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Arctic could see ‘ice-free’ days in next few years, study warns
The Arctic could see its first “ice-free” summer days, with very little sea ice cover, in the next few years, researchers have said....
Climate change cost U.S. ski industry billions, study says, and future depends on emissions
DENVER — U.S. ski areas lost $5 billion from 2000 to 2019 as a result of human-caused climate change and could lose around...
Study says 2023’s crazy Atlantic ocean heat, low Antarctic sea ice give glimpse of much hotter world
Off the charts “crazy” heat in the North Atlantic ocean and record-smashing Antarctic sea ice lows last year are far more severe than...
Climate change clouds future of winter sports
By Diana Mandia, Alessandro Parodi and Tristan Veyet (Reuters) -Pietro Casartelli always dreamed of becoming a professional athlete, but the alpine skier, 18,...
Chile risks repeat of deadly wildfires because of climate change, report says
By Alexander Villegas SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Deadly wildfires like those that burned through central Chile and killed at least 133 people this month...
Community project saves homes from Chile wildfires
VINA DEL MAR, Chile (Reuters) – Scorched earth surrounds the 70 houses of the Villa Botania neighborhood, on the outskirts of Chile’s coastal...
Thousands homeless after DR Congo’s worst floods in sixty years
By Benoit Nyemba and Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) – In a makeshift camp for people displaced by floods in Democratic Republic of Congo,...
First-ever February tornadoes in Wisconsin caused $2.4M in damages
EVANSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The first tornadoes ever recorded in Wisconsin in the usually frigid month of February caused more than $2.4 million...
Global warming, deforestation, fires combined could hasten Amazon demise, study finds
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) – Drought and heat driven by climate change and other factors threaten to cause the collapse of South...
