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With Arctic temperatures running well above average in May, sea ice in the region continued its long-term decline, finishing with the second lowest extent for the month.And since then, things have gotten worse.
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Monday and Tuesday saw highs of 109 and 108 degrees, respectively, in Phoenix.
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South Texas is searing in an oppressive heat wave that is sending temperatures into the triple digits, already topping one all-time June record and pushing heat indices above 120 degrees in some locations.
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Climate science at a glanceExtreme heat is among the most obvious and well documented effects of climate change.The signal of climate change is especially clear in the western United States where a formal attribution study has made the link.
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Expectations of unusually high temperatures and dry, gusty winds across parts of the northern Bay Area this weekend prompted Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to shut down power to about 1,600 customers Saturday morning as a safety precaution....
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In April, the U.S. set a record for the wettest 12 month period in history. According to new government data, that record lasted all of a month.
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Over the years on his family's organic farm in Wrenshall, some of the most fertile soil in the region, Janaki Fisher-Merritt has noticed an uptick in large rain events as well as unfavorable weather patterns that seem to get stuck.
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The frequency of downpours of heavy rain—which can lead to flash floods, devastation, and outbreaks of waterborne disease—has increased across the globe in the past 50 years due to climate change, a
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If it seems as if the weather has been particularly extreme lately, there's a reason for that.
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Atmospheric researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have developed a climate model that can accurately depict the frequently observed winding course of the jet stream, a major air current over the Northern Hemisphere.
