Climate Change

Extreme temperatures and humidity driven by climate change could reduce the Amazon rainforest’s capacity to absorb the greenhouse gas methane by 70 per cent, a study has found. Extreme temperatures and humidity driven by climate change could reduce the Amazon rainforest’s capacity to absorb the greenhouse gas methane by 70 per cent, a study has …

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The historic North Carolina city was touted as a climate ‘haven’ – a reputation deadly Hurricane Helene left in ruins Nestled in the bucolic Blue Ridge mountains of western North Carolina and far from any coast, Asheville was touted as a climate “haven” from extreme weather. Now the historic city has been devastated and cut …

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Climate change has made downpours like the one that caused devastating floods in central Europe this month twice as likely to occur, a report said on Wednesday, as its scientific authors urged policymakers to act to stop global warming. The worst flooding to hit central Europe in at least two decades has left 24 people …

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Climate change is amplifying the effects of La Niña, resulting in more intense storms, severe flooding and prolonged extreme weather conditions, experts said, warning of increasingly unpredictable natural disasters. Le Thi Xuan Lan, a former deputy head of forecasting at the Southern Region Hydro-Meteorological Center, said typhoon Yagi occurred during the transition from ENSO (neutral) …

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Climate change is turning the humid rainforest of the western Amazon into an ecosystem nearly 30 times more prone to fire, according to the 2023-2024 State of Wildfires report. The study shows that between March 2023 and February 2024, rising temperatures, reduced rainfall, drier air and less resilient forests set up the region for a fire …

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