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Two weather and climate scientists explain what these two vital industries consider extreme, and how the impacts of any given extreme can vary greatly between sectors.
Supporters of Club Deportivo Palestino at a match v Deportes Copiapó, at Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna, Santiago, Chile.
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Chile tiene la mayor población de palestinos fuera de Oriente Próximo, y ha creado una serie de instituciones comunitarias, incluido un equipo de fútbol.
Les jeunes coraux pourraient offrir une perspective prometteuse pour améliorer la résilience des récifs coralliens aux Seychelles et dans d'autres régions.
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Supporters of Club Deportivo Palestino at a match v Deportes Copiapó, at Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna, Santiago, Chile.
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Chile has the largest population of Palestinians outside of the Middle East, they have set up a series of community institutions including a football team.
Risk assessments used by lenders are a boon for the oil and gas industry.
Mexican police at the Topo Chico prison in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, where scores of people died in a prison fire and riot in 2016.
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Du jamais-vu : l’équivalent de 18 mois de précipitations en une seule journée. Il faut davantage y voir la marque du changement climatique que celle d’une modification volontaire de la météo.
Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism, Humboldt University Berlin, and Director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS); University of Oxford