SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt — At last year’s global climate talks in Glasgow, world leaders, scientists and chief executives rallied around a call to “keep 1.5 alive.” The mantra was in reference to an aspirational goal that every government endorsed in the 2015 Paris climate agreement: try to stop global average temperatures from rising more […]
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Drought Is Declared in Parts of a Hot, Dry Britain
“We have had significant droughts in the past, but this summer has been exceptionally dry,” said Dr. Gemma Coxon, a hydrology expert at the University of Bristol. “The main driver has been climate change,” she said, adding that the increasingly dry summer months coupled with record rainfall in winters could heighten the risk of major […]