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What is cloud seeding and did it cause the floods in Dubai?

Cloud seeding almost certainly did not play a significant role in the flooding on the Arabian peninsula this week – but the heavy rains may have been exacerbated by climate change

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rainstorm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024

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March 2024 is the 10th consecutive month to break temperature records

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What is eco-anxiety and how can we overcome it?

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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 14: Students take part in a climate strike demo on February 14, 2020 in London, England. The school strike for climate is an international event movement of school students who take time off from class on Fridays to participate in demonstrations demanding political leaders take action on climate change. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

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Heatwaves now last much longer than they did in the 1980s

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A bird in branches during a forest fire in Santiago, Chile

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The world just experienced the hottest February on record

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El Niño will cause record-breaking heat across the world this year

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Kayaking at Badwater Basin on February 9, 2024.

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Ultra-dry Death Valley has a temporary lake thanks to extreme rainfall

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Hottest January on record sees the world reach 1.7°C warming mark

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Ocean thunderstorms generate the most intense lightning ever observed

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Hurricanes are becoming so strong we may need a new scale to rate them

Five storms in the past decade had wind speeds that belong in a hypothetical category 6 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale

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2023 was officially the hottest year on record

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2023 was officially the hottest year on record

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Better weather forecasts could help billions adapt to climate change

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EVROS, GREECE - AUGUST 31: A firefighters runs as wildfire intensifies in the village of Sidiro and Yannuli in Evros, Greece on August 31, 2023. Efforts to extinguish wildfire continues. (Photo by Ayhan Mehmet/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Why 2023 was almost certainly the hottest year ever recorded

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The past 12 months were the hottest ever on record

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