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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.
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Climate science at a glanceHuman-caused climate change is increasing wildfire activity across forested land in the western United States.[1]Since 1970, temperatures in the American West have increased by about twice
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Severe weather in Lynchburg is causing evacuations for some as a dam may fail.With the threat of the College Lake Dam failing, evacuations for those who live near the dam in the Blackwater Creek Trail area are underway, according to the Lynchburg Department of Emergency Services.
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As many as 29 people have died due to heatstroke in South Korea, according to the South Korean Ministry of Health, Welfare and Disease Control.
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Sweden has a new highest point.The country’s highest peak lost its title as of Wednesday because record heat has been melting away the tip of a glacier that sits atop the Kebnekaise mountain, experts say.
