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Icebergs visible from St. Johns, N.L. In the past 13 months, the average sea surface temperature worldwide has soared, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

May 9, 2024

LONDON, U.K.—“Just like this year, last year the heat wave extended from parts of India to Bangladesh and Myanmar, and all the way to Thailand. This year it went further east, into the Philippines. So, it's the same pattern,” said Prof. Krishna AchutaRao of the Indian ...

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