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Researchers stunned after discovering devastating scene off US coast: ‘Just don’t exist anymore’

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When researchers returned to coral reefs off the Florida Keys, they expected to document damage. What caught them off guard was what wasn’t there. What’s happening? During the summer of 2023, unusually hot ocean temperatures lingered off South Florida, triggering a severe marine heat wave that proved fatal for endangered elkhorn and staghorn corals, according … Read more

Officials issue warning after extreme weather destroys key food crop: ‘Widespread … disasters’

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Extreme flooding has put three Indonesian provinces — Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra — at risk of crop failure, according to BPS-Statistics Indonesia. What’s happening? Last November, Southeast Asia was struck by torrential downpours and deadly floods, displacing and killing thousands, The New York Times reported. In some Indonesian regions, these floods have had … Read more