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UN report declares global state of 'water bankruptcy'
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US finalizes rule for deep-sea mining beyond its waters
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, bringing the United States a step closer to unilaterally launching the controversial industry.
Shark bites surfer in Australian state's fourth attack in 48 hours
A shark bit a surfer Tuesday in an Australian state's fourth attack recorded over the past 48 hours, authorities said.
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Chile declares emergency as wildfires kill at least 19
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Chile declares emergency as wildfires kill at least 18
Uncontrolled wildfires tore through communities in southern Chile, leaving charred ruins in their wake and at least 18 dead, authorities said Sunday.
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NASA reports record heat but omits reference to climate change
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2025 was third hottest year on record: climate monitors
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2025 was third hottest year on record: EU, US experts
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India hunts rampaging elephant that killed 20 people
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Disaster losses drop in 2025, picture still 'alarming': Munich Re
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Fierce winds battered France and Britain on Friday as Storm Goretti barrelled through northern Europe, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of households in plunging winter temperatures.
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Fierce winds battered France and Britain on Friday as Storm Goretti barrelled through northern Europe, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of households in plunging winter temperatures.
New Zealand's rare flightless parrot begins breeding again
New Zealand's critically endangered flightless parrot, the kakapo, started breeding last week for the first time in four years, the government conservation department said.
Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty, deepening global pullback
President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from a foundational climate treaty as part of a sweeping exit from collective global action, the White House announced Wednesday.
Trump pulls US out of key climate treaty, science body: White House
President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from a foundational climate treaty and the world's leading global warming assessment body, as part of a sweeping exit from the United Nations system, the White House announced Wednesday.
2025 was UK's hottest and sunniest year on record
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Norway closes in on objective of 100% electric car sales
Norway came close to its objective of selling only zero-emission cars in 2025, with electric vehicles accounting for 95.9 percent of new registrations.
Regional temperature records broken across the world in 2025
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China's BYD poised to overtake Tesla in 2025 EV sales
Growing Chinese auto giant BYD stands poised to officially surpass Tesla as the world's biggest electric vehicle company in annual sales.
Iraqis cover soil with clay to curb sandstorms
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'Make emitters responsible': Thailand's clean air activists
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Elusive wild cat feared extinct rediscovered in Thailand
An elusive wild cat long feared extinct in Thailand has been rediscovered three decades after the last recorded sighting, conservation authorities and an NGO said Friday.