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Climate change has contributed to extreme weather around the world, fuelling an increased number of phenomena like deadly floods, wildfires,...
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CLIMATE CHANGE | Greenland ice melts faster than estimates: study
WASHINGTON -- Greenland has gone through an "unprecedented" period of mass ice loss within the last two decades, according to...
CLIMATE CHANGE | Number of marine heatwave days roughly doubles between 1982 and 2016: study
NEW YORK -- The number of marine heatwave days has roughly doubled between 1982 and 2016 and will further increase...
SCI-TECH | Scientists discover gene helping rice adapt to cold climate
BEIJING, CHINA -- Chinese scientists have found a gene which plays an important role in helping rice, originating in warm...
CLIMATE CHANGE | Fight against global warming harder than expected: study
WASHINGTON -- A study published on Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggested that keeping...
GLOBAL WARMING | Wetter weather caused by climate change reduces forest soils’ absorption of greenhouse gases: study
WASHINGTON -- Chinese and American researchers found that increasing precipitation, a symptom of climate change, made it harder for forest...
CLIMATE | As Northern Hemisphere sizzles in scorching summer, environment experts warn of worse if global warming continues
BEIJING, CHINA -- With scorching weather broiling the Northern Hemisphere this summer and setting off forest fires in the Arctic...
CLIMATE | Forest expansion correlates with human development, not global warming: study
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- Forests expand in correlation with human well-being, not the geography of climate trends, a new study in...
CLIMATE | Melting of Arctic mountain glaciers unprecedented in past 4 centuries: study
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- Arctic mountain glaciers are melting faster than at any time in the past 400 years because...