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TOPSHOT - Aerial view of homes submerged under flood waters from the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky, on July 28, 2022. - Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least eight people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on rooftops and in trees, the governor of the south-central US state said Thursday. (Photo by LEANDRO LOZADA / AFP) (Photo by LEANDRO LOZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Once-a-century extreme precipitation could occur every 30 years in US

High-resolution projections of extreme precipitation in North America show the US north-west and south-east experiencing more severe and frequent floods by the turn of the century

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Norway's Svalbard archipelago viewed from a satellite

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2022 was Europe’s hottest summer but warmer years are likely to come

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Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) grows in a thick, underwater forest near the Channel Islands in California. This area is part of a National Park and is teeming with thousands of marine species.

Life

Kelp forests capture nearly 5 million tonnes of CO2 annually

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The settlement of Qassiarsuk in Greenland was once probably the site of Brattahlid, the home of Viking Leif Erikson

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Vikings left Greenland after growing ice sheet caused sea level rise

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A well for hydrogen production in Geneva, Nebraska

Earth

World's first drilling project to seek natural hydrogen hits a snag

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A field of soya beans that has been hit by drought

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Europe to become a hotspot for flash droughts caused by climate change

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Cars on a flooded street in Dania Beach, Florida on 12 April

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Florida floods: How much rain has fallen and could it happen again?

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Climate change is fuelling the spread of viral diseases in plants

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People in Cape Town, South Africa, refill water bottles at Newlands Spring in January 2018 amid the city's drought

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Rich people use so much water that it is threatening the global supply

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US reservoirs are evaporating more quickly because of climate change

The rate of evaporation at US reservoirs is speeding up, and could significantly increase by the middle of the century if emissions continue to rise

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Climate change may drive more hurricanes towards the US east coast

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Higher temperatures are leading to more home runs in baseball

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Record-breaking sea temperatures set to bring supercharged storms

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How comedy could help save the planet

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