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<p>Climate change has not stopped for COVID-19. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are at record levels and continue to increase. Emissions are heading in the direction of pre-pandemic levels
World Meteorological Orgnisation ('WMO)
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Australia's deadliest natural disaster revealed- from 1899
Despite the crocs, it's a popular camping and fishing spot for those with a four-wheel-drive and the tenacity to get there. But Bathurst Bay has a dark, almost forgotten past. It's the scene of Australia's
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Cooler Pacific has slowed global warming but pause unlikely to last, scientists say
A natural cooling of the Pacific Ocean has contributed to slow global warming in the past decade but the pause is unlikely to last much longer, US scientists said on Thursday. The slowdown in the rate
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World Bank seeks $500 million for African weather services
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The World Bank is working with other development finance institutions to raise some $500 million (320 million pounds) to modernise weather and flood forecasting services
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Southern oceans play major role in absorbing world's excess heat, study finds
The world's oceans are heating at the rate of two trillion 100-watt light bulbs burning continuously, providing a clear signal of global warming, according to new study assessing data from a global fleet
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Drastic Climate Change Carved Up Mars, and May Still Be Happening
That's at least according to a study recently published in the journal Icarus, which details how researchers assessed images of hundreds of gully-like features found on the walls of impact craters located
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14 of the 15 hottest years on record have occurred since 2000, UN says
Fourteen of the 15 hottest years on record have occurred since 2000, according to the UN World Meteorological Organisation, as rising carbon emissions continue to trap heat and drive climate change.
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Is climate change really that dangerous? Predictions are 'very greatly exaggerated', claims study
Since 1990, scientists have used complex models to predict how climate change and manmade greenhouse emissions will affect the world. But a team of experts - including an astrophysicist, statistician,
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2014 was Australia's third warmest year on record, says Bureau of Meteorology
Australia experienced its third warmest year on record in 2014 with six major heat waves scorching the country, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Last year was 0.91C warmer than the long-term
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Climate warning to world leaders: stick to 2C limit or face 'mayhem'
World leaders must commit themselves to holding current rises in global temperatures to 2C. That is the stark message of experts and campaigners in the runup to the United Nations climate summit that will
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India staring at ozone trouble, says city scientist
City-based scientist Gufran Beig said the Earth's protective ozone layer is on track to recovery in the next few decades. He, however, predicted depletion in the thickness of the layer over the tropical