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A road damaged by flood waters following heavy monsoon rains in Madian, Pakistan

Environment

Deadly Pakistan floods are a climate catastrophe, says UN chief

Eight weeks of torrential rain during a severe monsoon season have left a third of Pakistan underwater, in the worst flooding since 2010

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Exposed river bed with city skyline in the background

Environment

Heatwave in China is the most severe ever recorded in the world

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Satellite image of drought in western Europe

Environment

Europe’s extreme drought is exacerbating food and energy crises

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Noah Berger/AP/Shutterstock (13057572c) Firetruck drives along California Highway 96 as the McKinney Fire burns in Klamath National Forest, Calif Western Wildfires, Klamath National Forest, United States - 30 Jul 2022

Environment

'Dry lightning' sparked the most destructive wildfires in California

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Lightning bolts over the Las Vegas skyline

Physics

Firing a laser into the sky can redirect lightning’s path

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Data center in server room

Technology

Heatwave is forcing some UK firms to turn off high-power computers

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Map of UK showing heat alert

Environment

UK prepares for health emergency with 50 per cent chance of 40°C heat

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Sign showing temperature of 43°C.

Health

Why are heatwaves dangerous and how does extreme heat affect the body?

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by SpaceX/ZUMA Wire/Shutterstock (10664346i) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard. NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. SpaceX Demo-2 Historic Manned Launch, Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. - 30 May 2020

Earth

Emissions from rocket launches could affect Earth's weather systems

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Lightning storm

Physics

Strange gamma ray flashes from lightning storms may have explanation

Flashes of gamma radiation that seem to be produced by lightning storms have puzzled researchers for some time, but now there may be an explanation

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Environment

Circular cities experience more rain than square or triangular ones

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Environment

Arctic and Antarctic see extreme heat and historically low sea ice

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Physics

Ocean waves from a tropical storm could be focused like laser beams

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Environment

Record flooding in Australia driven by La Niña and climate change

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