The famed Iguazu waterfalls on the border between Argentina and Brazil have registered 10 times their usual water volume after heavy rains, authorities said, closing one of the site's main tourist walkways for safety reasons.
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Oct 13, 2022
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Records show that Europe has never been as dry as in recent decades. Drought has direct consequences on our lives, not least because it threatens basic foodstuffs such as milk. Remember that a cow needs more than 100 liters ...
Environment
Oct 13, 2022
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After weeks of anticipation, it's finally official: the Bureau of Meteorology has declared another La Niña is underway. This means Australia's east coast will likely endure yet another wet, and relatively cool, spring and ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2022
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Vermont farmer Brian Kemp is used to seeing the pastures at Mountain Meadows Farm grow slower in the hot, late summer, but this year the grass is at a standstill.
Environment
Aug 15, 2022
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Since late 2020, the La Niña climate pattern has led to two years of above-average rainfall across much of Australia, and severe floods in parts of the country.
Environment
Aug 1, 2022
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Intense heat in the southwestern United States broke records last summer partly because it hit in tandem with an unusually severe drought, finds a new Johns Hopkins study measuring for the first time how the two extreme weather ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 28, 2022
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Driving home from work, Kristin Herman was gripping her steering wheel hard. It was mid-April, and one of the region's heaviest rainstorms since Hurricane Ida was hurtling through Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Earth Sciences
Jun 6, 2022
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There is no reasonable disagreement that humanity needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. People might argue over how large a reduction is necessary or about the best ways to achieve it, but almost everyone agrees it has ...
Environment
May 30, 2022
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The deaths of four storm chasers in car crashes over the last two weeks have underscored the dangers of pursuing severe weather events as more people clog back roads and highways searching for a glimpse of a lightning bolt ...
Environment
May 13, 2022
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If you've ever looked at food labels in your local grocery store, you've probably seen soy listed as an ingredient. Even though soy is widespread in our foods, that doesn't make the production of soy any easier for growers. ...
Agriculture
Mar 21, 2022
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