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It's not the heat; it's the humidity

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We live in a warming world. And we often characterize that warming through metrics of temperature. But that’s only a sliver of the story. Another sliver, and perhaps a more consequential one, of the story is the connected increase in atmospheric moisture.
Deke Arndt
09/20/2018

Massive landslide buries 24 homes in Cebu, leaving more than 60 dead and missing, Philippines

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A large landslide buried between 20 and 24 homes near a limestone quarry site on the fringes of Naga City of Cebu Province in the central Philippines early September 20, 2018.
09/20/2018

'Catastrophic' floods rising on Amazon River, say scientists

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Severe flooding on the Amazon has increased amid changing weather patterns, and is harming the health and incomes of people living along the world's biggest river, scientists said.
09/19/2018

Denver extends heat wave record for September with ninth consecutive 90-degree day

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Denver’s hot weather keeps on sizzling, extending a record on Tuesday for consecutive 90-degree days in September.
Kieran Nicholson
09/18/2018

How is September climate changing in the U.S.?

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Climate scientists are often asked how global warming can be real if every spot on Earth isn’t warming in every season. The simple answer is just math. It doesn’t have to be warming everywhere: the warming just has to overpower the cooling.
Rebecca Lindsey
09/11/2018

How is September climate changing in the U.S.?

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Climate scientists are often asked how global warming can be real if every spot on Earth isn’t warming in every season. The simple answer is just math. It doesn’t have to be warming everywhere: the warming just has to overpower the cooling.
Rebecca Lindsey
09/11/2018

The Colorado River is evaporating, and climate change is largely to blame

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An hour’s drive from Las Vegas stands America’s Hoover Dam, a commanding barrier of concrete holding back the trillions of gallons of Colorado River water held inside Lake Mead. 
Mark Kaufman
09/07/2018

Hurricane Florence September 2018

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Climate science at a glance Rainfall increased by over 50 percent in the heaviest precipitating parts of the Florence due to human interference in the cl

Schools in at least 5 states see early closures amid staggering heat wave

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School may have just started, but for hundreds of students in the region around the nation’s capital, class is already getting out early. In the Washington, D.C.
E.A. Crunden
09/05/2018

New Jersey Schools To Dismiss Students Early Because Of Extreme Heat

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Dozens of schools across New Jersey will dismiss students early Thursday due to extreme heat.
09/06/2018
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