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France expecting peak temperatures as heatwave hits Europe
AFP, Published on 01/07/2025
» PARIS - Paris was on red alert for high temperatures on Tuesday, with the top of the Eiffel Tower shut, polluting traffic banned and speed restrictions in place as a searing heatwave gripped Europe.
As wildfires multiply, a new era of air pollution
AFP, Published on 23/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - From Quebec to British Columbia to Hawaii, North America is facing an extraordinary wildfire season -- and regions both near and far have found themselves increasingly blighted by smoke exposure.
UN: July to be hottest month ever
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» PARIS: UN and European Union monitors said on Thursday that July is set to be the hottest month in recorded history and likely "unprecedented" for thousands of years, warning that this was a taste of the world's climate future.
Europe, US heatwaves 'virtually impossible' without climate change
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» PARIS - Blistering heat that has baked swathes of North America and Europe this month would have been "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change, researchers said Tuesday, as intense temperatures spark health alerts and stoke ferocious wildfires.
Welcome to the Anthropocene, Earth's new chapter
AFP, Published on 10/07/2023
» PARIS - Since 2009, a cloistered band of hard-rock geologists and other scientists have toiled on a mission of great consequence.
Canada wildfires again bring more unhealthy air in North America
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» CHICAGO - Smoke from Canada's worst-ever wildfires was severely impacting air quality Wednesday across Ontario and at least 15 US states, with monitors warning that over one hundred million people face potentially unhealthy conditions.
1.5C of warming is too hot for a just world: study
AFP, Published on 31/05/2023
» PARIS - Curbing global heating at 1.5 degrees Celsius will avert runaway climate change but not mass suffering in developing nations, a consortium of 50 researchers warned Wednesday.
Air pollution kills 1,200 children a year: EU agency
AFP, Published on 24/04/2023
» COPENHAGEN - Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in under 18's across Europe and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said Monday.
Space-based NASA instrument to track pollution over North America
AFP, Published on 07/04/2023
» WASHINGTON - A Falcon 9 rocket successfully blasted off from Florida into space on Friday carrying a new NASA device that can track air pollution over North America down to the neighborhood level.
Massive Australia wildfires increased Antarctic ozone hole: study
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» PARIS: Smoke from monster wildfires in Australia caused a chemical reaction that widened the ozone hole 10 percent, researchers said Wednesday, raising fears that increasing forest fires could delay the recovery of Earth's atmospheric protection against deadly UV radiation.