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More than 120 people died of heatstroke in the Tokyo metropolitan area in July, when the nation’s average temperature hit record highs and heat warnings were in effect much of the month, Japanese authorities said Tuesday. According to…
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The US Treasury on Tuesday released new principles for “net-zero” financing commitments from banks and asset managers on Tuesday, saying they should align with goals to limit the global average temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius…
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A pair of Siberian tigers pant incessantly beside a pond at their zoo enclosure in the scorching summer heat of the Iraqi capital. Temperatures on Monday breached 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in Baghdad for the second day in a row…
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On the heels of a new record high in the Mediterranean, the North Atlantic reached its hottest-ever level this week, several weeks earlier than its usual annual peak, according to preliminary data released Friday by the US National Oceanic…
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The planet’s temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in decades and likely centuries, and Wednesday could become the third straight day Earth unofficially marks a record-breaking high. It’s the latest in a series of climate-change…
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French media reported today, Sunday, that the government imposed water restrictions in 88 out of 96 provinces on the mainland of the country, due to the continuing high temperatures and drought. The BFM channel said the water shortage…
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Temperatures are expected to reach record levels in France and Britain on Monday, reaching 40 degrees Celsius, against the backdrop of a heat wave that has dominated Western Europe for days. He described Monday as "the hottest day in the…
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A small study reported that women's brains are much hotter than men's, and their brain temperature is likely to be above 40°C. Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, found that women's brains were about…
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Two rockets fired from Gaza early Saturday fell into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tel Aviv, prompting Israeli retaliatory fire on Hamas positions. No injuries have so far been reported from both sides. Hamas and Israel…
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The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday that the average temperature in the 48 contiguous states in June, July and August set a new record of 74 degrees Fahrenheit, 2.6 degrees above average. Washington -…
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