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An Incurable Fungal Disease Is Spreading In The Western US, And Climate Change Could Make It Worse

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Valley fever, also called coccidioidomycosis, is caused by a fungus commonly found in hot and dry regions of the southwestern US, particularly California and Arizona.
Stephanie K. Baer
10/17/2018

Tornadoes are spinning up farther east in US, study finds

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Over the past few decades tornadoes have been shifting — decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but spinning up more in states along the Mississippi River and farther east, a new study shows. Scientists aren’t quite certain why.
Seth Borenstein
10/17/2018

Arctic ice sets speed limit for major ocean current

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The Beaufort Gyre is an enormous, 600-mile-wide pool of swirling cold, fresh water in the Arctic Ocean, just north of Alaska and Canada. In the winter, this current is covered by a thick cap of ice.
Jennifer Chu
10/17/2018

Hurricane Michael October 2018

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From London to Shanghai, world's sinking cities face devastating floods

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London, Jakarta, Shanghai and Houston and other global cities that are already sinking will become increasingly vulnerable to storms and flooding as a result of global warming, campaigners have warned ahead of a landmark new report on climate science.
Fiona Harvey
10/04/2018

A massive, historic high-pressure zone is bringing freakishly nice weather to Alaska

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Alaska is experiencing some of the sunniest, warmest and driest early fall weather it has ever seen. In Anchorage, for example, temperatures have remained above normal for 32 straight days, and it’s hardly rained....
Jason Samenow
10/02/2018

The new normal? How climate change is making Australia's droughts worse

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Maps of rainfall show a significantly large portion of eastern Australia has been experiencing drier than normal conditions since 2013, despite a decent amount of rain falling in 2016....
Nick Evershed, Andy Ball, Gabrielle Chan, and Mike Bowers
10/02/2018

September 2018 Australia's driest September on record

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Last month was Australia's driest September on record, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology reported October 1, 2018. Nights were much cooler than average for the time of year over much of Victoria, South Australia and southern New South Wales.
10/02/2018

Rosa Remnants in the Southwest October 2018

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Climate science at a glanceSea surface temperatures were about 1.8 to 3.6°F (1 to 2°C) above average in the area Rosa passed through on October 1, 2018 and may have contributed to the storms northward movement.[1]

New research solves a key climate change mystery off Antarctica

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The Southern Ocean is the planet's main heat and greenhouse gas sink, and without it, global warming would be a lot worse.
Andrew Freedman
09/28/2018
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