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Australia set for a new normal with a mild winter, uncertain snowfall: The El Nino pattern has reverted to neutral while a La Nina could form after July ...
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Australia set for a new normal with a mild winter, uncertain snowfall
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March sets 10th-straight monthly heat record: March marked the 10th month in a row in which Earth experienced record-high temperatures ...
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March sets 10th-straight monthly heat record
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Analysis: Coming up with new ways to blunt climate migration: Climate change is unleashing a litany of extremes forcing people to relocate.
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Analysis: Coming up with new ways to blunt climate migration
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Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent, report says: Its temps are rising roughly twice as fast as the global average because of climate change.
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Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent, report says
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How Cloud Seeding Works and Why It’s Wrongly Blamed for Floods From Dubai to California
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How Cloud Seeding Works and Why It’s Wrongly Blamed for Floods From Dubai ...
Quick Glance: Cause of Dubai Flooding: Cloud Seeding or Natural Phenomenon?
  • Dubai grapples with the aftermath of heavy rainfall. Speculations on the role of cloud seeding are being discussed.

  • Clouds consist of tiny water droplets that coalesce around particles to form rain. Cloud seeding manipulates this process.

  • The effectiveness of cloud seeding is scientifically debated, with limited evidence of its efficacy.

  • Experts refute the claim that cloud seeding was the primary cause of the flooding in Dubai.
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Climate Conversations Podcast: How else can an air-con nation keep cool in a heatwave?
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Climate Conversations Podcast: How else can an air-con nation keep cool in ...
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Danger warning issued for Bangkok as extreme heat bites: BANGKOK: Thai authorities issued an extreme heat warning for Bangkok on Wednesday (Apr 24) ...
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Danger warning issued for Bangkok as extreme heat bites
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Extreme heat scorches Southeast Asia, bringing school closures and warnings: MANILA: Extreme heat scorched parts of South and Southeast Asia on Wednesday (Apr ...
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Extreme heat scorches Southeast Asia, bringing school closures and ...
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Scotland to be hit by '42 hour snow blast' with spring freeze set next week: Temperatures will plummet to minus five degrees with snow on its way in Scotland.
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Scotland to be hit by '42 hour snow blast' with spring freeze set next ...
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Death, drought and devastation: Europe faces 'huge number' of climate extremes, report finds
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Death, drought and devastation: Europe faces 'huge number' of climate ...
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Global heat record broken for 10th consecutive month in March: With an average surface temperature of 57.45 degrees, last month was warmer than any previous ...
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Global heat record broken for 10th consecutive month in March
Quick Glance: Global Record: Warmest March Ever
  • Last month marked the warmest March globally on record and the tenth consecutive month with new temperature records for respective months.

  • According to a report from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the EU's climate monitoring service, global temperatures in March surpassed the pre-industrial average for that month from 1850 to 1900 by 1.68°C and were 0.73°C above the 1991-2020 average for March. The previous month also exceeded the previous March record by 0.10°C set in 2016.

  • The global average temperature from April 2023 to March 2024 is now the highest on record, standing at 1.58°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average.

  • In Europe, temperatures in March 2024 were 2.12°C above the 1991-2020 average for the month, with significantly above-average temperatures observed in central and eastern Europe.
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Scientists navigate the paradox of extreme cold events in a warming world: According to Copernicus Climate Change Service, February 2024 was the warmest February ...
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Scientists navigate the paradox of extreme cold events in a warming world
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"Drought alert" for tourists too: extreme water shortage poses a dilemma for Catalonia
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Asia hit hardest in 2023: UN: Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said yesterday ...
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Asia hit hardest in 2023: UN
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Cloud engineering could be more effective 'painkiller' for global warming than previously thought
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Cloud engineering could be more effective 'painkiller' for global warming ...
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| Montreal Gazette: "Hundreds of thousands of people were affected by extreme climate events in 2023."
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Quick Glance: Europe Leads in Climate Change, Urgent Need for Renewable Energy
  • Europe is the fastest-warming continent, with temperatures rising about twice as fast as the global average, according to a joint report by top climate monitoring organizations.

  • The continent generated 43% of its electricity from renewables last year, surpassing fossil fuels for the second consecutive year, highlighting the need for targeted strategies to transition to renewable resources.

  • Temperatures in Europe are now 2.3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, nearing the goals of the Paris climate accord to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, impacting human health with increased deaths related to extreme climate events.

  • The report emphasizes the urgent need for action as heatwaves, wildfires, and other extreme weather events have led to significant economic losses and human casualties across the continent.
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Climate change has the region both in drought and flooded: The opposite ends of the Arab world are experiencing two extreme weather conditions simultaneously: ...
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Climate change has the region both in drought and flooded
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After SNP-Green coalition drops 2030 climate target, can they be trusted to prepare Scotland for droughts, water shortages and wildfires? – Scotsman comment
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After SNP-Green coalition drops 2030 climate target, can they be trusted ...
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Heat-related deaths rise by 30% in Europe due to extreme weather: report: Data published by two leading climate monitors this Monday says that Europe endured a ...
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Heat-related deaths rise by 30% in Europe due to extreme weather: report
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How climate change causes physical and spiritual displacement: As disasters displace more people around the world, our connection to place becomes more tenuous.
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How climate change causes physical and spiritual displacement
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How Climate Change Could Disrupt the Future of Travel, According to a New Study: A new study found that by 2100, certain countries will have more or less ...
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How Climate Change Could Disrupt the Future of Travel, According to a New ...
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Earth Day: How one grocery shopper takes steps to avoid 'pointless plastic': Nature wraps bananas and oranges in peels. But in some modern supermarkets ...
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Earth Day: How one grocery shopper takes steps to avoid 'pointless ...
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Atlantic hurricane season forecast has limited utility, some say: "Prepare for this season as they do each and every year."
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Atlantic hurricane season forecast has limited utility, some say
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Record UAE rain a drop in the ocean as region plans for climate change: Middle East and East Mediterranean heating faster than global averages ...
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Record UAE rain a drop in the ocean as region plans for climate change
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Climate change: Record melting of global glaciers sounds alarm for Middle East : Copernicus Climate Change Service's latest report paints bleak picture of ...
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Climate change: Record melting of global glaciers sounds alarm for Middle ...
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Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency
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Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023 ...
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Why the rainy weather in Belgium should be welcomed: The string of wet weather has not been bad news for everyone.
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Why the rainy weather in Belgium should be welcomed
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It’s not the climate, it’s us: We pass on many things to our children — property, genes, traits, et al. But we are also the generation that passes on a ...
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It’s not the climate, it’s us
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Africa's El Nino Crises Demand Action and Funding: El Nino is causing extreme weather events in East Africa and a crippling drought in the south of the continent ...
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Africa's El Nino Crises Demand Action and Funding
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Health-harming heat stress rising in Europe, report says: Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so intense that the human body cannot cope ...
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Health-harming heat stress rising in Europe, report says
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Study: Climate change supercharged heat dome and worsened 2021 wildfires: North America's 2021 fire season, including massive Northern California blazes ...
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Study: Climate change supercharged heat dome and worsened 2021 wildfires
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A "hyperactive" Atlantic hurricane season is nearing, forecasters warn: This is the greatest number of storms predicted by this group since they began ...
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A "hyperactive" Atlantic hurricane season is nearing ...
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Dubai floods expose global weaknesses to a rapidly changing climate: The heavy rains that flooded Dubai this week halted air traffic, damaged buildings and ...
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Dubai floods expose global weaknesses to a rapidly changing climate
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World's fourth global coral bleaching event is underway, NOAA says: Bleaching has been recorded in at least 53 countries and territories in both hemispheres ...
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World's fourth global coral bleaching event is underway, NOAA says
Quick Glance: Global Coral Bleaching Event After Extreme Heat
  • US climate agency NOAA declares a concerning global coral bleaching event for the fourth time in history after a year of extreme ocean heat.

  • Impacts of coral bleaching span oceans worldwide, with sea surface temperatures at record levels.

  • Corals under extreme heat stress can recover, but otherwise, the reef requires several years to regenerate.

  • Despite losses, some reefs show signs of color, offering hope for potential recovery, while scientists caution about the escalating impacts.
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Northern and Southern Virginia Cooperate on Climate: Teams from Fairfax and Danville are working on an energy action plan for Southside Virginia
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Northern and Southern Virginia Cooperate on Climate
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A "hyperactive" Atlantic hurricane season is nearing, forecasters warn: This is the greatest number of storms predicted by this group since they began ...
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A "hyperactive" Atlantic hurricane season is nearing ...
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Sahel heatwave made worse by climate change, scientists warn: An extreme heatwave in the Sahel region in March and April would not have been as lethal without ...
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Sahel heatwave made worse by climate change, scientists warn
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Brit tourists sent warning as holiday hotspot may be hit with water restriction: The restriction will come into place if the current "drought ...
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Brit tourists sent warning as holiday hotspot may be hit with water ...
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Ecuador rations electricity as drought persists in the northern Andes: The power cuts in Ecuador come days after dry weather forced Colombia’s capital city of ...
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Ecuador rations electricity as drought persists in the northern Andes
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'Dubai's Fyre Festival': Crypto investors caught in chaotic UAE floods
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'Dubai's Fyre Festival': Crypto investors caught in chaotic ...
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Insect Outbreak Threatens Argentine Corn Yield 2024: After ending a long drought with great weather, Argentine corn farmers started this season hopeful for a ...
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Insect Outbreak Threatens Argentine Corn Yield 2024
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Tens of millions from Kansas to Iowa face severe thunderstorm threat: The NWS warned scattered showers and thunderstorms "may turn severe" across the ...
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Tens of millions from Kansas to Iowa face severe thunderstorm threat
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“Permanent El Niño” threatens: experts are deeply concerned - “A catastrophe”: Researchers are studying the connection between El Niño and climate change ...
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“Permanent El Niño” threatens: experts are deeply concerned - “A ...
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What Ice Age weather tells us about climate change : Low CO2 levels weren't the only thing making it cold in the era of woolly mammoths 21,000 years ago
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What Ice Age weather tells us about climate change
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What climate change costs: Researchers at the Potsdam Institute (PIK) estimate that global warming could soon cost 35 trillion euros - every year.
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What climate change costs
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Tens of millions face severe thunderstorm threat from Pennsylvania to Midwest: The NWS warned scattered showers and thunderstorms "may turn severe" for ...
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Tens of millions face severe thunderstorm threat from Pennsylvania to ...
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'Snow Farming' Helps Ski Resorts Circumvent Unpredictable Weather: This centuries-old strategy can supplement conventional snowmaking to conserve water and ...
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'Snow Farming' Helps Ski Resorts Circumvent Unpredictable Weather
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As the weather withers: Climate change is a major concern among agrifood smallholders, says a recent report. However, while they are aware of the effects of ...
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As the weather withers
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Crop planting underway amid concerns about deep soil moisture: Heavy rains in March helped, but much of Iowa remains in drought conditions
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Crop planting underway amid concerns about deep soil moisture
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Methane, major contributor to heat wave, premature deaths – AfriTAL: Africa Initiative for Transparency and Responsibility Leadership has said methane gas ...
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Methane, major contributor to heat wave, premature deaths – AfriTAL
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How likely are droughts and water restrictions in France in summer 2024?: Much of France has faced severed flooding this winter, but other areas already face ...
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How likely are droughts and water restrictions in France in summer 2024?
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Climate change: Heatwaves poses danger to millions of Asian Children, UN warns - Healthwise
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Climate change: Heatwaves poses danger to millions of Asian Children ...
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Early April snow, rain leads to further improvement in Wisconsin's drought: Almost a quarter of the state is no longer in "abnormally dry" or drought conditions ...
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Early April snow, rain leads to further improvement in Wisconsin's drought
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Lowest snowpack in B.C. since 1970 sparks drought, wildfire concerns: The low snowpack, combined with warm weather, creates “signficantly elevated” drought ...
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Lowest snowpack in B.C. since 1970 sparks drought, wildfire concerns
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Searing heat is back across Southeast Asia and it’s not going away anytime soon: From Malaysia to Vietnam, Thailand to Singapore: Southeast Asia has seen ...
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Searing heat is back across Southeast Asia and it’s not going away anytime ...
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Colombia capital Bogota to ration water as reservoirs dry: Colombia's capital Bogota will start rationing water this week to alleviate droughts wrought by the El ...
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Colombia capital Bogota to ration water as reservoirs dry
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Scientists help link climate change to Madagascar's megadrought: A University of California, Irvine-led team reveals a clear link between human-driven climate ...
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Scientists help link climate change to Madagascar's megadrought
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Record temperatures: Have you had a record broken?: A summer day in early April. 30 degrees, earlier than any year before. Where it was particularly warm at the ...
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Record temperatures: Have you had a record broken?
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El Niño improved Texas spring drought conditions, forecasters say: The latest U.S. Drought Monitor outlook, valid through June 30, predicts April ...
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El Niño improved Texas spring drought conditions, forecasters say
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Filled groundwater reservoirs? Drought forecast 2024 for Osnabrück: The water reservoirs in and Osnabrück are full after the rains and floods in 2023 ...
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Filled groundwater reservoirs? Drought forecast 2024 for Osnabrück