As the holiday season gets underway on the world's fastest warming continent, AFP looks back at a series of brutally hot, dry summers in Europe that have left tens of thousands of people dead.
Environment
Jul 10, 2023
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Between 30,000 and 35,000 people have died from the effects of summer heat in France since 2014, the country's public health agency said in an estimate released Friday.
Environment
Jun 23, 2023
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One of the most severe marine heat waves on the planet is taking place in the shallow seas around the U.K. and Ireland. That's according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which has labeled ...
Environment
Jun 21, 2023
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Bangladesh has shut thousands of schools as it struggles through its lengthiest heatwave in half a century, with widespread power cuts only compounding locals' misery.
Environment
Jun 7, 2023
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In early 2014, a great anomaly descended upon the seas: A patch of warm water that manifested in the Gulf of Alaska. Scientists called it "The Blob."
Ecology
Jun 5, 2023
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This year, even before the northern hemisphere hot season began, temperature records were being shattered. Spain for instance saw temperatures in April (38.8°C) that would be out of the ordinary even at the peak of summer. ...
Environment
Jun 1, 2023
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Mangroves are growing in areas historically dominated by salt marshes and oyster reefs. Invasive pacific oysters are replacing native blue mussels in the Wadden Sea. Macroalgae are exhibiting dominance over hard corals in ...
Plants & Animals
May 30, 2023
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A changing climate is upon us, with more frequent land and marine heatwaves, forest fires, atmospheric rivers and floods. For some, it is the backdrop to day-to-day life, but for a growing number of people it is a life-changing ...
Earth Sciences
May 5, 2023
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Heat waves in Aotearoa New Zealand over recent summers are already causing wide-ranging effects on the environment, a new study suggests.
Environment
May 2, 2023
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Record-breaking heat waves in April 2022 put 90% of people in India at increased risk of going hungry, losing income or premature death, according to our new study.
Environment
May 1, 2023
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