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Typhoon Jangmi churns along Japan’s Pacific coast, leaves dozens hurt
Typhoon Jangmi on Wednesday ripped through the Pacific side of western and eastern Japan after making landfall in the morning, causing flooding and mudslides and leaving dozens of people injured. The typhoon made landfall around 4.30am in the southern part of Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan, after it passed near Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures the past two days. At one point, the weather agency issued its highest level 5 flood warning for the Koza River in Wakayama Prefecture, meaning...
Scientists warning as ocean monitoring network decommissioned under Trump cuts
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Life-threatening floods feared as Boris takes aim at Mexico’s coast
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‘To them a power line is a line of trees’: Costa Rica moves to protect howler monkeys from electrocution
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‘To them a power line is a line of trees’: Costa Rica moves to protect howler monkeys from electrocution
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China patrols east Taiwan waters ahead of Japan-Philippines maritime delimitation talks
China’s coast guard said on Monday that it had carried out “law enforcement” patrols in waters east of Taiwan in response to plans by Japan and the Philippines to begin maritime boundary delimitation talks in an area Beijing claims as its own, escalating tensions over disputed waters in the western Pacific. In a statement, the Chinese coast guard said a flotilla conducted the patrols “in accordance with the law” near Taiwan after Tokyo and Manila announced negotiations on demarcating...
Scientists lose critical climate record as ocean observatory will go dark under Trump funding cuts
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A very strong El Niño is approaching. Here's what we can expect
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7.8 magnitude earthquake rocks the Philippines, triggering tsunami warnings across the region
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Major quake off Philippines kills at least four, triggers tsunami warnings
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