Climate change made Libya flooding up to 50 times more likely, 50% more intense
“This devastating disaster shows how climate change-fueled extreme weather events are combining with human factors to create even bigger impacts,” said the head of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center.
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¿Cuánto pagan los trabajos de la industria energética? Una mirada a los datos
Los trabajos en el sector solar y eólico pagan un poco menos en promedio que los de los combustibles fósiles, pero ofrecen una mayor seguridad laboral.
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Oponentes a la energía eólica difunden un mito acerca de ballenas muertas
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Episode 3 of our new YouTube series on the wild world of extreme weather with meteorologist Alexandra Steele. New episodes and shorts coming every three weeks on Fridays.
The Libya floods: a climate and infrastructure catastrophe
The disaster is Africa’s deadliest storm on record; seven of Africa’s top 30 deadliest weather disasters since 1900 have occurred in the past two years.
