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Smart weather app helps Kenya’s herders brace for drought

Sitting under a low tree to escape the blazing Kenyan sun, Kaltuma Milkalkona and two young men hunch intently over the older woman’s smartphone...

Greta Thunberg toolkit case: Climate activist Disha Ravi to remain in 5-day police custody

Hours after Delhi Police arrested climate activist Disha Ravi from Bengaluru in the Greta Thunberg toolkit case, the 22-year old has been remanded to...

Weather: Warnings issued for rough sleepers after Arctic blast hits northern Europe

Aid workers are warning that the sharp drop in temperatures across parts of northern Europe this month has put homeless people at serious risk. German...

Increasing hurricane intensity around Bermuda linked to rising ocean temperatures

New research shows that hurricane maximum wind speeds in the subtropical Atlantic around Bermuda have more than doubled on average over the last 60...

More trees do not always create a cooler planet, geographer finds

New research by Christopher A. Williams, an environmental scientist and professor in Clark University's Graduate School of Geography, reveals that deforestation in the U.S....

Climate action could save ‘millions of lives’ through clean air, diet and exercise

Thousands of lives lost to air pollution, inactivity and unhealthy diets could be saved each year if the UK takes the action needed to...

‘Invisible killer’: fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research finds

Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil was responsible for 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, a staggering...

Less consumption, more recycling needed to meet climate goals, ministers say

* Shifting to circular economy key way to cut emissions * Circular economy offers $2 trillion in opportunities by 2050 * Two-thirds of global carbon footprint...

California’s rainy season starting nearly a month later than it did 60 years ago

The start of California's annual rainy season has been pushed back from November to December, prolonging the state's increasingly destructive wildfire season by nearly...

U.S. rejoins fight against climate change at high level summit

The United States will mark its return to the global fight against climate change on Monday by joining high level talks on ways to...

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