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The western half of North America has turned into a funeral pyre for forests. We’ve heard a lot about California recently, but British Columbia is also in serious trouble.
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Climate change, globalization and evolution helped ignite the historic spread of dangerous ticks across the Hudson Valley.That striking analysis came from Cornell University Entomologist Laura Harrington.
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Heavy rainfall caused new rounds of flooding in the Northeast Monday night and Tuesday morning, and in upstate New York, the situation worsened as numerous vehicles were swept into floodwaters.
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As climate change warms the earth, black widow spiders are moving north.The spiders are notorious, because venom is 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake’s. A bite can cause aches, pains, and paralysis of the diaphragm which make breathing difficult.
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The devastating wildfires that erupted in California in July, some of which are still raging, were stoked by the state’s hottest weather in recorded history.
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This summer of fire and swelter looks a lot like the future that scientists have been warning about in the era of climate change, and it’s revealing in real time how unprepared much of the world remains for life on a hotter planet.
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Though individual weather events are distinct from the more broadly changing climate, global warming does influence weather patterns. Still, any link between climate change and the frequency of tornadoes is far from straightforward, according to researchers.
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A new report has found that the tick-borne illness Lyme disease has been detected in all 50 states and cases continue to rise.
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Maine is home to 15 tick species but only one public-health menace: the blacklegged tick — called the “deer” tick — a carrier of Lyme and other debilitating diseases.
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Last week, the water off the San Diego coast was the warmest it has been since measurements began. On Thursday, the temperature of the Pacific Ocean at Scripps Pier was 78.6 degrees. That, in itself, was a record. Then it broke the record again Friday when it climbed to 78.8 degrees.
