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Climate change strikes: Lightning patterns change with global warming Global Warming

Climate change strikes: Lightning patterns change with global warming

New research has shown climate change could alter lightning patterns across Europe. This could lead to more lightning over mountains and in Northern Europe and less lightning over central Europe. The Newcastle University and Met Office-led study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, finds there could be a picture…
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November 11, 2022
News24.com | EXPLAINER | Why climate-change ‘loss and damage’ will be a hot topic at COP27 Global Warming

News24.com | EXPLAINER | Why climate-change ‘loss and damage’ will be a hot topic at COP27

Loss and damage will be a hot topic at this year's climate change conference, COP27, in Egypt.Nine years ago, UN climate negotiators agreed to set up a mechanism for loss and damage, but little has come of it.The UN's Antonio Guterres recently called for windfall taxes on fossil fuel companies…
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September 25, 2022
Termites love global warming, the pace of their wood munching gets significantly faster in hotter weather Global Warming

Termites love global warming, the pace of their wood munching gets significantly faster in hotter weather

Wood feeding termites (Microcerotermes spp) inside their nest. Credit: Johan Larson, Author provided When we consider termites, we may think of the danger they can pose to our houses once they settle in and start eating wood. But in fact, only about 4% of termite species worldwide are considered pests…
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September 24, 2022
Pakistan’s dire floods signal global climate crisis, PM tells UN Global Warming

Pakistan’s dire floods signal global climate crisis, PM tells UN

/ Asia / Pacific Issued on: 24/09/2022 - 09:07Modified: 24/09/2022 - 09:11 Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. © Julia Nikhinson, AP Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned Friday that his…
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September 24, 2022
Afraid and anxious, young protesters demand climate action Global Warming

Afraid and anxious, young protesters demand climate action

SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press Sep. 23, 2022Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 6:17 p.m. This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of17Activists walk through lower Manhattan for the Global Climate Strike protests, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York.Brittainy Newman/APShow MoreShow Less 2of17Activists gather and walk through…
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September 24, 2022