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‘A State of Drought’: Coachella Valley grapples with shrinking water supplies

This is a valley that water built. Cheap and abundant, water has turned an inhospitable desert into a Garden of Eden — something it was never meant to be and may not remain, even as tens of thousands...

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Scientists predict drier Horn of Africa as climate warms

The Horn of Africa is becoming drier in step with global warming, researchers said on Friday, contradicting some climate models predicting rainier weather patterns in a region that has suffered...

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India’s coal-fueled economy taking a toll on environment and rural villagers

A giant power plant set atop what was once a virgin forest churns with coal from a nearby mine, a roaring example of India’s aspirations to best China’s economic growth and light the homes of its...

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Andes faces water woes, rainfall may drop by one-third by 2100

Residents of the Central Andes mountains in Peru and Bolivia, already short of water, could see rainfall decline by up to 30 percent by the end of the century, a new Swiss study said. Even the next 20...

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Sierra Nevada snowpack hit 500-year low in 2015

When California Gov. Jerry Brown stood in a snowless Sierra Nevada meadow on April 1 and ordered unprecedented water restrictions because of the drought, it was the first spring in 75 years of...

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Spread of deserts costs trillions, spurs migrants

Land degradation, such as a spread of deserts in parts of Africa, costs the world economy trillions of dollars a year and may drive tens of millions of people from their homes, a U.N.-backed study...

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India unveils climate change plan

India, the world’s third biggest greenhouse gas emitter, has pledged to source 40% of its electricity from renewable and other low-carbon sources by 2030. It is the last major economy, following 140...

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Climate migrants could dwarf other refugee flows – experts

PARIS – As weather extremes strengthen and seas rise around the world, forced migration linked to climate pressures is poised to become a “mega-problem” that could dwarf existing flows of conflict...

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Warmer Indian Ocean could be ‘ecological desert’, scientists warn

NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka – Anslem Silva has fished for four decades from this popular harbor on Sri Lanka’s west coast, but for five years now filling his boat has become increasingly difficult. “We seem to...

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Uganda should not license oil drilling near Congo’s Virunga

KAMPALA – Uganda should not license an oil exploration block close to neighbouring Congo’s Virunga National Park because drilling would harm the park’s ecosystem, 60 local and international...

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