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Europe is the fastest-warming continent, at nearly twice the average global rate, report says
Two top climate monitoring organizations are reporting that Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average
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Airport near volcano reopens as Indonesia lowers eruption alert level
Indonesian authorities reopened an international airport near a volcano that erupted last week as they lowered warnings
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Biden administration moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US lands
The Biden administration is moving to let conservationists lease government land for restoration
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Next UN climate talks are critical to plot aid for poorer nations, says incoming president
The man who will run this year’s United Nations climate talks in November views the upcoming negotiations as a key link in international efforts to curb worsening global warming — if they can be successful
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Indonesians leave homes near erupting volcano and airport closes due to ash danger
Indonesian authorities closed an international airport and residents left homes near an erupting volcano due to spreading ash, falling rocks and the possibility of a tsunami
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UN approves an updated cholera vaccine that could help fight a surge in cases
The World Health Organization has approved a new version of a widely used cholera vaccine that could help address a surge in cases that has depleted the global vaccine stockpile
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This ancient snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton
Researchers in India have found fossils of an ancient giant snake that could have been longer than a school bus
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The Lyrid meteor shower peaks this weekend, but it may be hard to see it
The Lyrid meteor shower is here
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Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden's climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds
A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows 45% of U.S. adults say they've become more concerned about climate change over the past year
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Here's why experts don't think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai's downpour
With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai
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