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Warm seas blamed for the disappearance of 10 billion snow crabs

The population of snow crabs in the Bering Sea has crashed since 2018, probably due to starvation as a result of a marine heatwave

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Record-setting heatwave bakes US South and Mexico

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Most days could be dangerously hot for 5 billion people by 2100

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (13007378a) A cow grazes on the dried-up bed of a natural pond on a hot summer day, amid the ongoing heatwave in New Delhi, India on June 27, 2022. The intense and prolonged heatwave has damaged the wheat crop, and made conditions for people who work outside very difficult. Climate scientists say the prolonged heatwave is undoubtedly the result of global heating. INDIA-WEATHER-HEAT, New Delhi - 27 Jun 2022
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Heatwave in China is the most severe ever recorded in the world

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Five construction workers wearing yellow and orange vests and wide-brimmed helmets repair a roof, while one worker in the middle spreads hot tar on the roof's surface.

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US government ramps up effort to put in place 'too hot to work' rules

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UK prepares for health emergency with 50 per cent chance of 40°C heat

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Why are heatwaves dangerous and how does extreme heat affect the body?

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Heatwave in France

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Every heatwave occurring today is more intense due to climate change

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These are the five most extreme heatwaves since records began

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Severe Indian heatwave will bake a billion people and damage crops

An unusual heatwave forecast across much of India will see temperatures in the mid-to-high 40s°C

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Climate change to blame for 37 per cent of world’s heat-related deaths

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