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Human-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
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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.
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Even the dirt on the ground is making climate change worse, a new study finds.Plants capture massive amounts of carbon, pumping it into the soil where usually it stays for hundreds or thousands of years.
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Climate science at a glance
Human-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
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Meteorologists and climatologists have made it clear that it is difficult to connect singular weather events to climate change.However, trends and patterns clearly point to a correlation between global warming and extreme weather.
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Climate science at a glance
The Texas heat wave may be driven by a climate change double whammy: a thermodynamic contribution and dynamic circulation contribution.
Climate change attribution analysis has shown that 82 percent of recent extreme heat records globally
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The deadliest wildfires Greece has seen in years fanned around the capital Athens on Monday, killing more than 79 people and injuring at least 185 others.
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Fast-moving wildfires near Athens have killed at least 74 people, officials said on Tuesday, and have forced thousands of tourists and residents to flee in cars and buses, on foot, aboard boats and on makeshift rafts.
