When cyclones and floods hit populated areas, people's ability to pay their mortgage differs depending on the type and intensity of the extreme weather, research suggests.
Economics & Business
Jan 16, 2024
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Afghanistan saw almost no snow as of mid-January, a new sign of the heavy toll of global warming on the Central Asian country which is usually accustomed to harsh winters, experts say.
Environment
Jan 16, 2024
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Back in September last year, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) declared an El Niño and after three soggy years of La Niña conditions, many Australians started thinking about barbeques and beach days during a long, hot summer.
Environment
Jan 12, 2024
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Tillamook residents have always dealt with flooding—they sit at the confluence of five rivers where coastal storm surges and high tides push in large amounts of seawater. But the heavy rains that washed out roads, forced ...
Environment
Jan 4, 2024
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Credit for discovering the first dinosaur bones usually goes to British gentlemen for their finds between the 17th and 19th centuries in England. Robert Plot, an English natural history scholar, was the first of these to ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 4, 2024
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Ongoing catastrophic rains in Eastern Africa have been worsened by human-caused climate change that made them up to two times more intense, an international team of climate scientists said Thursday.
Environment
Dec 7, 2023
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On a cool, cloudy morning one day last week, Albert Rivas approached a pile of dry wood in the Angeles National Forest and set it on fire.
Environment
Dec 5, 2023
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Rains lashed southern India's city of Chennai on Monday ahead of the landfall of a powerful cyclone, with a crocodile spotted swimming the streets and cars floating away.
Environment
Dec 4, 2023
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Climate change has many effects, but one of the most significant will feature for the first time at COP28—its impact on human health.
Earth Sciences
Dec 1, 2023
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More than two million people across the Horn of Africa have been forced from their homes by torrential rains and floods, according to an AFP tally compiled Thursday from government and UN figures.
Environment
Nov 30, 2023
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