COVID-19 Air Quality Report
<p>Coinciding with the 50th anniversary ofEarth Day, this report investigates the impact COVID-19 lockdowns have had on global particulate pollution levels.As lockdowns were implemented in response to
New York
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Hurricane sweeps US into climate-adaptation debate
Manhattan flooding bolsters argument for a massive engineering project to protect New York.
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Refugee hurricane hits New Yorkers
New York: While people living north of New York’s Times Square were largely spared from the rising waters and power outages that slammed Lower Manhattan on Monday, they are now dealing with a different
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Storm Sandy blamed for at least 102 deaths in US, Canada
Deaths in the United States and Canada blamed on Sandy, the mega-storm that tore across the U.S. East Coast this week, rose to at least 102 on Friday. In New York City, 40 people have been found dead,
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NY mayor cites climate stance in endorsing Obama
Climate change was catapulted to the forefront of the U.S. general election on Thursday after New York's independent mayor threw his weight behind Democratic President Barack Obama, citing his stance on
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Climate change to stoke more violent storms, NY's Cuomo says
The US may need to build new storm defences as it faces up to more violent weather caused by climate change, the governor of New York has warned. Andrew Cuomo said that New York seemed to be hit by
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Sandy wreaks havoc on east coast
17 killed as hurricane makes landfall in New Jersey Up to 17 people were reported dead and millions left without electricity on Tuesday morning, as residents of the U.S. East Coast awoke to confront the extensive destruction wreaked overnight by hurricane Sandy. The hurricane made landfall in New Jersey on Monday night with sustained, 130-kmph gusts, leading to six million homes losing power.
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Death, devastation, darkness in US
Residents up and down the battered mid-Atlantic region of the US woke on Tuesday to lingering waters, darkened homes and the daunting task of cleaning up from once-in-a-generation storm surges as Hurricane
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Millions powerless as Sandy brings New York to its knees
33 Killed As Storm Lashes East Coast Washington:A broken crane dangled atop a 75-storey highrise, snapped like a twig by high winds. Storm waters swept through streets and rushed into some of the city’s
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As superstorm Sandy nears, US braces for massive destruction
East coast states grind to a halt, major financial markets shut for the first time since 9/11, more than 10,000 flights cancelled, 50 million people across 800-mile swathe at risk. Hurricane Sandy picked
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A population-based case–control study of extreme summer temperature and birth defects
Although hyperthermia is a recognized animal teratogen and maternal fever has been associated with birth defects in humans, data on the relationship between high environmental temperatures and birth defects