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Will be pegged back as a result. the best temperatures further west, 2a or 25 degrees. from wednesday, temperatures rise a little bit more. thank you, we will hear a bit more detail about today later for people who have got plans. us. bank holiday for us. not who have got plans. us. bank holiday for us- not in — who have got plans. us. bank holiday for us. not in scotland. _ much of europe has seen wildfires, heatwaves and droughts over the last couple of months. scientists say its on track to...

Sort of drought warning, with claims this could be the worst such event in 500 years. fires burned in the usa, too. global forest watch says the amount of tree cover being burned around the world has nearly doubled in the last 20 years. im joined now by dr mattjones, a climate scientist from the university of east anglia. and, matt, your research focuses on climate change and how that impacts the rate and intensity of wildfires. so how much has our warming world had an impact on wildfires? so, j...

Britain lost a princess today. described by all to whom she reached out as "irreplaceable," an early morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc news. the main story this hour: pakistans foreign minister says flooding is a catastrophe on a scale never seen before with millions now in desperate need of shelter. wildfires, heatwaves and droughts have torn through much of europe this summer, with scientists say...

Yangtze river question that fact. chinas biggest fresh water lake, the parched poe on, has shrunk by 75%. that change clear in these satellite images taken in august of last year and now. falling rivers have revealed forgotten treasures. these buddhist statues from six centuries ago and so-called pagoda island, no longer an island but a mound of earth, where seemingly lost fishermen step out onto a desert landscape. >> theyre calling it the worst in recorded history. >> reporter: david fishman i...

So how much has our warming world had an impact on wildfires? so, just to put things into perspective, our world is now about 1.2 degrees warmer than it was in 1750. on average, and thats as a result of the emissions of greenhouse gases since the industrial revolution. so, one degree might not sound like a huge amount at first glance, but actually thats been more than enough to shift the frequency of many episodes of extreme weather, and that includes both droughts and heatwaves. these condition...

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Largest rivers, the rhein, in germany, dehydrated and shallow. swaths of farm land in northern mexico parched, dotted with dead livestock. millions in the horn of africa facing starvation, aid agencies warn. from europe to the americas to africa to northern asia, extreme heat waves and little rain is impacting communities thousands of kilometers apart after a month or more of unrelenting droughts across much of the northern hemisphere. but amid the global hardship and scenes of devastation, blis...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A series of “once-in-a-millennium” rainstorms have lashed the United States US) in recent weeks, flooding areas baked dry by long-term droughts, as human-caused climate change brings weather whiplash. And scientists warn that global warming means once-rare events are already much more likely, upending the models they have long used to predict […]

The new constitution would also enshrine individuals�* rights to water — a precious resource in a country suffering droughts, and something crucial for the indigenous community of the atacama. this ceremony brings together members of the atacamenos indigenous people, who live around northern chile, and have a deep respect for nature, having adapted to life around the desert. theyve given us special

Look at a slightly longer timeframe. a lot of economists felt that we were somewhat due for some kind of economic cooling to happen before the pandemic even started. remember way back to 2017, the beginning of president trumps term the economy was booming and yet congress at that time cut taxes that primarily held high earners. unemployment remains low throughout his term, and then the president -- trump himself, spent a lot of time pressuring jerome powell, very openly, not to raise interest ra...