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Climate change is turning snow to rain and raising risk of floods

Warmer temperatures increase the amount of precipitation that falls as rain instead of snow, leading to more extreme rainfall in snowy places

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A partially flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine

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Ukraine Kakhovka dam explosion: Flooding is devastating wildlife

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An emaciated cow stands at the bottom of the water pan that has been dried up for 4 months in Iresteno, a bordering town with Ethiopia, on September 1, 2022. - The devastating Horn of Africa drought is set to get even worse with a fifth consecutive failed rainy season, the UN's weather agency forecasted, fearing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are already going through their worst drought for 40 years and another poor rainy season is now highly likely, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Horn of Africa drought is set to become the region’s worst on record

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2ND5P9N WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This video screenshot released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows the site of a derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, the United States. About 50 Norfolk Southern freight train cars derailed on the night of Feb. 3 in East Palestine, a town of 4,800 residents near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, due to a mechanical problem on an axle of one of the vehicles. There were a total of 20 hazardous material cars in the train consist, 10 of which derailed, according to the NTSB, a U.S. government agency responsible f

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Ohio train derailment killed more than 40,000 aquatic animals

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A mangrove forest in Shenzhen Bay, China

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Mangroves near Chinese cities can reduce storm surges by over 2 metres

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An aerial view of the derailment in Ohio on 8 February

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Ohio train derailment: What we know about the toxic chemical spill

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Residents work to extinguish a wildfire in Chile

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Wildfires burning in Chile are among the deadliest in country's record

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Debris in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, from Hurricane Ian in 2022

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AI could predict hurricanes or rogue waves from minimal data

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Five Days at Memorial review: The hospital hit by Hurricane Katrina

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Five Days at Memorial review: The hospital hit by Hurricane Katrina

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Resources provided mutual aid and responded to five new fires in the Fairbanks area on Monday, July 25th. Two fires are connected to downed trees on powerlines, one involved a structure fire that spread into the wildland, one was unable to be located, and the fifth report resulted in crews monitoring an area for fire activity. Aircraft drops retardant on (600) Old Ridge Trail Fire in Alaska. Photo by James Lily (DOF)

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What Alaska's record-breaking wildfires mean for the Arctic's future

Wildfires in Alaska have already burned more than three times as much territory as usual, and fire season isn't over – the environmental effects could last decades

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Ancient Chilean tsunami scared local people away for 1000 years

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Earth

Huge rogue waves rise from nowhere to sink ships. Can we predict them?

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Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

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Life

Inside the mission to stop killer asteroids from smashing into Earth

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