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There are over 30,000 weather stations in the world, measuring temperature, precipitation and other indicators often on a daily basis. That’s a massive amount of data for climate researchers to compile and analyze to produce […]

Flooding triggered by three days of heavy rain has killed one person and displaced thousands in southern Thailand, with more days of rain forecast, authorities said Thursday.This post was originally published on this site

Air pollution caused by fires is linked to more than 1.5 million deaths a year worldwide, the vast majority occurring in developing countries, a major new study said on Thursday.This post was originally published on […]

Is virgin plastic production vital or completely unsustainable? For the industry lobbyists at UN talks on plastic pollution, the answer is far from unanimous.This post was originally published on this site

Heavy snowfall blanketed South Korea for a second consecutive day Thursday, resulting in three deaths overall and disrupting flights and ferry services, authorities said.This post was originally published on this site

Crunch United Nations talks to find funding to curb the destruction of nature will resume in Rome in February, the UN said on Thursday, after negotiations this month in Colombia ended without a deal.This post […]

The COP29 climate change conference has come to a close—as per normal it looks like very little will be done.This post was originally published on this site

Off the coast of Blekinge, in southern Sweden, at a depth of around 50–60 meters, the bottom sediment has scars that are tens of kilometers long and appear to have been caused by a huge […]

New research has revealed how tiny soil microbes are impacted by extreme weather events, offering new insights into the risks posed by climate change.This post was originally published on this site

A climate adaptation strategy that’s meant to lower city temperatures could have the opposite effect for people living just outside the zone in which it’s used, according to a new modeling study by Yu Cheng […]