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FILE - People cool off in the water on a hot and sunny day at the beach in Barcelona, Spain, July 15, 2022. Earths fever persisted last year, not quite spiking to a record high but still in the top five or six warmest on record, government agencies reported Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

2022 was fifth or sixth warmest on record as Earth heats up

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Government science teams say that 2022 didn't quite set a record for heat, but it was in the top five or six warmest on record depending on who's doing the measuring.

G-7 ministers on climate, energy and environment pose for a photo during its photo session in Sapporo, northern Japan, Saturday, April 15, 2023. Front row, from left are Vannia Gava, Italy's Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Ecological Transition, EU Oceans and Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius, EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson, Italy's Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Japan's Environment Minister Akihiro Nishimura, Japan's Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, Germany's Environment Minister Steffi Lemke, Canada's Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada's Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and Germany's Economy and Climate Minister Patrick Graichen. Back row, from left are U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, France's Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher, France's Ecological Transition Minister Christophe Bechu, Britain's Environment Secretary Therese Coffey and Britain's Energy Secretary Grant Shapps. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

G7 vows to step up moves to renewable energy, zero carbon

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Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations have vowed to work to hasten the shift toward cleaner, renewable energy, but set no timetable for phasing out coal-fired power plants.

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the U.S. Consulate General after the G-7 ministers' meeting on climate, energy and environment in Sapporo, northern Japan, Sunday, April 16, 2023. So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, though much more needs to be done much faster to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, U.S. Presidential Envoy John Kerry said Sunday. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition

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U.S. envoy on climate change John Kerry says so much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions.

FILE - Farmer Barry Evans drops dusty soil from a cotton crop he shredded and planted over with wheat, Oct. 3, 2022, in Kress, Texas. A new study finds that climate change is making droughts faster and more furious and especially one fast-moving kind of drought that can take farmers by surprise. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

As Earth warms, more 'flash droughts' suck soil, plants dry

Read full article: As Earth warms, more 'flash droughts' suck soil, plants dry

A new study finds that climate change is making droughts faster and more furious ā€” and especially one fast-moving kind of drought that can take farmers by surprise.

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This undated photo taken and provided by Sumit Rai shows his son, Nathaniel, 10, who was the one rescued Saturday, July 25 2026, in Santa Cruz by the teen lifeguard. (Sumit Rai via AP)

Father of boy rescued from pounding California surf says he is beyond grateful to teen lifeguard

Read full article: Father of boy rescued from pounding California surf says he is beyond grateful to teen lifeguard

The father of a 10-year-old rescued from pounding surf off the California coast in a dramatic scene captured on video says he is beyond grateful to the teenage lifeguard who saved his son.

People stand on a bank of sand on the Danube River as usually submerged areas are exposed due to extreme low levels of the water following an extended period of drought in Corabia, Romania, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Nicolae Dumitrache)

Record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry as drought and heat grip Central Europe

Read full article: Record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry as drought and heat grip Central Europe

As wildfires and successive heatwaves in France and Spain highlight climate change's impact, a severe drought is causing record low water levels on the Danube River, affecting tourism and industry.

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in the forest near Blagon, during wildfires in southwestern France, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

Southern Europe burns as 3 firefighters die and France battles blaze 4 times the size of Paris

Read full article: Southern Europe burns as 3 firefighters die and France battles blaze 4 times the size of Paris

Fire crews in southwest France are battling a massive blaze four times the size of Paris, while two firefighters were killed fighting a wind-driven blaze on the Greek island of Crete.

Morgane Bonichot, 40, takes a break from reading a newspaper in an evacuation center in Bordeaux, on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, where she, her daughter, their rabbit and dog are sheltering from wildfires in southwest France. (AP Photo/Eva van Dam)
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A 2:47 a.m. alert, a rabbit and 220,000 evacuees as Franceā€™s wildfire rages on

Read full article: A 2:47 a.m. alert, a rabbit and 220,000 evacuees as Franceā€™s wildfire rages on

A massive wildfire in southwest France has forced over 220,000 people to evacuate.

President Donald Trump speaks at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Thursday, July 23, 2026, in Washington, as Energy Secretary Chris Wright listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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5 states offer to accept nuclear waste in exchange for help developing nuclear energy

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Five states have agreed to accept nuclear waste from around the country in exchange for federal help to develop nuclear energy and create thousands of jobs.

This satellite image released by NOAA shows Hurricane Fausto, center, and Hurricane Genevieve off the southwest coast of Mexico, right, over the Pacific Ocean, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (NOAA via AP)
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Tropical Storm Fausto to splash past Hawaii as Hurricane Genevieve sends swells to Mexico

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Large waves are coming ashore in Hawaii thanks to Tropical Storm Fausto and in Mexico thanks to Hurricane Genevieve.

FILE - A pyrocumulonimbus, a giant cloud created by a large wildfire is seen in the Fontainebleau forest region, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Paris, France, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva, File)
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French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires

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A wildfire in southwest France grew so powerful that its towering smoke column became a thunderstorm, generating lightning that struck the ground and ignited new fires beyond the original blaze, French officials said.

This satellite image released by NOAA shows Hurricane Fausto, center, and Hurricane Genevieve off the southwest coast of Mexico, right, over the Pacific Ocean, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (NOAA via AP)
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Major Hurricane Genevieve roars in the Pacific as Fausto weakens to a tropical storm near Hawaii

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Major Hurricane Genevieve is roaring in the Pacific Ocean far from land while Tropical Storm Fausto increases impacts on Hawaii.

A group hold a firehose and try to suppress a fire near Lacanau, as wildfires rage outside Bordeaux, France, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
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French president pledges support on visit to fire zone, vows: 'We will win this battle together'

Read full article: French president pledges support on visit to fire zone, vows: 'We will win this battle together'

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged fire crews to ā€œstay strongā€ as they battle to bring a monster wildfire under control, warning that the fight will take time.

Komaruddin, a waste picker, looks for recyclable items in a pile of garbage at the Bantargebang landfill on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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As Indonesia cuts methane emissions, life atop a mountain of garbage begins to change

Read full article: As Indonesia cuts methane emissions, life atop a mountain of garbage begins to change

At Indonesiaā€™s largest landfill, Bantargebang, waste picker Nur Wencih fears a sweeping government crackdown on open dumping could threaten the livelihood that has supported her family for two decades.

This satellite image released by NOAA shows Hurricane Fausto, center, and Hurricane Genevieve off the southwest coast of Mexico, right, over the Pacific Ocean, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (NOAA via AP)

Genevieve becomes a major Pacific hurricane off Mexico, but no direct threat to land is forecast

Read full article: Genevieve becomes a major Pacific hurricane off Mexico, but no direct threat to land is forecast

Hurricane Genevieve has strengthened into a major Category 4 storm southwest of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean.

FILE - Cooling tower three with one and two in the background operate at the nuclear reactor facility at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, May 31, 2024, in Waynesboro, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety practice

Read full article: As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety practice

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to, and that has been adopted around the world.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a drone photo shows fishing boats taking shelter ahead of Typhoon Noul at a port in Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone in southern China's Guangdong Province on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Lu Hanxin/Xinhua via AP)

Typhoon Noul weakens after making landfall, brings heavy rain to southern China

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Typhoon Noul has weakened to a tropical storm as it moves inland after making landfall in southern China.