Climate Change Made South Sudan Heat Wave More Likely, Study Finds
Years of war and food insecurity in the region made the extreme heat especially dangerous.
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Climate change could be threatening satellites as they orbit in space: Study
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U.S. Energy Secretary Pledges to Reverse Focus on Climate Change
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First national analysis finds America's butterflies are disappearing at 'catastrophic' rate
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Trump’s USAid cuts will have huge impact on global climate finance, data shows
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SCOTUS rejects Republican-led effort to halt climate lawsuits in Dem-led states
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South Africa says Zelenskyy will visit in April as part of its ongoing talks with Ukraine and Russia
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Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
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Tree loss from hurricane leaves Asheville vulnerable to new climate shocks
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Heat's Bam Adebayo fined $50K for outburst toward official after controversial loss to Timberwolves
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Girls in England lag behind boys in maths and science study
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Sources: Rams to release Kupp if no trade made
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NOAA set to fire 1,029 more employees
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A New Study Says People Who Make Decisions Like This Wind Up Happier in the End
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South Carolina woman arrested in connection with Myrtle Beach wildfire
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Cozens Trade Made To Shake Up Sabres Core Group
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‘A new phase’: why climate activists are turning to sabotage instead of protest
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China to impose retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian products as trade war heats up
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Top Trump advisers get involved as the fight to win his presidential library site heats up
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Party drug MDMA may have protected survivors of Nova attack from trauma, study suggests
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Canadian military flies the flag in frozen north as struggle for the Arctic heats up
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Enemies no more? How Russia's rhetoric about the US is changing
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