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Canada’s wildfire season is heating up: Explainer
Experts say it is difficult to determine the impact of climate change on a single fire season, but average temperatures in Canada are...
Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1
The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study published in the...
Canadian firefighters battle wildfire sweeping towards B.C. town
The federal government last month warned Canada faces another catastrophic wildfire season as it forecast higher-than-normal spring and summer temperatures across much of...
Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration
Devastating and ongoing flooding in southern Brazil is forcing some of the half million displaced residents to consider uprooting their lives from inundated...
Canadian wildfire smoke chokes upper Midwest for second straight year
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the upper Midwest in the United States for the second straight year.
Avocados getting smashed by climate change, report warns
The best growing regions for avocados in countries like Burundi, Chile, Peru, Spain, South Africa and Mexico are seeing productivity shrink due to...
34 dead in Indonesia floods, 16 missing
34 people have died and 16 more missing after flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano hit Indonesia, local official said...
Evacuation alert still active for Fort McMurray as out of control fire burns
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Wildfires raging in northern Alberta prompted the mayor of one the province's largest municipalities to give his community a...
Death toll from floods in northern Afghanistan rises to 315
Floods caused by heavy rains have devastated villages in northern Afghanistan, killing 315 people, authorities said Sunday
Indonesia floods, landslides kill 28, four missing
JAKARTA – Heavy rain brought floods and landslides to Indonesia’s province of West Sumatra, killing at least 28, with four still missing, authorities...
