High-severity fires burn 30 times more acreage than 40 years ago, researchers find
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Jun 22, 2026, 11:20 am By NULLThe Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water on Earth, is shrinking. Not fluctuating, not…Europe scorched by latest heat wave
Jun 22, 2026, 9:40 am By NULLThirteen people died by drowning in searing temperatures in France over the weekend, with the heat…Watch Duty, the fire tracking app used by millions, expands to help monitor dangerous floods
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Jun 22, 2026, 5:10 am By NULLFrance banned alcohol in red-alert areas Sunday, Spain and Germany canceled or postponed sports…El Niño is underway, satellite observations show
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Jun 20, 2026, 9:30 am By NULLLand acknowledgments, or statements in which planners, residents or organizations recognize that the…
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