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Northern hemisphere’s extreme heatwave in 2018 ‘impossible’ without climate change

New research reveals that last summer's unprecedented northern-hemisphere heatwave could not have occurred without human-induced climate change.
Carbon Brief
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Future tsunamis possible in the Red Sea's Gulf of Elat-Aqaba

Researchers urge countries around the northeastern tip of the Red Sea to prepare for tsunamis in the region, caused by the Dead Sea Transform fault.
Seismological Society of America
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Stanford-led study investigates how much climate change affects the risk of armed conflict

New research estimates that climate change has influenced between 3% and 20% of armed conflict risk over the last century and that the influence will likely increase dramatically.
Stanford News Service
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USA: Catalog of north Texas earthquakes confirms continuing effects of wastewater disposal

New research confirms that seismicity rates in Texas's Forth Worth Basin have decreased since 2014, a trend that appears to correspond with a decrease in wastewater injection.
Seismological Society of America
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USA: Researchers determine ideal areas and timing for biological control of invasive stink bug

Researchers have analysed possible uses of 'biological control' to reduce the amount of pesticides needed to fight the brown marmorated stink bug.
Oregon State University
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Extreme heat to hit one third of the African urban population

New research reveals that deadly heat waves could affect a third of African city-dwellers by 2090.
University of Geneva
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Australia: 1 in 2 people in NSW’s coastal community don’t think sea level rise will impact them directly

New research reveals that 50% of surveyed NSW coastal users don’t think that sea level rise will impact them.
University of New South Wales
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New approach optimizes use of future wave electricity generators during disaster

New research evaluates how floating devices that harness the energy of the oceans’ waves might be able to get power back online after hurricanes.
American Institute of Physics
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USA: Researchers identify connection between more frequent, intense heat events and deaths in Las Vegas

New research identifies a clear correlation between heat wave episodes and heat-related deaths in Las Vegas over the last ten years.
Desert Research Institute (DRI)
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USA: Adjusting carbon emissions to the Paris climate commitments would prevent thousands of heat-related deaths

A new study reveals that thousands of annual heat-related deaths could be avoided in major US cities if global temperatures are limited to the Paris Climate Goals.
University of Bristol

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