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Russia comes in from the cold, with flowers blooming around Moscow in January

Jan. 30, 2025 00:08 AM EST

January in Russia conjures up images of Muscovites crunching through the snow in bulky coats -- not bunches of delicate snowdrops blooming in grassy areas around still-standing Christmas trees. Instead of ice choking the Moscow River and the biting cold of the “moroz” – the...

Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense

Jan. 28, 2025 18:07 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires, a scientific study found. But the myriad of causes that go into the still...

Rain douses wildfires in Southern California without causing serious mudslides

Jan. 27, 2025 20:10 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first significant storm of the season brought snow and downpours to Southern California that doused wildfires and caused some ash and mud to flow across streets in the Los Angeles area on Monday. More than an inch (2.5 centimeters) of rain fell in many areas,...