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11 dead, over 30 missing after Hurricane Agatha hits Mexico: officials

At least 33 people remained missing and 11 were confirmed dead Wednesday after Hurricane Agatha swept through Mexico, local officials said. The storm made landfall...

Global warming increases risks of East China flooding

The Western Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH) is an anticyclonic atmospheric system hovering over the middle and lower troposphere of the northwestern Pacific, dominating summer...

How plate tectonics, mountains and deep-sea sediments have maintained Earth’s ‘Goldilocks’ climate

For hundreds of millions of years, Earth's climate has warmed and cooled with natural fluctuations in the level of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the...

Scientists develop method for seasonal prediction of wildfires in the US West

This summer's western wildfire season is likely to be more severe than average but not as devastating as last year's near-record, according to an...

Four million people hit by floods in Bangladesh

At least four million people have been affected by the worst floods in Bangladesh's northeast for nearly two decades, the United Nations said Monday. The...

New study explains how to broaden strategy to avert catastrophic climate change

Slashing emissions of carbon dioxide, by itself, cannot prevent catastrophic global warming. But a new study concludes that a strategy that simultaneously reduces emissions...

Climate change is heating up Florida. That could bring more wildfires, new report warns

When Hurricane Michael tore through North Florida in 2018 as a Category 5 storm, it left more than 3 million acres of felled trees...

Deep ocean warming as climate changes

Much of the "excess heat" stored in the subtropical North Atlantic is in the deep ocean (below 700m), new research suggests. Oceans have absorbed about...

Policymakers underestimate methane’s climate and air quality impacts, says a new study

Methane emissions have been increasing rapidly in recent years, contributing significantly to global warming. Despite this, methane is not adequately treated within existing national...

Study: Climate change a major factor in South Africa floods

The fatal floods that wreaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April this year have been attributed to human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis published...

Scientists identify the most extreme heatwaves ever recorded globally

A new study has revealed the most intense heatwaves ever across the world—and remarkably some of these went almost unnoticed decades ago. The research, led...

The threshold between natural Atlantic current system fluctuations and a climate change-driven evolution

Is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) slowing down? Is this system of ocean currents, which is so important for our climate, likely to...

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