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Amazon wildfires will cost Brazil trillions of dollars— damage from Australia's bushfires maybe 5 times greater
The Australian blaze in three states — New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria — burned over five …
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From fire to floods – Why home insurance is something you should not ignore
Scary as it may sound, with climate change now a reality, all our cities are likely to experience d…
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Microsoft under fire over AI-generated poll about death of 21-year-old woman on its news platform
A poll that appeared next to a Guardian news story on Microsoft Start asked readers to speculate on…
Polly Thompson
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More than a billion animals are feared dead in Australia’s bushfires
He said as of now, 800 million animals were feared in New South Wales alone. Dickman said rese…
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Australia's bushfires are producing so much smoke that NASA expects it to travel all the way round the world and return to Australia
NASA predicts that the massive bushfires devastating Australia will produce enough smoke to make at…
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Ukrainian soldier says his drone unit hasn't fired their rifles in 6 months and that the future of warfare is all about 'shooting drones at each other'
A Ukrainian soldier said the future of warfare will be "shooting drones at each other" and that his…
Thibault Spirlet
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Facebook's Australian news purge blocked fire departments, food banks, its own Facebook page, and much more
Facebook's Australian news ban also hit non-news organizations. Facebook said it would restore some…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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80 years after an unprecedented attack, Australia is having run-ins with another rival close to home
Eighty years after Japanese submarines attacked Sydney, another powerful adversary is making its pr…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Passengers on a P&O cruise ship were evacuated from their cabins at 3.30 a.m. after a fire broke out, reports say
Passengers on board the P&O cruise in Australia were allowed to return to their rooms at 5 a.m. aft…
Jyoti Mann
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This thousand-year-old Aboriginal tradition of lighting fires could be a solution to fight Australia's devastating bushfires
Business Insider reached out to Queensland Parks for comment. The group said that "aerial burning i…
Clare Richardson and Henning …
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Amazon rainforest is losing more trees than ever with record number of fires raging in June
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest has hit a monthly record of 1,034.4 square kilomet…
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Photos show a plague of mice swarming New South Wales, Australia, where they're eating up farmers' crops, home appliances, and even each other
The state government called the plague "absolutely unprecedented." A farmers' group estimates it co…
Alexandra Ma
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California's fires are so intense, some make their own thunderstorms. NASA calls the formations the 'fire-breathing dragon of clouds.'
The pyrocumulonimbus cloud can generate smoky rain, lightning, and in some cases, tornadoes (someti…
Susie Neilson
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US Marines in remote corner of Australia are practicing to guide Air Force bombers to targets across the Pacific
If a future war breaks out in the Pacific, the Marines expect to fight it out across far-flung isla…
Christopher Woody
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Australia may list Koalas as 'endangered' after population suffers 'extraordinary hit' in bushfire
Over 1.25 billion animals are believed to be dead in the wake of bushfires and experts believe that…
PTI
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A homeowner yelled at the Australian prime minister to get off his lawn on live television
"Come on — Hey guys, I've just reseeded that," the man told PM Scott Morrison and members of the pr…
K. Thor Jensen
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A 'ring of fire' solar eclipse will take place on Sunday — here's how to see it
Parts of Africa and Asia will be able to see the eclipse, which occurs when a new moon partially co…
Holly Secon
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Why The Australian Bush Fires Were So Shocking
"The official in question is talking through her hat," Mr Abbott said, according to the BBC. "Clima…
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A woman said it feels like her 'eyes are on fire' after getting laser eye surgery - now she's documenting her experience on TikTok
Erin Orchard said on TikTok she experienced hot, searing pain in her eyes three days after the proc…