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    Climate Change Conclusion: Time for Bold Action

    Besides displacement and migration of people, climate change’s worsening of air and water quality is expected to contribute to the spread of certain diseases and human...
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    Scientists are studying how monsoon winds impact climate change as pollutants drawn into the upper atmosphere disrupt the Asian monsoon. Scientists are now sampling...
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    Firefighters Arrive from across Europe to Battle Massive Wildfire

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    Women’s Lives Get Harder in Bundelkhand as Water Scarcity Grows

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    This year’s heatwave has left the pastoralist community of Jammu and Kashmir with inadequate fodder and water, and many fear an uncertain future in...
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    Afghan Day Labourers Can Afford Just Half a Basic Food Basket as Work and Wages Fall Short

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