disasters
Wildfire smoke is choking Indigenous communities
August 26, 2022On July 29, 2021, Li Boyd woke up to the smell of smoke. It was her birthday — she was turning 38 — and she had rented a boat to take her parents and aunts out...
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Even small rise in temperature could ravage North American forests, study finds
August 19, 2022“Our results spell problems for the health and diversity of future regional forests."
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Europe burns in heat wave that fuels fires in France, Spain
July 19, 2022Two people were killed in the blazes in Spain that its prime minister linked to global warming, saying, “Climate change kills.”
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Yosemite fire grows as crews defend iconic sequoias
July 14, 2022More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened in the famed Mariposa Grove.
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Many killed in inferno at Bangladesh container depot
June 6, 2022This is another in a long string of industrial disasters that leave workers unprotected in the country.
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