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Global warming is detectable even at the ocean floor
Everywhere they looked the scientists observed a warming trend of 0.02 to 0.04 Celsius between 2009 and 2019.
Kenyan farmers turn to avocados in the face of a changing climate
Compared to coffee, a popular cash crop, avocado is more tolerant of variations in precipitation.
Melting snow and ice is making glacier lakes larger
Glacial lakes increased in volume by nearly a half between 1990 and 2018. The reason: warming weather.
Between a third and a half of freshwater gets ‘stolen’
"Ongoing water shortages occur on all continents, increasingly compounded by climate change."
The Mayan city of Tikal succumbed to ‘water pollution’
“Archaeologists and anthropologists have been trying to figure out what happened to the Maya for 100 years."
Dams on the Mekong are causing mayhem
The Mighty Mekong is one of the world's most iconic rivers, but it is at grave risk of turning into a shadow of its former self.