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America Is on the Verge of Ratpocalypse

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Houston, Texas, is seeing a rat spike this year, and so is New York City. In Chicago, rodent complaints for the early part of the summer have increased about 9 percent from last year, forcing city officials to start sprinkling the streets with rat birth control.
Emily Atkin
08/23/2017

Hurricane Harvey 2017

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Climate science at a glance Five attribution studies have found that global warming added to the deluge of rainfall dumped by Hurricane Harvey.[1][2]

Where's the kelp? Warm ocean takes toll on undersea forests

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The Gulf of Maine, stretching from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia, is the latest in a growing list of global hotspots losing their kelp, including hundreds of miles in the Mediterranean Sea, off southern Japan and Australia, and parts of the California coast.
Michael Casey
08/22/2017

Flash Flooding in Kansas City Metro Closes Roads, Prompts Water Rescues

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Archivist prefaceAn extreme rainfall event swept through Kansas City on August 22, bringing up to 8.85 inches of rain in 24 hours to the town of Hillsdale, Kansas, located outside the city.[1] Based on precipitation
Jon Erdman
08/22/2017

British Columbia is having its worst wildfire season in recorded history.

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More than 2,500,000 acres have burned there since April 1, nearly six times the typical amount for a full year.
Eric Holthaus
08/18/2017

Public calamity decreed in Portugal as wildfires continue to burn out of control

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The government of Portugal has issued a state of public calamity as wildfires continue to burn across the country ahead of a weekend heat wave.More than 10,000 separate fires have been recorded across Portugal this year according to The Portugal News.
Eric Leister
08/20/2017

Seas Rise, Trees Die: Climate Change Before Your Eyes

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They're called "ghost forests" — dead trees along vast swaths of coastline invaded by rising seas, something scientists call one of the most visible markers of climate change.
Wayne Parry
08/21/2017

Steelhead are in hot water — and struggling in record low numbers

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Salmon and steelhead are in hot water — a problem scientists warn is going to get worse because of climate change.
Lynda V. Mapes
08/18/2017

Wildfire still burning in Greenland tundra in mid-August 2017

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[S]cientist Stef Lhermitte at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands showed preliminary evidence that 2017 has seen the largest amount of wildfire activity s
Tom Di Liberto
08/18/2017

As King Tide Arrives, Sea Level Rise Meeting Set

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In what seems have become a monthly norm, the National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued another special weather statement warning of the possible effects from the predicted King Tides along Hawaii shores.
08/17/2017
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