Bill Gates U-turns on climate change
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Advancements in technology are allowing researchers to determine the extent to which climate change contributed to some extreme weather events.
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‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions
Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet.
Black vultures have killed and eaten several calves on Tom Karr’s cattle ranch in southeastern Ohio, a loss he says didn't happen two decades ago
Finance for climate adaptation is only one-twelfth what the world needs, and the gap isn’t shrinking, the UN Environment Programme warns.
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Harrison Ford Slams Donald Trump’s “Ignorance” About Climate Change: “Everything He Says Is a Lie”
"I don’t know of a greater criminal in history," the actor said about Trump when reflecting on his climate change policies.
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This orange flower cloaks Mexico during Day of the Dead. Climate change is putting it at risk
Lucia Ortiz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak everything from city streets to cemeteries across Mexico.
Heat-related deaths now make up more than 3% of mortalities in 26 countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East. In Equatorial Guinea, 7.4% of deaths are blamed on high temperatures—the highest in the world. The United Arab Emirates has the rich world’s highest rate, at 6.7%.
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Are Chicago and the Great Lakes a climate haven? Experts weigh in on shelter from climate change
Far from Gulf Coast hurricanes and California wildfires, Chicagoland seems like a safe place to be in a warming world. But is it?
Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilisation, with thousands of years of history at risk of disappearing as Iraq's ancient southern cities face erosion because of climate change.
As Earth warms at a record rate, winters are shorter and milder and there is less snow globally, creating clear challenges for winter sports that depend on cold, snowy conditions. With 100 days until the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games begin, many athletes say climate change is shaping their training and perhaps even the future of their sport.
Almost one-third of the heatwave days India experienced in 2024 were driven by climate change, according to a new report by the medical journal The Lancet. The report found that India recorded an average of 19.8 heatwave days last year, of which 6.6 days would not have occurred without human-induced climate change.