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Hurricane Nate made its first U.S. landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River at around 7 pm CDT Saturday as a Category 1 hurricane.
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A month after Hurricane Irma, the Atlantic Ocean is back in the streets of South Florida.This time it’s thanks to a king tide, the “sunny-day” flooding that offers American beach communities from Virginia to Florida an annual preview of sea level rise.
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Australian temperature records tumbled again in September this year, with the country experiencing the hottest day since records began, and New South Walesbreaking that record twice within a few days.
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The first blizzard of the season resulted in widespread power outages and downed trees in parts of Montana.
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Dotted across the Lau Lagoon are close to 100 tiny, sun- and salt-bleached islands, topped with scrubby, wind-bent trees and clusters of homes built from timber and palm fronds. Some are home to as few as five people, others as many as 400. But a growing number are deserted.
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When archaeologists want to learn about the history of an ancient civilization, they dig deeply into the soil, searching for tools and artifacts to complete the story. Scientists who study Earth’s past climates, called paleoclimatologists, take a similar approach.
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More than three inches of rain fell in the Lynn area over less than two hours, flooding streets and stranding cars....
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In a stable, non-changing climate, any trend would be tiny and random—useless as a predictor for the future. However, we don’t live in a stable climate. Due to human emissions of greenhouse gases and also to natural, decadal changes, there are detectable trends in our climate.
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When winter sets in, "polar vortex" becomes one of the most dreaded phrases in the Northern Hemisphere. It's enough to send shivers even before the first blast of bitter cold arrives.
