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Climate change could burn a hole in the Forest Service’s budget

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Climate change appears to be fueling more wildfires as forest service officials are increasingly concerned they don’t have the funds to effectively handle another devastating season....
Anshu Siripurapu
06/12/2017

A Treasured Coastline

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Tunisia’s coastal zone teems with life. It is a densely populated area, with most of the country’s large cities, and two-thirds of its people.
Climate Adaptation UNDP
06/02/2017

A Mystery of Seabirds, Blown Off Course and Starving

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Hundreds of shearwaters arrived dying and dead on shores around New York City. Scientists suspect weather patterns altered by climate change....
Joe Trezza
07/14/2017

River towns brace: 'Flooding of this magnitude has not been seen before'

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Even as parts of the Chicago area were cleaning up from torrential rains that deluged waterways, streets and basements, the worst could be yet to come for some areas as stormwater flowing from the north could bring record flooding in the coming days.
Robert McCoppin
07/14/2017

Flash Flooding Continues in Northeast; Hundreds of Basements Flooded in Pennsylvania County

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Article excerptFlash flooding concerns linger in the Northeast on Friday as storms continue to produce heavy rainfall. Over night, hundreds of basements were flooded in Indiana County, in western Pennsylvania, according to reports from the National Weather Service....
Pam Wright
07/14/2017

Climate-Altering Gases Spiked in 2016, Federal Scientists Report

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Annual greenhouse gas emissions rose more quickly [in 2016] than they have in nearly three decades, an increase scientists attributed in part to a strong El Niño weather pattern, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported this week.
Lisa Friedman
07/13/2017

'The island is being eaten': how climate change is threatening the Torres Strait

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Torres Strait residents face being forced from their homes by climate change, as their islands are lost to rising seas.
Ben Doherty
07/12/2017

Residents return to fire-gutted homes as California firefighters make progress on massive blazes

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Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures Wednesday and increased containment on several destructive wildfires in California just ahead of another forecast of triple-digit heat this weekend.
Veronica Rocha
07/12/2017

After 2000-era plateau, global methane levels hitting new highs

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Rebecca LindseyMichon Scott
07/13/2017

Separating fact from hype as California begins a new fire season

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It’s that time of year, when smoke billows over the backcountry, rural homeowners flee flames and firefighting agencies warn that California is in for another brutal wildfire season....
Paige St. John and Bettina Boxall
07/11/2017
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