Suman Naishadham
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Reporter with The Associated Press
Blame El Nino, not climate change, for low rainfall that disrupted Panama Canal traffic: study
A team of international scientists found that El Nino — a natural warming of the central Pacific that changes weather worldwide — doubled the likelihood of the low precipitation Panama received during last year's rainy season.
March is 10th month in a row to be hottest on record
For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said.
A seaweed belt wider than the U.S. is floating toward Florida beaches
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt — as the biomass stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is called — contains scattered patches of seaweed on the open sea, rather than one continuous blob of sargassum.
How forest carbon credits intend to offset pollution
Forest carbon credits are promises that companies, individuals and governments can purchase to counteract their emissions by paying to plant or protect trees
A more sustainable World Cup will look like this
The Paris 2024 Olympics will be “climate positive,” organizers claim. The men’s World Cup in 2026 — to be held in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada — will be the “lowest-carbon FIFA World Cup of the modern era,” if promises pan out.
Qatar's camels working overtime as World Cup fans seek rides
Shaheen stretched out on the sand and closed his eyes, but there was little time to rest for the camel. World Cup fans coming in droves to the desert outside Doha were ready for their perfect Instagram moment: riding a camel on the rolling dunes.
Was U.S. tornado cluster related to climate change?
The calendar said December but the warm moist air screamed of springtime. Add an eastbound storm front guided by a La Nina weather pattern into that mismatch and it spawned tornadoes that killed dozens over five U.S. states.