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'Huge Disappointment' At Climate Hearings: Global South Representative
Major powers such as the United States, China, and India have warned the judges not to go beyond the existing legal framework for combating climate change.
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Climate Change Causes Decline in Rice Quality Across East Asia, New Study Suggests
A recent study highlights a decline in rice quality across East Asia due to climate change. Using 35 years of data, researchers found that rising nighttime temperatures significantly reduce the head rice rate (HRR), especially in Japan and China. The study also identifies solar radiation, precipitation changes, and vapor pressure as contributing fa...
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China Is Reportedly Trying to Protect Its Potatoes From Rising Temperatures and Climate Change Impact
In China, a major potato-producing nation, researchers are racing to develop heat-resistant potato varieties as global warming threatens crop yields. A study led by the International Potato Center (CIP) in Beijing indicates that higher temperatures, predicted by the end of the century, could accelerate tuber growth but lead to reduced harvests.
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Increasing Global Heatwave Hotspots Defy Climate Model Predictions
Heatwave hotspots exceeding climate models are emerging globally, with regions like northwestern Europe, central China, and the U.S. Pacific Northwest witnessing record-breaking extremes. Recent findings reveal jet stream wobbles, vegetation drying, and atmospheric patterns driving these anomalies. Notable impacts include wildfires, crop failures, ...
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6 Dead As Lightning Strike Causes Park Pavilion To Collapse In China
Six people were killed and 10 were injured when a lightning strike caused a park pavilion to collapse in eastern China, state media said Monday.
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July Becomes China's Hottest Month On Record Since 1961
Chinese weather authorities said Thursday July was the country's hottest month since records began six decades ago, as extreme temperatures persist across the globe.
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7 Dead, 3 Missing After Heavy Rain, Floods Hit China: Report
China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with heavy rains battering swathes of the country and many regions enduring sweltering heat waves, is by far the world's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases says scientists.
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12 Killed In Landslide Triggered By Flash Flooding In China: Report
A landslide caused by flooding in central China's Hunan province destroyed a guesthouse and killed 12 people on Sunday, state media reported.
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Climate Change Intensifies Rainfall Patterns, Typhoons, Warn Scientists
"This is going to increase as global warming continues, enhancing the chances of droughts and/or floods."
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Hong Kong Records Hottest April In 140 Years
Hong Kong last month recorded its hottest April since meteorological records began in 1884, according to the city's weather observatory.
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2023 Was China's Hottest Year Since Records Began, Says Report
China's average temperature in 2023 was its hottest since records began, state media said citing officials Tuesday, capping a year of extreme weather events for the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
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India, Nations With High Per Capita Emissions Can't Be Clubbed: Senior EU Official
Clubbing India with emitters like China and the US is completely unacceptable as its per capita emissions are "very low", a senior official of the European Parliament said today.
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Deadly Tornado Rips Through Eastern China, Video Goes Viral
Video footage shared on social media showed high winds whipping debris around residential buildings, as well as a street strewn with fallen signs and other objects.
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Hitch In Climate Change Talks At G20 As China, Saudi Harden Stance
With just hours left for the G20 Summit to begin, climate change is already turning to be a contentious point among the leaders, sources said.
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US Wants To Work With China, Says Biden Official Gina Raimondo
The United States wants to work with China to solve problems such as climate change and artificial intelligence, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told China's Premier Li Qiang at a meeting in Beijing on Tuesday.
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'Huge Disappointment' At Climate Hearings: Global South Representative
Major powers such as the United States, China, and India have warned the judges not to go beyond the existing legal framework for combating climate change.
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Climate Change Causes Decline in Rice Quality Across East Asia, New Study Suggests
A recent study highlights a decline in rice quality across East Asia due to climate change. Using 35 years of data, researchers found that rising nighttime temperatures significantly reduce the head rice rate (HRR), especially in Japan and China. The study also identifies solar radiation, precipitation changes, and vapor pressure as contributing fa...
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China Is Reportedly Trying to Protect Its Potatoes From Rising Temperatures and Climate Change Impact
In China, a major potato-producing nation, researchers are racing to develop heat-resistant potato varieties as global warming threatens crop yields. A study led by the International Potato Center (CIP) in Beijing indicates that higher temperatures, predicted by the end of the century, could accelerate tuber growth but lead to reduced harvests.
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Increasing Global Heatwave Hotspots Defy Climate Model Predictions
Heatwave hotspots exceeding climate models are emerging globally, with regions like northwestern Europe, central China, and the U.S. Pacific Northwest witnessing record-breaking extremes. Recent findings reveal jet stream wobbles, vegetation drying, and atmospheric patterns driving these anomalies. Notable impacts include wildfires, crop failures, ...
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6 Dead As Lightning Strike Causes Park Pavilion To Collapse In China
Six people were killed and 10 were injured when a lightning strike caused a park pavilion to collapse in eastern China, state media said Monday.
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July Becomes China's Hottest Month On Record Since 1961
Chinese weather authorities said Thursday July was the country's hottest month since records began six decades ago, as extreme temperatures persist across the globe.
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7 Dead, 3 Missing After Heavy Rain, Floods Hit China: Report
China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with heavy rains battering swathes of the country and many regions enduring sweltering heat waves, is by far the world's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases says scientists.
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12 Killed In Landslide Triggered By Flash Flooding In China: Report
A landslide caused by flooding in central China's Hunan province destroyed a guesthouse and killed 12 people on Sunday, state media reported.
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Climate Change Intensifies Rainfall Patterns, Typhoons, Warn Scientists
"This is going to increase as global warming continues, enhancing the chances of droughts and/or floods."
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Hong Kong Records Hottest April In 140 Years
Hong Kong last month recorded its hottest April since meteorological records began in 1884, according to the city's weather observatory.
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2023 Was China's Hottest Year Since Records Began, Says Report
China's average temperature in 2023 was its hottest since records began, state media said citing officials Tuesday, capping a year of extreme weather events for the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
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India, Nations With High Per Capita Emissions Can't Be Clubbed: Senior EU Official
Clubbing India with emitters like China and the US is completely unacceptable as its per capita emissions are "very low", a senior official of the European Parliament said today.
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Deadly Tornado Rips Through Eastern China, Video Goes Viral
Video footage shared on social media showed high winds whipping debris around residential buildings, as well as a street strewn with fallen signs and other objects.
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Hitch In Climate Change Talks At G20 As China, Saudi Harden Stance
With just hours left for the G20 Summit to begin, climate change is already turning to be a contentious point among the leaders, sources said.
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US Wants To Work With China, Says Biden Official Gina Raimondo
The United States wants to work with China to solve problems such as climate change and artificial intelligence, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told China's Premier Li Qiang at a meeting in Beijing on Tuesday.
