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Warming temperatures are already diminishing water supplies in the western US.
Warming temperatures convert snowfall to rainfall and enhance snow melt, which reduces snowpack.
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A blizzard slammed parts of the central United States with heavy snow and howling winds Sunday, wreaking travel havoc from Colorado to Michigan. The storm will continue into Monday, the National Weather Service said.
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Three years of unforgiving drought in Cape Town, South Africa, have led to the once-unthinkable: A great world city is about to turn off the tap to its municipal water supply.
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Severe thunderstorms appeared to spawn at least three tornadoes Sunday night in Texas and southwest Missouri, and a few more severe storms are possible Monday in parts of the Deep South.
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Between droughts and floods, the last decade has offered water managers in the southwest a preview of how climate change could impact a supply largely dependent on winter snow. This year’s disappointing snowpack has them worried again.
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Writing in the Wall Street Journal in 2016, Danish commentator Bjørn Lomborg, who has questioned many of the risks of climate change, claimed that warming temperatures will “reduce the number of cold days and cold spells.
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At least 10 people have died across the US South over the past couple of days as Winter Storm Inga brought snow, ice and some record-breaking cold to the region.
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Far from a blockbuster storm in terms of snowfall, Winter Storm Inga still left its mark on the South, effectively shutting down the region with a wide swath of snow and ice.
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At Mathari Hospital, flanking Nairobi’s Mathare slum, a grandmother waits in line to see a doctor, struggling to calm the crying baby in her arms.
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2017 finished as the third-hottest year in the U.S. since NOAA records began in 1895, with an average temperature 2.56°F above the 20th century mean.Additional stats:
