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Washington (AFP) - It is one of the prettier fixtures of spring in Washington: thousands of cherry trees bloom amid the city's stately monuments in a spectacle that draws more than a million visitors every year. But because of climate change, those eager to enjoy the clouds of pale pink petals and their almond-like scent have to get here earlier than they used to. Warmer weather means the peak of this gigantic bloom starts around mid-March, on average six days earlier than a century ago. This year, after the United States had its warmest winter on record, the cherry blossom pinnacle came on Ma...
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Long Beach (United States) (AFP) - Overfishing in international waters has surged in the past five years and demonstrates the need to ratify a recent global treaty to protect the high seas, a Greenpeace report said Wednesday. The non-governmental network is calling on as many countries as possible to sign the treaty next week at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Finalized in June, the text was hailed as a "historic" accord with the potential to better safeguard the oceans. A key element in the treaty is the creation of a legal framework to protect high seas marine areas -- beyon...
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Washington (AFP) - After a catastrophic wildfire that killed more than 100 people in Hawaii, eyes have turned toward an unexpected culprit: invasive grass species that have spread massively over the archipelago for decades, serving as the perfect fuel. Drought-resistant, capable of invading difficult terrain, and gradually muscling out local species, they are also a growing threat in the western United States, where devastating fires are increasing. "Invasive grasses are very ignitable. They change the landscape," Carla D'Antonio, a professor of ecology at the University of California, Santa B...
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Phoenix (AFP) - On a sidewalk in Arizona's capital Phoenix, where a record-setting heat wave has prompted warnings for people to limit their time outside, Dana Page struggles to stay hydrated in her tarpaulin shelter. The 49-year-old, surrounded by bottles of water, knows full well the dangers heat poses to the homeless population. Days earlier, she watched emergency responders perform CPR on a fellow resident of "The Zone," an encampment where hundreds live in tents and makeshift shelters, near downtown. "He died just inches away from water," she told AFP. Phoenix, like much of the US southwe...
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Athens (AFP) - Millions suffered through intense heat Wednesday as fires raged, health worries mounted and the world appeared headed for its hottest month of July on record. As temperature records tumbled on three continents, experts pointed the finger at climate change driven by the burning of fossil fuels, saying global warming had a key role in destructive weather. Governments and the World Health Organisation issued warnings as vulnerable parts of the population suffered. In Greece, two forest fires, fanned by strong winds, were raging to the west of Athens, and another on the tourist isla...
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Rome (AFP) - Swathes of Europe baked Tuesday in a heatwave trailed by wildfires and health warnings, as parts of Asia and the United States also suffered under extreme weather. Firefighters battled blazes in parts of Greece and the Canary Islands and Spain issued heat alerts, while some children in Italy's Sardinia were warned away from sports for safety reasons. In the United States, the city of Phoenix broke a 49-year-old record with its 19th consecutive day of temperatures of 43.3 Celsius (110 Fahrenheit) or higher, weather officials said. "You can't be in the street, it's horrible," said L...
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Rome (AFP) - Swathes of Europe baked Tuesday in a heatwave trailed by wildfires and health warnings, as parts of Asia and the United States also suffered under extreme weather. Firefighters battled blazes in parts of Greece and the Canary Islands, Spain issued heat alerts while some children in Italy's Sardinia were warned away from sports for safety reasons. "You can't be in the street, it's horrible," said Lidia Rodriguez, 27, in Madrid. From California to China, authorities have warned in recent days of the health dangers of the extreme heat, urging people to drink water and shelter from th...
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Rome (AFP) - Scorching weather gripped three continents on Sunday, whipping up wildfires and threatening to topple temperature records as the dire consequences of global warming take shape. Predictions of historic heat hung over swathes of Asia, Europe and the United States. In the Vatican, 15,000 people braved sweltering temperatures to hear Pope Francis lead prayer, using parasols and fans to keep cool. But in their black robes, priests like Francois Mbemba said they were "sweating like hell". The 29-year-old said it felt hotter in St Peter's Square than in his Democratic Republic of Congo ...
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Concord (United States) (AFP) - From a distance, everything looks normal: neat rows of peach trees, their green leaves fluttering in the wind, near a pretty little American farmhouse. But Georgia farmer Stuart Gregg searched in vain among the branches, unable to find a single piece of fruit. "We have no harvest this year," he said. Gregg's prized peaches, like those on farms across Georgia, have been decimated, a rare event for the southern state that is so closely associated with the fruit that it is nicknamed the "Peach State." Last winter was unusually mild, causing peach blossoms to blo...
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Rome (AFP) - Tens of millions were battling dangerously high temperatures in the United States on Saturday as record heat forecasts hung over Europe and Japan, in the latest example of the threat from global warming. A powerful heatwave stretching from California to Texas was expected to peak as the US National Weather Service warned of an "extremely hot and dangerous weekend". Daytime highs were forecast to range between 10 and 20 degrees Fahrenheit above normal in the west. In Arizona, one of the hardest-hit states, residents face a daily endurance marathon against the sun. State capital Pho...
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