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old letters reveal hurricanes’ increase
Photo by Alessio Fiorentino on Unsplash

To whom it may concern: 300-year-old letters reveal hurricanes’ long-term rise

The number of storms in the south Indian Ocean has spiked since 1940, alongside a local increase in seawater temperatures.
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India's sacred forest groves
Hrishikesh Sharma/Flickr

In India, sacred groves are helping resurrect a near-extinct forest ecosystem

Botanists and community stewards from Auroville, Tamil Nadu, are using scattered patches of native forest as a blueprint to revive the tropical dry evergreen forest ecosystems of coastal India.
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extreme weather disrupting fishing
USAID Biodiversity & Fores/Flickr

Stormier seas keep fishers on shore

As climate change fuels more extreme weather, fishers in western Madagascar and around the world are facing shrinking opportunities to fish.
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Drought study on Madagascar underlines complexity of climate change
pixnio.com

Drought study on Madagascar underlines complexity of climate change

Low rainfall has caused a humanitarian crisis in Madagascar, but common assumptions about drought didn’t hold up to scrutiny.
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A million years of data confirms: Monsoons are likely to get worse
www.nytimes.com

A million years of data confirms: Monsoons are likely to get worse

The annual summer monsoon in South Asia begins this month. A new study points to more destructive storms.
Politics
The world’s climate catastrophe worsens amid the pandemic

The world’s climate catastrophe worsens amid the pandemic

While countries went on lockdown, the Arctic caught on fire.
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climate impacts el nino indian ocean
www.independent.co.uk

Climate change may kickstart dormant El Niño weather system in Indian Ocean

An El Niño-like weather system that has been dormant for millennia in the Indian Ocean could be kick-started due to climate change, according to new research.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Texas oil boom brings wealth, but pollution leaves communities struggling

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Wildfires in Los Angeles disrupted school for thousands of vulnerable students

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Rising temperatures could sharply increase heart disease risks by 2050

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Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

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Trump administration seeks to reframe climate change as beneficial

CLIMATE
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U.S. scientists push forward with climate research despite government withdrawal

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Trump’s pick to lead clean energy office has deep oil industry ties