World risks ‘collective suicide’, UN chief warns climate summit
by Laurent Thomet and Kelly Macnamara Agence France-Presse SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) -- The UN's chief warned Monday that…
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Climate change is speeding up, warns major UN report
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt | AFP | by Marlowe HOOD Each of the last eight years, if projections for…
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Europe temperature rise more than twice global average: UN
Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | by Nina LARSON Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global…
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Climate plans would allow up to 2.6C of global warming: UN
Paris, France | AFP | by Patrick GALEY Country climate pledges leave the world on track to heat by…
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Nine dead, million seek shelter as cyclone hits Bangladesh
KUAKATA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- At least nine people have died after a cyclone slammed into Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of…
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For blight-ridden American chestnut tree, rebirth may be in offing
by Robin LEGRAND Agence France Presse Meadowview, United States (AFP) -- The American chestnut tree, once a regal pillar of…
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Displaced by flooding, Nigerians in desperate need of help
Ahoada, Nigeria | AFP | by Alexandre MARTINS LOPES It was pitch black when the waters came, forcing mother Fortune Lawrence…
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Magma symphony could help predict volcanic eruptions
Sydney, Australia | AFP | Inaudible sonic rumblings from deep in a volcano's bowels could provide a warning when it…
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Receding ice leaves Canada’s polar bears at rising risk
by Marion THIBAUT Agence France Presse Churchill, Canada (AFP)-- Sprawled on rocky ground far from sea ice, a lone Canadian…
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Climate change puts one billion children at ‘extreme risk’: watchdog
The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | Some one billion children are at "extremely high risk" due to climate change…
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