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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.
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Climate science at a glance
Record breaking high temperatures are a classic signal of a warming climate.
Four out of five record-hot days globally are now attributed to climate change.[1]
In a stable cl
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After 16 months of consecutive record and near-record lows in late 2016 and early 2017, sea ice extent in the Arctic held fast over the summer thanks to more moderate weather and cooler temperatures.
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The temperature at O'Hare International Airport hit 91 at 1:10 p.m. and climbed to 92 later in the afternoon Monday, beating a record high temperature for a sixth day in a row as the late September heat wave marched on.The previous record high for Sept. 25 was 90 degrees, set in 1933.
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On September 19, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced that Arctic sea ice had probably reached its annual minimum extent.
