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Massive wildfires in Canada helped keep the world cooler in 2023

Despite setting a global temperature record, 2023 might have been even hotter were it not for the cooling effect of smoke from massive wildfires in Canada

newscientist.com/article/24798

New Scientist · Massive wildfires in Canada helped keep the world cooler in 2023By Michael Le Page

Community and environmental charity Groundwork East has been working with primary school children across Luton who have been taking part in ‘Climate Clubs’. The clubs empower young people to take positive environmental action, and provide opportunity to talk about associated feelings of eco-anxiety, which have been identified as a leading cause of worry amongst young people

lutontoday.co.uk/education/cli

Land of rain turning arid: Lithuania faces growing risk of drought and extreme weather

Once known for its excess rainfall, Lithuania is increasingly becoming a land of water shortages, raising concerns of potentially dangerous or even extreme droughts this summer, according to meteorologist Gytis Valaika

lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2

lrt.lt · Land of rain turning arid: Lithuania faces growing risk of drought and extreme weatherBy Elizabet Beržanskytė, LRT.lt

One city had sunk lower than any other: Houston.

According to the study, approximately 40 percent of Houston’s area subsided more than five millimeters per year, and about 12 percent was sinking at double that rate. Some localized spots were found to be sinking as much as 50 millimeters per year.

Factors such as groundwater pumping and oil extraction are causing land to cave in on itself

rprealtyplus.com/international

Realty Plus MagazineFastest Sinking American City Highlights Climate Change CostsFastest Sinking American City Highlights Climate Change Costs
#Houston#Texas#USA

Raging conflicts, disasters and worsening climate change displaced tens of millions of people within their own countries last year, a new record, monitors said Tuesday.

An unprecedented 83.4 million internally displaced people (IDPs) were registered in 2024 -- equivalent to the entire population of Germany -- amid mass displacement from conflicts in places like Sudan and Gaza, as well as floods and giant cyclones

banginews.com/web-news?id=33d2

Daily StarMore than 83 mn people internally displaced worldwide: monitor

In countries like the UK, Germany and the US, climate change policies remain a polarizing political issue. Meanwhile, nations like Singapore, Denmark and New Zealand broadly agree on the goal of achieving net zero across the political spectrum

abc.net.au/news/2025-05-12/per

ABC News · Climate scientist says WA in grip of 'significant' autumn heat event with temperatures well above averageBy Blake Kagi

Dust and dust storms poses a threat to Californians' health, the state's agriculture sector and more.
Among what the report explores is how climate change is expected to increase dust storms in California.
Wildfires and drought in the state plays a role in dust emissions

visaliatimesdelta.com/story/ne

archive.ph/wip/XZP6I

Palm Springs Desert Sun · California dust storms will get worse, new report says. It doesn't just harm your healthBy Paris Barraza
#California#USA#US

Climate change is playing hardball against the population. The year 2024 was the hottest in history. People feel the rise in temperature, the increase in disasters – such as the flooding in Rio Grande do Sul and the drought in the Amazon – and the increase in diseases on a daily basis. But few notice the advance of an unexpected adversary: ​​the sea

socioambiental.org/en/socio-en

Instituto Socioambiental - ISA · Flooded lawn | ISAStudies place Rio de Janeiro and Recife as two of the cities most threatened by rising sea levels due to climate change