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Forest fires stoke record loss in world tree cover: monitor

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Forest fires in Brazil and Indonesia contributed to a record loss in global tree cover in 2016, equivalent to the size of New Zealand, that could accelerate deforestation blamed for climate change, an independent forest monitoring network said on Monday.
Alister Doyle
10/23/2017

Ocean acidification is deadly threat to marine life, finds eight-year study

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If the outlook for marine life was already looking bleak – torrents of plastic that can suffocate and starve fish, overfishing, diverse forms of human pollution that create dead zones, the effects of global warming which is bleaching coral reefsand threatening coldwater specie
Fiona Harvey
10/23/2017

Israel's water worries return after four years of drought

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It was a source of national pride - technology and discipline besting a crippling lack of water.But four years of drought have overtaxed Israel’s unmatched array of desalination and wastewater treatment plants, choking its most fertile regions and catching the government off-guard.
Ari Rabinovitch
10/23/2017

Heat Wave Hits Southern California

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The wind, gusting faster than 50 m.p.h., played a central part in the ferocity of the wildfires in Northern California this month....
Mike McPhate
10/23/2017

Now Brian has blown away, prepare for Hector and Maeve

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Storm Brian lashed Britain yesterday with gusts of up to 80mph, causing travel misery for many families. But worst is yet to come, as Britain is set to battered by another 11 named storms this autumn and winter.
Thomas Burrows
10/23/2017

Category 3 Typhoon Lan Batters Japan

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Jeff Masters
10/22/2017

Much-needed fire relief in North Bay today, but new ridge and record SoCal heat on the way

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October 2017 will be a month not soon forgotten by many thousands of California residents living in the coastal counties just north of San Francisco.
Daniel Swain
10/19/2017

Wildfires kill at least 39 in Portugal and Spain

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At least 36 people died in wildfires raging through parched farmlands and forests in Portugal and another three in neighboring northwestern Spain on Sunday and Monday.
Andrei Khalip and Raquel Castillo
10/16/2017

Spain, Portugal Wildfires Kill at Least 30

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At least 30 people died and dozens were injured by wildfires in Portugal.Wildfires also killed three people in Spain's northwestern Galicia region.The fires were blamed on unusually warm weather, among other factors. 
10/16/2017

Ophelia, strongest eastern Atlantic hurricane on record, roars toward Ireland

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On Saturday, Hurricane Ophelia accomplished the unthinkable, attaining Category 3 strength farther east than any storm in recorded history.
Jason Samenow
10/15/2017
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