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Climate change is causing more frequent and intense extreme weather events, resulting in widespread adverse impacts and related losses and…
Drowning is the third leading cause of accidental deaths globally, according to the World Health Organization. The deaths disproportionately impact…
In the 1800s, aluminum was considered more valuable than gold or silver because it was so expensive to produce the…
The year’s first super typhoon erupted over the steamy waters of the western Pacific Ocean on Thursday as Yagi churned…
While much weaker than their Pacific counterpart, Atlantic Niñas can, however, partially counteract La Niñas by weakening summer winds that…
According to the International Maritime Organization, shipping was responsible for over 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in 2018.…
A maze of brackish and freshwater ponds covers Taiwan’s coastal plain, supporting aquaculture operations that produce roughly NT $30 billion…
The waterspout blamed for the deadly sinking of a luxury superyacht carrying the British tech billionaire Mike Lynch in Italy…
Reed Timmer has been chasing storms for more than two decades, since he intercepted his first tornado in northern Oklahoma…
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.When wildfires rage, the immediate threat is obvious—but smoke…