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Scientists have a clear message: act now, before it's too late

Scientists say climate change isn't to blame for the nasty three-year drought still devastating Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Bolivia

Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with high gas prices. Hundreds of sites have seen temperature records smashed in the past days, from Switzerland to Poland to…

Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with high gas prices.

Paris (AFP) - Human-caused climate change made this summer's drought across the Northern Hemisphere at least 20 times more likely, according to a rapid analysis released Wednesday that warns such extreme dry periods will become increasingly common with global heating. 

Paris (AFP) - A fundamentally flawed study claiming that scientific evidence of a climate crisis is lacking should be withdrawn from the peer-reviewed journal in which it was published, top climate scientists have told AFP.

World Weather Attribution analysis says global warming was not the biggest cause of the catastrophic floods.

A new study says human-caused climate change juiced the rainfall that triggered Pakistan's floods by up to 50%

Study says climate crisis likely to have significantly increased rainfall and made future floods more likely

The scene of a blaze in the village of Wennington, sparked by the heatwave

The heatwave which scorched Britain last week was made at least 10 times more likely because of climate change, scientists reported Thursday.