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Beijing sees sleet and rapid drop of temperature before Qingming

Sincetherearemeteorologicalrecord,snowinAprilhasbeennoted12times,yetnosnowoccurredinAprilafter1988anditisthefirsttimein30years.Lighttomoderatesnoworsleetwillcon

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Climate change may increase food insecurity risk: study

Manycountriescouldfaceincreasingriskoffoodshortagesasmoreweatherextremesareexpectedtobecausedbyclimatechange,accordingtoanewstudyreleasedMondaybytheUniversityof

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Icy blast from Siberia sweeps across Europe

AwintryblastoffreezingtemperaturessweptacrossEuropeonSunday,withabitingwindfromSiberiaclaimingfourlivesandendangeringthecontinent'shomeless--withtheworstyettoco

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Tennis: 'Feet on fire' as heat scorches Melbourne

CarolineGarciasaidherfeetwereonfireandDominicThiemcouldn'twaittogetinanicebathasMelbourne'ssearingsummerheattookitstollattheAustralianOpenThursday.TheopeningGra

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'Hottest' Ashes Test day on record as Australia swelters

SydneyswelteredthroughoneofitshottestdaysonrecordonSundayastemperaturessoaredinsouthernAustraliaandauthoritiesimposedafireban.Australia'slargestcityrecordeditsh

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Study: Quarter of land will be drier under 2°C warming

MorethanaquarterofEarth'slandsurfacewillbecome"significantly"drierevenifhumanitymanagestolimitglobalwarmingtotwodegreesCelsius,thegoalespousedintheParisAgreemen

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Study predicts higher levels of global warming than UN forecast

Newly-publishedresearchsuggeststhatglobalemissionreductiontargetswillbeevenmoredifficulttoattainthanpreviouslythought.Thestudy,publishedinthejournalNatureonWedn

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Earth likely to warm more than two degrees by 2100 – experts

Worldtemperaturesarelikelytorisebymorethan2degreesCelsiusthiscentury,surpassinga"tippingpoint"thataglobalclimatedealaimstoavert,scientistssaidonMonday.Astudypub

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Last month was second hottest May on record: NASA

Lastmonthwasthesecond-warmestMayin137yearsofmodernrecord-keepingofaverageglobaltemperatures,accordingtoNASA.ThetwotopMaytemperatureanomalieshaveoccurredduringth

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Flights cancelled as snow hits Beijing, with forecasts warning winter's chill "coldest in 30 years"

Cold front – with temperatures as low as minus 8 degrees Celsius – is Chinese capital’s coldest in three decades for this time of year

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Heat wave scorches parts of China

Sweltering heat in parts of China over the past two days have left sweaty residents stuck at home or driven them to the pool or even bomb shelters to keep cool.

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Heat wave continues in Rajasthan, Churu hottest at 47 degree Celsius

Churu on Sunday was the hottest place in Rajasthan as the mercury inched close to 47 degree Celsius.

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Aussie firefighters brace for more hot, dangerous conditions after battling 300 fires

Australian firefighters have drawn breath after battling 300 fires across the state of Victoria at the weekend, but are braced for more hellish conditions later in the week.

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2013 confirmed as Australia's hottest year on record

The year 2013 has been confirmed as Australia's hottest calendar year on record, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said on its Annual Climate Statement 2013 released on Friday.     The statement said Australia's average temperatures in 2013 were 1.20 degree Celsius above the long-term average of 21.8 degree Celsius, breaking the previous record set in 2005 by 0.17 degree Celsius.

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Beijing temperatures may plunge to 30-year low

Temperatures in the Chinese capital Beijing could plunge to the lowest in almost three decades over the weekend, weather forecasters said Saturday.