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UN climate and weather agencies said Wednesday that climate scientists must take an urgent stance on studying the changes in atmospheric currents that have been linked to flooding in Pakistan and wildfires in Russia.Ghassem Asrar, director of the World Climate Research Program, told AFP that changes -- known as blocking episodes -- in the currents can prevent humidity or hot weather from dispersing as it should.Those events can lock heavy rain or heat waves over a particular region, in turn...