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France matches dry spell record of 31 days without rain

Feb 21, 2023 (AFP)

With rainfall over the entire country of less than one millimetre a day since January 21, weather service Meteo France said the absence of precipitation equals ...

Rain-free France matches record 31-day dry spell

Feb 21, 2023 (AFP)

With rainfall over the entire country of less than one millimetre a day since January 21, weather service Meteo France said the absence of precipitation equals ...

Heat and cold records broken in just five days in Argentina

Feb 17, 2023 (AFP)

A cold front from Patagonia caused temperatures in Buenos Aires to drop from a high of 38.1 C (100.6 degrees Fahrenheit) last Sunday to only 7.9C (46.2F) on Thu...

'Feedback loops' worsening climate crisis: report

Feb 17, 2023 (AFP)

A report released Friday contains what researchers believe is the most comprehensive list of feedback loops ever compiled and a stark warning that climate model...

Before global warming, was the Earth cooling down or heating up?

Feb 17, 2023 (SPX)

To test their accuracy, models are programmed to simulate past climate to see if they agree with the geologic evidence. The model simulations can conflict with ...

Could space dust help protect the earth from climate change?

Feb 16, 2023 (SPX)

For decades, scientists have considered using screens or other objects to block just enough of the sun's radiation - between 1 or 2 percent - to mitigate the ef...

COP28 host UAE vows 'inclusive roadmap' for climate talks

Feb 14, 2023 (AFP)

Rights group Amnesty International has said Sultan Al Jaber is "unfit" for the COP28 presidency, being the CEO of state-owned oil giant ADNOC, while Western off...

On climate, most corporations more talk than action

Feb 13, 2023 (AFP)

Under growing pressure from shareholders, governments and consumers, companies are racing to roll out strategies to reduce the carbon emissions of their operati...

Corporate greenwashing 'bad and getting worse'

Feb 13, 2023 (AFP)

"Corporate greenwashing is a serious problem, and a growing one," Gilles Dufrasne, co-author of the 2023 Corporate Climate Responsiblity Monitor report and poli...

Climate: Could moon dust keep Earth cool?

Feb 08, 2023 (AFP)

Ideas for filtering solar radiation to keep Earth from overheating have been kicking around for decades, ranging from giant space-based screens to churning out ...

Biden's climate plan strains ties with European allies

Feb 04, 2023 (AFP)

With French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and his German counterpart Robert Habeck headed to Washington in the coming week to discuss the consequences of the ...

Study reveals new clues about how 'Earth's thermostat' controls climate

Feb 03, 2023 (SPX)

"Life has been on this planet for billions of years, so we know Earth's temperature has remained consistent enough for there to be liquid water and to support l...

Study reveals salps play outsize role in damping global warming

Feb 03, 2023 (SPX)

The study, led by Dr. Deborah Steinberg of William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, appeared in the latest issue of Global Biogeochemical Cycles...

With rapidly increasing heat and drought, can plants adapt?

Feb 01, 2023 (SPX)

Understanding how plants that invaded these harsh deserts biomes were able to survive could help predict how ecosystems will fare in a drier future. An intensiv...

Climate disinfo surges in denial, conspiracy comeback

Jan 31, 2023 (AFP)

"What really surprised us this year was to see a resurgence in language that is reminiscent of the 1980s: phrases like 'climate hoax' and 'climate scam' that de...

Politics, cash, fame: what motivates climate change deniers

Jan 31, 2023 (AFP)

Experts interviewed by AFP outlined six key things that motivate people to deny climate change or seek to delay action. - Oil money - Studies have documented fl...

Horn of Africa drought drives 22 million to hunger

Jan 30, 2023 (AFP)

In the afflicted areas, inhabitants -- who eke out a living mainly from herding and subsistence farming -- are experiencing their fifth consecutive poor rainy s...

Climate tipping points in Amazon, Tibet 'linked': scientists

Jan 26, 2023 (AFP)

Planet-heating pollution from human activities is raising global temperatures and scientists have said this is pushing crucial ecosystems and whole regions towa...

Satellite data shows sustained severe drought in Europe

Jan 26, 2023 (SPX)

The beginning of this tense situation is documented in a publication by Eva Boergens in Geophysical Research Letters from the year 2020. In it, she noted that t...

Climate activists go on trial for disrupting British Grand Prix

Jan 25, 2023 (AFP)

Six activists are facing a jury trial on criminal charges of conspiring with others to cause a public nuisance and causing a public nuisance after they invaded ...