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New photos vs old: comparisons show dramatic Swiss glacier retreat
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New photos vs old: comparisons show dramatic Swiss glacier retreat

THE FURKA PASS, Switzerland (Reuters) – On the hairpin bend of a Swiss mountain pass, a Victorian-era hotel built for…
Alaska Native ice cellars failing amid environmental changes
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Alaska Native ice cellars failing amid environmental changes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For generations, people in Alaska’s far-north whaling villages have relied on hand-built ice cellars dug deep…
Australia bushfire smoke shoots Sydney into top 10 global pollution index
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Australia bushfire smoke shoots Sydney into top 10 global pollution index

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) — The Australian state of New South Wales was gasping under the worst levels of air pollution ever…
Australian PM denies climate link as smoke chokes Sydney
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Australian PM denies climate link as smoke chokes Sydney

Australia’s Prime Minister on Thursday denied his climate policies had caused unprecedented bushfires ravaging the country and insisted his government…
Climate impacts ‘to cost world $7.9 trillion’ by 2050
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Climate impacts ‘to cost world $7.9 trillion’ by 2050

Climate change could directly cost the world economy US$7.9 trillion by mid-century as increased drought, flooding and crop failures hamper…
Planned fossil fuel output swamps Paris climate goals
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Planned fossil fuel output swamps Paris climate goals

Oil, gas and coal output already planned or in the pipeline will overwhelm efforts to cap global warming at levels…
Smoke haze blankets Sydney as bushfire threat rises
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Smoke haze blankets Sydney as bushfire threat rises

Sydney was shrouded in dangerous haze Tuesday as smoke from bushfires blazing along Australia’s eastern seaboard sent pollution levels soaring…
Australian man accused of starting bushfire to protect cannabis crop
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Australian man accused of starting bushfire to protect cannabis crop

An Australian man has been accused of deliberately lighting a fire to protect his cannabis crop, sparking an out-of-control bushfire…
St Mark’s closed as Venice faces more floods
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St Mark’s closed as Venice faces more floods

Flood-hit Venice braced for another exceptional high tide on Friday, with the mayor ordering St Mark’s square closed after Italy…
Trump ‘so extreme’ on climate he’s waking people up, Greta Thunberg tells AFP
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Trump ‘so extreme’ on climate he’s waking people up, Greta Thunberg tells AFP

Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg said Tuesday that US President Donald Trump’s climate change denialism was “so extreme” that it…
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