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Climate Change Impacts Explained in Real Time
LA wildfires - links with climate change
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Earth Systems Signals

Global warming is causing widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere.
Arctic Amplification
Parasite, Bacteria and Virus Population Increase
Habitat Shift or Decline
Sea Ice Decline
Coral Bleaching Increase
Atmospheric Blocking Increase
Permafrost Thaw
Vector-Borne Disease Risk Increase
Gulf Stream System Weakening
North Atlantic Surface Temperature Decrease
Tornado Risk Increase
Hadley Cell Expansion
Extreme El Niño Frequency Increase
Large Scale Global Circulation Change
Sea Level Rise
Thermal Expansion of the Ocean
Sea Surface Temperature Increase
Ocean Acidification Increase
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Global Warming
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Heat Signals

The Earth is getting hotter due to human activities that release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere.
Extreme Heat and Heat Waves
Arctic Amplification
Air Mass Temperature Increase
Heat-Related Illness Increase
Season Creep
Surface Ozone Change
Respiratory Disease Risk Increase
Coral Bleaching Increase
Land Surface Temperature Increase
Atmospheric Moisture Increase
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Drought Signals

Climate change is making droughts more likely to occur, and more severe when they do.
Extreme Heat and Heat Waves
Precipitation Falls as Rain Instead of Snow
Snowpack Melting Earlier and/or Faster
Season Creep
Land Ice and Snow Cover Decline
Atmospheric Blocking Increase
Land Surface Temperature Increase
Pine Beetle Outbreaks
Hadley Cell Expansion
Wildfire Risk Increase
Land Surface Drying Increase
Drought Risk Increase
Extreme El Niño Frequency Increase
Southwestern US Precipitation Decrease
Snowpack Decline
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Wildfires Signals

Climate change is increasing the size, frequency, intensity and seasonality of wildfires.
Extreme Heat and Heat Waves
Snowpack Melting Earlier and/or Faster
Season Creep
Respiratory Disease Risk Increase
Land Ice and Snow Cover Decline
Land Surface Temperature Increase
Pine Beetle Outbreaks
Wildfire Risk Increase
Land Surface Drying Increase
Drought Risk Increase
Snowpack Decline
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Hurricanes Signals

Warmer temperatures increase the rate of water evaporation, which feeds moisture and energy into storms.
Air Mass Temperature Increase
Wind Damage Risk Increase
Coastal Flooding Increase
Storm Intensity Increase
Intense Northwest Pacific Typhoon Frequency Increase
Runoff and Flood Risk Increase
Intense Atlantic Hurricane Frequency Increase
Tropical Cyclone Steering Change
Extreme Precipitation Increase
Intense Cyclone, Hurricane, Typhoon Frequency Increase
Storm Surge Increase
Sea Surface Temperature Increase
Atmospheric Moisture Increase
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Floods Signals

Worsening floods due to climate change are putting a growing number of communities at risk.
Total Precipitation Increase
Precipitation Falls as Rain Instead of Snow
Snowpack Melting Earlier and/or Faster
Atmospheric River Change
Infectious Gastrointestinal Disease Risk Increase
Air Mass Temperature Increase
Parasite, Bacteria and Virus Population Increase
Coastal Flooding Increase
Vector-Borne Disease Risk Increase
Storm Intensity Increase
Winter Storm Risk Increase
Extreme El Niño Frequency Increase
Runoff and Flood Risk Increase
Extreme Precipitation Increase
Sea Level Rise
Storm Surge Increase
Glacier and Ice Sheet Melt
Thermal Expansion of the Ocean
Sea Surface Temperature Increase
Atmospheric Moisture Increase
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