nature
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Tennessee Faces Dangerous Floods for the Second Time in a Week as Ida Moves North
Skies are clearing in the Gulf Coast as now-Tropical Storm Ida moves inland, but the danger from the storm is far from over. All eyes are rightfully on Louisiana and Mississippi, where more than 1 million are without power and the impacts of Ida are still becoming clear. (Here are some suggestions to help those…
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Extreme Weather Is Getting Deadlier
New research this week highlights one of the frightening effects climate change is already having on our health: creating bursts of weather extreme enough to kill us. The study estimates that deaths linked to extreme heat and cold have climbed over the past few decades and are likely to only increase in the years to…
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July 2021 Was Hottest Month in Recorded History
It’s a completely unsurprising piece of news for anyone who went outside this Northern Hemisphere summer, but it’s still an enormous alarm bell for our planet: U.S. scientists said on Friday that last month was the hottest month in recorded history. Everything is fine!!!!!
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Satellite Images Reveal Greece’s Hell on Earth
Satellite images of the Greek island of Evia reveal in stark relief the devastation wrought by climate change-fuelled wildfires that have ripped through the Mediterranian in recent days, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of acres of decimated forests and communities forced to rebuild their lives in a warming world.