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State testing waters off Lāhainā for contaminants following fires
Three sampling devices have been dropped into the ocean to detect metals, fossil fuel products, so-called “forever chemicals” and other pollutants.
Is climate change affecting the polar vortex?
In 2021, a cold wave swept across the U.S., bringing freezing temperatures as far south as Texas. Millions of people lost power, and hundreds died. Yale Climate Connections meteorologist Bob Henson says this cold wave was caused by disruptions to the polar vortex.
Flash floods and hail lash Omaha as power goes out for thousands
Motorists were trapped in their cars, people reportedly were swimming in elevators, and 14,000 homes lost power after a severe thunderstorm in Omaha.
Climate change 'delayed migration of plant-eating dinosaurs by millions of years'
Plant-eating dinosaurs probably arrived in the northern hemisphere millions of years after their meat-eating cousins, a delay probably caused by climate change, a new study has found.
Twin crises of coronavirus and climate change put girls in India at risk of trafficking
Activists fear that thousands of women and girls in the Sundarbans region may be at increased risk of human trafficking in the coming months.
Earth’s average temperature to rise each year for next 5 years, World Meteorological Organization says
The annual global temperature average is expected to rise above pre-industrial levels by at least 1.64 degrees more each year for the next five years, according to the World Meteorological Organization.