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Tropical Gardening: May Day is Lei Day

West Hawaii Today 27 Apr 2024
Even places like Hilo experience extremes of flood and drought when forests in the area are removed ... Another street that is showing signs of urban beautification is Ka‘imi‘nani in Kona Palisades now that the road construction is completed.
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Severe thunderstorm warning for Christchurch, Bluff blanketed by freak hailstorm

NewstalkZB 26 Apr 2024
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Christchurch this afternoon ... “Very heavy rain can cause surface and/or flash flooding about streams, gullies and urban areas, and make driving conditions extremely hazardous ... 🌨🚗 ... .
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I'm a high school senior who commutes an hour by train to school every day. ...

Business Insider 26 Apr 2024
The author, left, takes the train to high school every day ... Unlike the schools around me, The Hudson School offers an urban campus and an extremely small class size — only 26 people in my grade ... I started to adjust my routine ... ....
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Arbor Day serves as reminder of importance of trees

Brainerd Dispatch 26 Apr 2024
Losing these ash trees can have extreme ecological consequences on our urban tree canopies and forest ecosystems.”.
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Why we are suffering from global warming now

The Manila Times 25 Apr 2024
Extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, droughts and heat waves, have become more frequent and severe, resulting in widespread damage to infrastructure and loss of life ... urban heat island effect.".
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Why was the Beatles song Helter Skelter linked with the Charles Manson murders?

The Daily Mail 25 Apr 2024
In this chapter, locusts would come out of the abyss ... Manson was just an extreme version of the people who came up with the 'Paul is dead' thing' (the urban myth that, in 1966, McCartney had died and been replaced by a lookalike) ... Pictured ... I said ... .
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Climate crisis compass for water management

Hindustan Times 24 Apr 2024
Mumbai, Chennai — the list of thirsty metropolises is growing longer by the day, raising concerns about the potential collapse of urban health, safety, and sanitation systems unless urgent action is taken.
photo: Unsplash / Markus Spiske
Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, October 3, 2019.
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Climate, demography and a new green generation

Asiatimes 23 Apr 2024
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Guest Opinion: Overcapacity caused by China -- a false narrative

China.dot.org 23 Apr 2024
Extreme weather affects agriculture and logistics and changes the living conditions in both urban and rural areas ... Most of the capacity is absorbed in China's domestic market, namely in real estate and infrastructure during the urbanization process ... .
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Southern China’s extreme flooding impacts tens of millions of people

Interesting Engineering 22 Apr 2024
This has sparked concerns regarding the region’s defenses against vigorous downpours, further amplified by extreme weather instances.
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Increasingly hot European summers are harming health, report says

Korea Times 22 Apr 2024
There was a record number of "extreme heat stress" days last year, she said ... Radhika Khosla, an urban climatologist from the University of Oxford, said northern Europe in particular was "largely unprepared for any sort of extreme heat".
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The climate crisis presents a lot of problems. Centering equity offers a number of solutions.

The Grio 22 Apr 2024
Whether it is extreme heat and flooding in urban neighborhoods, droughts and wildfires in rural settings, sky-high utility bills or a multitude of elevated health risks, the climate crisis presents ...
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Mojave desert tortoise officially joins California's endangered list

Phys Dot Org 22 Apr 2024
Vehicle strikes, urban encroachment, hungry ravens, military maneuvers, disease, drought, extreme heat, wildfires, illegal marijuana grows and development of massive solar farms are all pushing the species to the brink ... 2024 Los Angeles Times ... ....
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On Earth Day, fighting climate change in the Old Line State | GUEST COMMENTARY

Baltimore Sun 22 Apr 2024
Maryland is often referred to as the Old Line State. The story goes that Gen ... Western Maryland faces challenges from changing precipitation patterns and extreme weather events. Central Maryland faces flooding and urban heat islands ... Paul J ... Serena C ... .
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Heat caused record-high rates of health emergencies in some parts of the US last year, ...

Egypt Independent 20 Apr 2024
The risks of peak heat are also becoming more extreme, with the rate of heat-related emergency department visits surging above peaks from previous years and other parts of the same warm season.
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