024
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What's happened to the summer? I've been asked this question a lot over the past few weeks. Just like May, June was changeable, wet and lacking in sunshine. But it wasn't too cold. According to MeteoSwiss, the average daily ...
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Jul 18, 2024
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This June saw major heat waves across Canada with peak temperatures—measured over a three-day period—of 7.4°C in eastern Ontario, 10.7°C in southern Québec, 7.2°C in northern Québec and 10.6°C in Atlantic Canada. ...
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Jul 17, 2024
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