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US braces for snow and heavy rain as major storm predicted for weekend
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World agrees to climate deal that makes unprecedented call to move away from fossil fuels, but ‘cavernous’ loopholes remain
The COP28 climate summit on Wednesday approved a deal that would, for the first time, push nations to "transition" from fossil fuels to avert the worst effects of climate change.
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First-ever CRISPR drug, made by two Boston companies, is approved in the US
The medicines, called Casgevy and Lyfgenia, are potential cures for people with sickle cell, a debilitating and life-shortening inherited red blood cell disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans.
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Climate finance takes spotlight at COP28
Money pledges were in the spotlight at COP28 in Dubai on Monday as delegates turned their focus to the yawning gap in how much climate finance is needed and what's on tap, particularly for developing countries that need funds each year just to adapt to the warming world.
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What sea level rise will look like in cities that have hosted climate summits
The world’s current trajectory of up to 2.9 degrees could be unlivable for coastal communities, low-lying countries and small island states around the world.
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Is Greta right? Is COP just ‘blah blah blah’?
Climate summit in an oil state: can COP28 change anything
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Will there be a white Christmas in 2023? Forecasters have some predictions.
An El Niño winter is coming.What does that mean for snow this year?
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Winter weather, including snow and freezing temperatures, already blanketing much of US
Winter is coming early for several regions across the country.
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What Happened to San Francisco, Really?
It depends on which tech bro, city official, billionaire investor, grassroots activist, or Michelin-starred restaurateur you ask
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Narges Mohammadi, Jailed Iranian Activist, Is 2023 Laureate
The activist, who is serving a 10-year sentence in Tehran, was honored “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran.”
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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman for Covid 19 vaccine research
Katalin Kariko of Hungary and Drew Weissman of the United States won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that paved the way for Covid-19 vaccines.
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New York City, Long Island under state of emergency due to torrential rainfall
'Never seen anything like this in my life,' says resident who was stranded in car.
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Up to 2,000 feared drowned after Libyan city hit by ‘catastrophic’ storm floods
Local leaders in eastern city of Derna say thousands missing after two ageing dams collapse overnight
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‘Climate breakdown’: 2023 likely to be hottest year humanity has experienced
2023 is likely to be the hottest year in human history, and global temperatures during the Northern Hemisphere summer were the warmest on record, the EU climate monitor said on Wednesday.
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India launches probe to Sun
The mission, which aims to study the solar atmosphere, will take 125 days to reach the designated point
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‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Idalia makes landfall on Florida coast
A hurricane, likely to be the strongest in the region for a century, has smashed into Florida with 200km winds and fears for people’s safety.
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India becomes the fourth country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon
More than a dozen countries have plans for missions to the moon in the coming years
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India becomes first nation to land spacecraft on Moon’s south pole
India on Wednesday made history when its Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully touched down on the Moon's south pole, thought to be a potential source for water and oxygen, days after Russia's mission failed.
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Why Hurricane Hilary is so strange — and how it has impacted California
The storm has caused significant flooding, power outages, and rock and mudslides in the Southwest, with more to potentially come.
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