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WildfireSummer wildfires emit record amount of CO2
Globally, forests going up in flames emitted more than 2.5 billion tonnes of CO2--equivalent to India's annual emissions from all sources--in July and August alone
Global warming causing animals to 'shapeshift': Study
Climate change is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that's been occurring progressively, so it is difficult to pinpoint just one cause of the shapeshifting
After wildfires, Greek PM says climate crisis demands radical action
Mitsotakis, who has approved a 500-million-euro ($587 million) aid budget for Evia and the Attica region around Athens, said the protracted heatwave had turned forests into powder kegs
'Fierce' wildfire near Saint-Tropez forces evacuations in France
Southern France is the latest area around the Mediterranean basin to be hit by wildfires this summer, a seasonal phenomenon which climate scientists warn will become increasingly common because of ...
Wildfire in Jerusalem hills sends smoke clouds over city
Israel's Magen David Adom national ambulance service reported no serious injuries, and there appeared to be little danger that the fires, some 10 km west of Jerusalem, would reach the city
Putin alarmed by 'unprecedented' natural disasters in Russia
A former skeptic of man-made climate change, the Russian leader called on authorities to do everything possible to help Siberians affected by the region's gigantic wildfires
'Heaven to hell': Greek beekeepers lament tradition lost to fire
Greece -- along with Turkey, Italy, Spain and Algeria -- has been hit by a savage fire season that prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described as the "greatest ecological disaster in decades"
Greece wildfires 'slowly coming under control': Mayor
Hundreds of firefighters were battling to control two massive wildfires in Greece on Wednesday, one raging for nine straight days that have left hundreds homeless and caused incalculable damage
Algeria wildfires kill 42, authorities blame arson
Wildfires fanned by blistering temperatures and tinder-dry conditions have killed at least 42 people in Algeria, authorities said on Tuesday, adding that the fires had criminal origins
Blistering temperature
Five dead as wildfires rage across Algeria
At least five people have died in raging wildfires in Algeria as firefighters battle more than 31 blazes amid blistering temperatures and tinder-dry conditions, officials said Tuesday
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