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Accounting for flood risk would lower American house prices by $187bn
Unpriced future damages inflate home values the most in rural, inland regions #press
Expensive energy may have killed more Europeans than covid-19 last winter
Our modelling estimates that high energy prices claimed 68,000 lives #press
Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre-covid forecasts
Attributing this increase to covid would make it the fourth-leading cause of death #press
Smoke blackens the air in America’s north-east
New York’s current air quality is the worst of any big city in the world #press
China’s influence in South-East Asia has grown. America’s has waned
President Joe Biden hopes to reverse that #press
England may soon become the world’s best cricket team
Winning the Ashes would propel them past India and Australia #press
Dobbs electrified supporters of abortion rights
New bans made terminations rarer but united Democrats #press
In drought-stricken Europe, leaky pipes are worsening the problem
Some countries are losing up to 60% of their water supply #press
The rapid loss of Antarctic sea ice brings grim scenarios into view
The extent of newly exposed ocean is the size of Argentina #press
Data on air bases suggest a Chinese invasion of Taiwan may not be imminent
But American aircraft near Taiwan are vulnerable to missile attack #press
Demand for chocolate causes more illegal deforestation than people realise
New maps show the extent of the destruction in big cocoa-producing countries #press
China’s influence in South-East Asia has grown. America’s has waned
President Joe Biden hopes to reverse that #press
Prescription rules for obesity drugs may unfairly exclude non-whites
The relationship between body-mass index and weight-related ailments varies by race #press
North Korea’s hackers are after intel, not just crypto
The country’s “all-purpose sword” is living up to its name #press
Global temperatures have broken records three times in a week
Are these records falling faster? #press
A new study finds that 47,000 Russian combatants have died in Ukraine
The invasion has at least doubled Russia’s total combat losses since 1945 #press
Could Ukraine’s allies be sending it more weapons?
Its arsenal is still dwarfed by Russia’s #press
China will become less populous, more productive—and more pricey
And GDP parity with America is still decades away #press
Could Ukraine’s allies be sending it more weapons?
Its arsenal is still dwarfed by Russia’s #press
More Americans than ever report a disability
Yet they are more likely to have a job than before the pandemic #press