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Even with global warming, extremely hot summers would be less frequent if it weren’t for deforestation

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Anyone who has escaped into the woods on a scorching summer day—or scored the coveted space under a parking lot’s only tree—would probably have a hunch about how cutting down forests could affect summer heat. New NOAA modeling research backs up those hunches with numbers.
Rebecca Lindsey
11/06/2017

Occasional NorCal rain, but dry autumn continues across Southern California

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October was an exceptionally hot month in Southern California, with numerous high temperature records falling across a broad region.
Daniel Swain
11/06/2017

Typhoon Damrey Kills at Least 44 in Vietnam; Thousands of Homes Damaged or Destroyed

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The death toll continued to rise in Vietnam after Typhoon Damrey dealt a severe blow to the country's south-central region, where at least 44 people were killed and 19 remain missing.
Associated Press
11/06/2017

Climate Change is Shrinking Winter in the U.S., Scientists Say

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As the climate continues to change, the seasons are seeing a shift as well, with winters coming later and leaving earlier than ever recorded.
11/02/2017

Climate change-fueled drought drives Sri Lanka’s farmers to cities

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When Siri Hettige, a sociology professor at Colombo University, conducts surveys of young people across Sri Lanka, he never fails to ask one key question: Does anybody want to become a farmer?No, has been the overwhelmingly emphatic answer, he said.
Amantha Perera
11/01/2017

Much of Northeast notches warmest October in recorded history

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Whether you call it Hotober or Octoaster, the 10th month of the year failed to deliver the standard chill it is known for in the Northeast.The month ranked as the warmest on record or very close to it throughout the region.
Jason Samenow
11/01/2017

Capital Ottawa breaks annual rainfall record, Canada

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Canada's capital Ottawa has broken its annual rainfall record on Monday, October 30, 2017, two months before the end of the year. 
10/31/2017

Malaria mosquito species found in Ireland

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Health inspectors have found 53 different species of mosquitoes in Ireland, including forms that spread malaria and the West Nile virus....They include Anopheles plumbeus, which has been shown to be a "reasonably good transmitter of malaria"....
Eilish O'Regan
11/01/2017

Climate change worsens Jordan water crisis as Mideast tensions slow action

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From a hillside in northern Jordan, the Yarmouk River is barely visible in the steep valley below, reduced from a once important water source to a sluggish trickle overgrown with vegetation.
Karin Laub
10/31/2017

Global atmospheric CO2 levels hit record high

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The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased at record speed last year to hit a level not seen for more than three million years, the UN has warned.
Jonathan Watts
10/30/2017
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