Captain found guilty of ‘seaman’s manslaughter’ in boat fire that killed thirty-four off California coast
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Denmark is preparing to make a significant pledge toward a new climate disaster fund, breaking ranks with other developed countries
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Coming up short: The crash of MarkAir flight 3087
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Swarm of earthquakes in Iceland heralds next volcanic eruption – scientists say rise in seismic activity confirms south-west region is in buildup phase
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Drought and salt tolerant pumpkins grown for food in Bangladesh - potential uses worldwide
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Drought in Amazon Rainforest makes water level in Manaus sink to just thirteen meters, the lowest since records began
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Cogs in the machine: The crash of Colgan Air flight 3407 and its legacy
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Asin tibuok, nicknamed the dinosaur egg, is one of the rarest salts in the world. Only a few families on a small island in the Philippines still make it. | Still Standing
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Geiranger in Norway, where a fissure growing in the side of a cliff could dislodge a rockslide so powerful it unleashes a deadly tsunami
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A matter of life and death: Water runs out for two million people in Gaza
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Countdown to collision: The crash of LATAM Perú flight 2213
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Greenland's Inuit falling through thin ice of climate change – one of the planet's most important ecosystems teetering on the edge of collapse
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One hundred seconds of confusion: The crash of China Airlines flight 140
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How not to fly a plane: The 2017 Teterboro Learjet crash
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Three die in South Africa navy submarine tragedy
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Risk of mass deaths as heatwaves start to pass survivability threshold
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Summer of severe heatwaves predicted for Australia as Bureau of Meteorology declares El Niño
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Growing fire risks, rising insurance costs, home owner concerns, spell opportunity for fire hardening and prevention industry
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Libya flooding: 10,000 people thought to be missing after dams burst
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Do droughts make floods worse?
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Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake: ‘Trying to avert disaster’
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Flooding in Libya leaves 2,000 people feared dead and more missing after storm collapsed dams
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The dead man’s gambit: The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 961
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Tempest over Texas: The crash of Braniff International Airways flight 352
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A deadly 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit near the historic Moroccan city of Marrakesh
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Three big, bold ideas to douse the flames of a world on fire
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As Hurricane Idalia caused US flooding, some electric vehicles exposed to saltwater caught fire
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A wrong turn in fog off the California coast led to the largest peacetime disaster in American naval history
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How a Japanese-run wastewater treatment plant in Mexico shamelessly polluted until the site was shut down
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Should airships make a comeback?
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Machines can't always take the heat: How heat waves threaten everything from cars to computers
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Locals have been sounding the alarm for years about Lahaina wildfire risk
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As Idalia hit Florida, all of NOAA’s hurricane-hunting planes were grounded
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Migrant hunters in Greece show off captured 'trophies' after wildfire season
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In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived.
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Greece gripped by wildfires, national park threatened along with people and towns
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Drought-hit Panama Canal to restrict access for one year
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Cruelty of chance: The Cerritos mid-air collision and the crash of Aeroméxico flight 498
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Mexican politician introduces bill to criminalize ecocide - only a few countries have such laws but more are considering it
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Louisiana residents told to ‘get out now’ in face of sweeping wildfire
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Volcanoes don't just erupt on schedule – but they have been in Iceland
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North American bison slaughter left lasting impact on Indigenous peoples
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Fukushima contaminated water set to be released into the ocean
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260 year old Crooked House pub catches fire and is demolished days after purchase by developer
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Tenerife wildfire 'started deliberately' as blazes in Greece force evacuations
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US Federal Emergency Management Agency funds run short - Vermont lawmakers lobby for emergency funding for flood damaged state
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‘They fired on us like rain’: Saudi Arabian mass killings of Ethiopian migrants at the Yemen-Saudi border
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Hurricane Hilary could dump over a year’s worth of rain on parts of the Southwest US
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Canada demands Facebook lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing
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British Columbia declares state of emergency amid ‘devastating’ wildfires
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