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Global Warming Will Breach the 1.5 Degree Celsius Limit. Now What?

As global temperature increase shoots past 1.5 degrees Celsius, the vulnerable countries that fought for that Paris Agreement target face a brutal new reality.

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Wildfires burning in southwestern France this summer.
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On These Motorcycles, the Thrill Is Electric

With gas prices high, people in developing countries are racing to buy battery-powered bikes. The Iran war has made Trump β€œsalesman of the year,” one executive in Pakistan said.

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E.U. Proposes Changes to Emissions Trading System

The European Union is facing a green backlash as emissions cuts become harder and require bigger overhauls to industry and livelihoods

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Europe, which often holds itself up as a climate leader, has been facing political infighting over some of its policies.
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Europe Created Heat-Wave Protections. Now Comes the β€˜Crash Test.’

Searing temperatures in Western Europe are drawing comparisons to 2003, when a deadly heat wave sparked a reckoning.

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A visitor to the Palace of Versailles in France on Monday, where temperatures exceeded 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Is Climate Change Supercharging El NiΓ±o?

As a new, potentially record-breaking El NiΓ±o begins, researchers are vigorously debating whether climate change is driving the phenomenon’s intensity.

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Fighting a wildfire in South Sumatra, Indonesia, during an El NiΓ±o-exacerbated dry season in 2023.
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Is Climate Change Supercharging El NiΓ±o?

As a new, potentially record-breaking El NiΓ±o begins, researchers are vigorously debating whether climate change is driving the phenomenon’s intensity.

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Fighting a wildfire in South Sumatra, Indonesia, during an El NiΓ±o-exacerbated dry season in 2023.
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E.U. Steps Up Ocean Monitoring as Trump Administration Backs Away

Days after the U.S. said it would kill a network of ocean monitors, European officials pledged to invest more in their version, calling it a β€œnecessity.”

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The European plan to invest roughly $107 million comes as the U.S. has said it would dismantle a sprawling network of sensors.
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A Powerful El NiΓ±o Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.

The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.

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An illustration published in 1877 depicted a scene in southern India. Millions died from a famine that coincided with an El NiΓ±o that year.
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