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The city's Black Democratic mayor vowed to cooperate but said that "this investigation is absurd, baseless, and without merit."

"This is not a drought, this is aridification," said one water law expert. "This is the new world we live in."

"It definitely worries me," said one scientist conducting research on Greenland's ice sheet.

"Decisive action to tackle climate change and restore ecosystems" is badly needed to rescue the beloved subspecies, experts say.

"The clock is rapidly ticking towards inevitable, irreversible climate catastrophe," said one climate campaigner.

"This report is the consequence of years of perverse political decision-making that has put the vested interests of polluting corporations and environmental vandals," said one climate advocate.