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Climate change-fueled drought drives Sri Lanka’s farmers to cities

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When Siri Hettige, a sociology professor at Colombo University, conducts surveys of young people across Sri Lanka, he never fails to ask one key question: Does anybody want to become a farmer?No, has been the overwhelmingly emphatic answer, he said.
Amantha Perera
11/01/2017

Much of Northeast notches warmest October in recorded history

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Whether you call it Hotober or Octoaster, the 10th month of the year failed to deliver the standard chill it is known for in the Northeast.The month ranked as the warmest on record or very close to it throughout the region.
Jason Samenow
11/01/2017

Capital Ottawa breaks annual rainfall record, Canada

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Canada's capital Ottawa has broken its annual rainfall record on Monday, October 30, 2017, two months before the end of the year. 
10/31/2017

Malaria mosquito species found in Ireland

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Health inspectors have found 53 different species of mosquitoes in Ireland, including forms that spread malaria and the West Nile virus....They include Anopheles plumbeus, which has been shown to be a "reasonably good transmitter of malaria"....
Eilish O'Regan
11/01/2017

Climate change worsens Jordan water crisis as Mideast tensions slow action

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From a hillside in northern Jordan, the Yarmouk River is barely visible in the steep valley below, reduced from a once important water source to a sluggish trickle overgrown with vegetation.
Karin Laub
10/31/2017

Global atmospheric CO2 levels hit record high

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The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased at record speed last year to hit a level not seen for more than three million years, the UN has warned.
Jonathan Watts
10/30/2017

New England Storm Leaves Hundreds of Thousands Without Power; Officials Monitor New Hampshire Dam as Water Levels Slowly Fall

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Crews worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers who have been in the dark for more than a day after a coastal storm clobbered New England.
Sean Breslin
10/31/2017

Jordan water crisis worsens as Mideast tensions slow action

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From a hillside in northern Jordan, the Yarmouk River is barely visible in the steep valley below, reduced from a once important water source to a sluggish trickle overgrown with vegetation.
Karin Laub
10/31/2017

Climate change fueling disasters, disease in ‘potentially irreversible’ ways, report warns

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Climate change significantly imperils public health globally, according to a new report that chronicles the many hazards and symptoms already being seen. The authors describe its manifestations as “unequivocal and potentially irreversible.”
Ben Guarino and Brady Dennis
10/30/2017

Northeast Coastal Storm Knocks Out Power to 1 Million; Schools Closed in New England

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More than a million people in the Northeast lost power after a powerful coastal storm packing winds up to 80 mph hit the region overnight. 
Eric Zerkel and Sean Breslin
10/30/2017
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