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Smoke from 2020 Australian Bushfires Depleted Ozone Layer by up to 5%,...
Just months after the UN announced that the ozone layer is on track to fully heal by 2040, a new study revealed that the 2020 Australian bushfires contributed to its depletion, raising concern about...
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What Causes Wildfires?
In recent years, stories of widespread wildfires are impossible to miss in climate change-related news. Unprecedented fires have destroyed millions of hectares of land, displaced hundreds of thousands...
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More Than 29,000 People Displaced in Alberta Wildfires
Authorities declared a provincial state of emergency on Saturday after Alberta wildfires drove tens of thousands of people from their homes. British Columbia, Quebec, and Ontario deployed firefighters...
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Millions of Americans Urged to Stay Indoors as ‘Unprecedented’ Smoke From...
Schools across the US East Coast cancelled outdoor activities and New Yorkers were urged to stay indoors as out-of-control Canada wildfires continue to burn millions of hectares of forest. — Heavy...
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Fanning the Flames: How Climate Change Fuels More Destructive Fire Seasons
Wildfires are an essential component of many natural ecosystems. However, climate change is creating conditions that cause fires to burn longer and hotter, threatening the environment and public...
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Rhodes Wildfires Prompt Evacuation of 19,000 People Amid Hottest July Weekend...
Approximately 19,000 tourists have been evacuated over the weekend as wildfires spread uncontrollably across Rhodes. — Dozens of ferocious wildfires spreading uncontrollably on three fronts across the...
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EU Ramps Up Firefighting Planes Fleet As Climate Crisis in Southern Europe...
The European Union is in talks with manufacturers to purchase new firefighting planes to battle the devastating wildfires that are spreading across Italy’s Sicily and Mainland Greece, fuelled by...
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Devastating Maui Wildfires Kill at Least 36 People, Destroy Historic City of...
US President Joe Biden issued a major disaster declaration as the death toll from the Hawaiian island of Maui wildfires climbed to 36. — Devastating wildfires wreaked havoc on the west coast of the...
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Hundreds of Firefighters Battle Deadly Wildfire in Greece’s Evros, Europe’s...
The wildfire in Evros has killed at least 20 people over the past 10 days, becoming Europe’s deadliest blaze so far this summer. — More than 600 firefighters from Greece and several other European...
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Another Year For the Record Books: A Recap of the Main Extreme Weather Events...
The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service recently confirmed that summer 2023 was the hottest on record, and by a “large margin”. Scientists found that the average global temperature between June and...
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Unprecedented Scale: Exploring the Largest Wildfires in US History
While the majority of fires throughout the history of the US have been started by careless human actions, they have in recent years become more ferocious because of the climate crisis. In fact, rising...
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Only Seven Countries Met WHO Air Quality Standards in 2023, Report Finds
Bangladesh was the most polluted country in the world in 2023, with air pollutant levels more than 15 times higher than the safe annual level recommended. — Only seven countries in the world – less...
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