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Climate change made the dangerous heatwave in West Africa 10 times more likely

Roberta Harrington in Los Angeles March 27, 2024

The recent humid heatwave in southern West Africa was 10 times more likely due to human-induced climate change, according to a team of top climate researchers from the World Weather Attribution group.

Rain, rain go away

Ben Aris in Berlin March 27, 2024

The hotter the world gets, the more water the air can hold and the more it will rain.

Only seven countries meet WHO air pollution guideline

by Roberta Harrington in Los Angeles March 19, 2024

IQAir’s 6th Annual World Air Quality Report reveals “troubling details” of the world's most polluted countries, territories and regions in 2023.

EM winners and losers from the global green transformation

Ben Aris in Berlin March 19, 2024

The global green transformation will create a windfall for many Emerging Markets that are home to large deposits of essential raw materials needed for the revolutions, while others like oil producers will take a hit and see their growth slow.

Antarctic ice melt barriers disappearing twice as fast

by Roberta Harrington in Los Angeles February 28, 2024

Undersea anchors of ice that help prevent Antarctica’s land ice from slipping into the ocean are shrinking at more than twice the rate compared with 50 years ago, research shows.

Climate Crisis to be become greatest global risk

Felix Richter of Statistia January 15, 2024

Over the next ten years, climate change and its consequences will pose the greatest risk to the world. That’s according to roughly 1,500 global experts.

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