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This satellite image provided by the NOAA shows five tropical storms churning in the Atlantic basin on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. The storms, from left, are Hurricane Sally over the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Paulette over Bermuda, the remnants of Tropical Storm Rene, and Tropical Storms Teddy and Vicky. A NOAA study released on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 says cleaner air in Europe and the United States is helping trigger a dramatic increase in the number of Atlantic hurricanes. (NOAA via AP)

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Study finds cleaner air leads to more Atlantic hurricanes
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Wed,05/11/22-1:00PM , 76 Reads
Cleaner air in United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanes, a new U.S. government study found.
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A man and a boy walk across the almost dried up bed of river Yamuna following hot weather in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 2, 2022. According to a report released by the World Meteorological Organization on Monday, May 9, 2022, the world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next five years. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

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Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Mon,05/09/22-6:01PM , 106 Reads
The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next five years, teams of meteorologists across the globe predicted.
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University of Maine climate scientist Jacquelyn Gill examines a cone from a western pine at the Sawyer Environmental Research Center, Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Orono, Maine. Gill says her work as a paleo-ecologist and climatologist has given her hope for the Earth's resilience despite global warming. Climate scientists who have been through a lot both personally and professionally say the key is often action. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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How climate scientists keep hope alive as damage worsens
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Sun,05/08/22-9:02AM , 117 Reads
In the course of a single year, University of Maine climate scientist Jacquelyn Gill lost both her mother and her stepfather. She struggled with infertility, then during research in the Arctic, she developed embolisms in both lungs, was transferred to an intensive care unit in Siberia and nearly died.
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Workers pump water from a flooded section of Interstate 676 in Philadelphia on Sept. 3, 2021 in the aftermath of downpours and high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida that hit the area. Meteorologists are retiring the name Ida from the list of Atlantic hurricane names. Last year's Ida was the fifth costliest U.S. storm on record, causing $75 billion in damage and killing 55 people. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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A nasty I of the storm: Ida is 12th I hurricane name retired
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Wed,04/27/22-2:52PM , 109 Reads
There’s something about hurricanes starting with the letter I that is particularly nasty. Last year’s Ida now joins the list of storms so deadly their names don’t get used again.
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