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An overturned tree sits in front of a tornado damaged home in Mayfield, Ky., on Dec. 11, 2021. On Friday, March 17, 2023, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming climate, weather or meteorological events that we would classify as “extreme” have declined in severity over the last 20 or 30 years. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,03/17/23-9:41AM , 137 Reads
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:

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A worker talks on the walkie talkie at the Maitree Super Thermal Power Project near the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, in Rampal, Bangladesh, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. A power plant will start burning coal as part of Bangladesh’s plan to meet its energy needs and improve living standards, officials say. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)

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Bangladesh balances energy needs with climate, conservation
By JULHAS ALAM, AL-EMRUN GARJON AND SIBI ARASU - Associated Press
Wed,11/09/22-1:18AM , 136 Reads
RAMPAL, Bangladesh (AP) — Fish, rice, mangrove trees and the lush delta wetlands where the massive Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers drain into the Bay of Bengal.

It’s not luxury. But for the farmers and fishermen who live by the world’s largest mangrove forest, it’s more than enough. Now, the environment is at risk.
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Young cedar trees that have been planted in a forestation initiative 2,400 meters above sea level, bottom left, are scattered in open land overlooking the Kadisha Valley, covered by fog, considered a holy site to Lebanon's Maronite Christians, in the northeast mountain town of Bcharre, Lebanon, Saturday, July 22, 2023. For Lebanon's Christians, the cedars are sacred, these tough evergreen trees that survive the mountain's harsh snowy winters. They point out with pride that Lebanon's cedars are mentioned 103 times in the Bible. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Lebanon's Christians feel the heat of climate change in its sacred forest and valley
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB - Associated Press
Tue,12/05/23-12:04AM , 136 Reads
BCHARRE, Lebanon (AP) — Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a small mid-19th century chapel hidden in a mountain forest to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration, the miracle where Jesus Christ, on a mountaintop, shined with light before his disciples.
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A farmer walks as he works in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, July 30, 2021. Human-caused climate change is making rainfall more unpredictable and erratic, which makes it difficult for farmers to plant, grow and harvest crops on their rain-fed fields. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

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Climate change makes India's monsoons erratic. Can farmers still find a way to prosper?
By SIBI ARASU - Associated Press
Fri,06/21/24-9:20PM , 136 Reads
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Each year from June to September, a heavy band of rain makes its way from India's southwest coast to its northeastern borders, quenching farmers' thirsty fields.
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