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More fire, more fury: Canada is ablaze amid record heatwave

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With temperatures toppling 100-year-old records, British Columbia’s raging wildfires have already set the record for the most acres burned. And it’s only mid-August.
Joe Romm
08/17/2017

Eco Talk: Farms on front line of climate change

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The recent extreme weather events being experienced across the country, New York and even Cayuga County have made farmers even more aware of the weather and its potential to impact their crops and livestock as well as their bottom line and ultimately our dinner plates.
Judy Wright Special to The Citizen
08/17/2017

Loss of Sea Ice Leads Walruses to Early Appearance in Alaska

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Hundreds of Pacific walruses came ashore to a barrier island on Alaska's northwest coast, the earliest appearance of the animals in a phenomenon tied to climate warming and diminished Arctic Ocean sea ice.
Dan Joling
08/16/2017

As sea levels rise, this island chain in the South Pacific is slowly drowning

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From cruising altitude, the Solomon Islands looked like a Technicolor slice of untouched paradise, a tropical playground for visiting surfers. But as plentiful as the waves appeared to be, getting barreled in empty lineups was only half the reason we were here.
Ashtyn Douglas
08/17/2017

Lessons from the storm: Effects of extreme weather linger more among children and older adults

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Ruth Bennett woke up at 1 a.m. and looked through the doorway of her independent living apartment in Walker, about 20 miles west of Baton Rouge. It was Aug. 13, 2016, and rain had been pouring down for two days. Bennett was worried about her car flooding.
Sara Sneath
08/16/2017

Evidence shows mosquitoes capable of carrying Zika virus may have colony in Ontario

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A mosquito species capable of transmitting the Zika virus and other tropical diseases may have established a colony in southwestern Ontario, a development that could mean changes for Canadian healthcare providers.
Dan Taekema
08/16/2017

Does Climate Change Cause Extreme Weather Events?

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In 2003, a deadly heat wave struck Europe that would usher in a new era of climate science.
Kyle Frischkorn
08/16/2017

Here's What Climate Change Is Doing to the Great Lakes

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A harmful algal bloom is once again making its presence abundantly known on the surface of Lake Erie, a condition that has now become a yearly nuisance and a dangerous situation for residents, tourists, fish and wildlife. And it's all thanks to climate change.
Pam Wright
08/15/2017

Greenland Is Still Burning, But The Smoke May Be The Real Problem

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More than two weeks after they were first spotted, wildfires on the western coast of Greenland are still burning, worrying local residents and drawing the attention of scientists....
Rebecca Hersher
08/15/2017

Yosemite wildfire burning in trees killed by beetles

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Rangers at Yosemite National Park have alerted a small community about a wildfire that crews are struggling to contain as they fight it from the air and ground, officials said Monday.
08/14/2017
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