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A dangerous and potentially deadly heat wave has moved into the Midwest, and the hot temperatures are also spreading toward the Northeast to begin this week.
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Climate science at a glance
The fingerprint (or influence) of global warming has been firmly identified in the increasing intensity, duration and frequency of extreme heat events globally.[1]
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The people of Shimla haven’t agreed on much lately. A drought in the Himalayan resort has had residents blaming farmers, the tourism industry and one another for depleting the strained water supplies.And everyone’s been angry at the key men.
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With May 2018 ranking as the warmest such month on record in the continental U.S., beating out the Dust Bowl May of 1934, the country has extended a much longer heat streak.
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A beetle that has killed millions of acres of pines in southern forests is munching its way north, and new research suggests its tree-killing prowess could be magnified in cooler climes.
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The amount of carbon dioxide in the air exceeded 411 parts per million during the month of May, which was the highest monthly level ever recorded, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as well as Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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Record heat returned to the United States with a vengeance in May.
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The frequency of coastal flooding from high tides has doubled in the US in just 30 years, with communities near shorelines warned that the next two years are set to be punctuated by particularly severe inundations, as ocean levels continue to rise amid serious global climate change concerns.
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Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and about a third of it winds up being absorbed by the ocean.
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Climate science at a glance
Human-caused climate change is increasing wildfire activity
