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Weather & Science

Swiss Glacier Collapse Is a Lesson on Climate Disaster Management

Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them to do that are not available to most countries.

Green

Swiss Glacier Collapse Engulfs Alpine Village in Rock and Ice

Politics

Spain Bets on 1 Million Migrants to Keep Its Economy Growing

The country is bucking European trends with its most ambitious migration push to date, including a proposal for a “mass regularization” of undocumented foreign workers.

Greenland’s New Prime Minister Says Trump Won't Get Island

Weather & Science

World Has 80% Chance of Seeing Next Record Hot Year Before 2030

Global temperatures are expected to continue at or near record levels within the next five years, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

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Weather & Science

Africa Establishes a Space Agency to Close Its Climate Data Gap

The new organization will coordinate existing national space programs, launch satellites and set up weather stations.

Cleaner Tech

USAID’s Demise Threatens a Vital Health and Climate Solution in Africa

A funding stoppage hurts efforts to phase out polluting home cookstoves and replace them with cleaner alternatives.

French Virologist Discovers Zombie Viruses Are Waking Up After 50,000 Years as Planet Warms

Climate Politics

Europe Needs More Than Cash Incentives to Lure US Climate Scientists

It will take more than deep cuts in US government research spending and half a billion euros to convince some of the world’s brightest minds to settle on the other side of the Atlantic, experts say.