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Raging Oregon Wildfire Threatens California’s Already Beleaguered Power Grid
A raging wildfire in Oregon has doubled in size to 311 square kilometres within 24 hours and now threatens vital transmission lines that carry power to California’s already beleaguered energy grid, the Associated Press reports. It’s one of dozens of blazes scorching the West Coast amid a triple-digit heat wave.
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The Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Is Now a ‘Mass Casualty Event’
The Pacific Northwest is still reeling from the mind boggling heat wave that gripped it late last month. The past two days have made it clear that hundreds died in the region, and that the climate crisis played a role in driving the extreme heat. It underscores the reality that climate change’s deadly impacts aren’t…
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Scientists Detect Isolated Community of Microbes in Crater Left by Dino-Killing Asteroid
New research examines the rock-dwelling microbes that eventually returned to the spot where a 10 km-wide asteroid smashed into Earth some 66 million years ago, killing off most life on the planet.
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Dangerous Heat Wave Is Literally Melting Critical Infrastructure in Pacific Northwest
Power cables are melting. School districts are closing. Asphalt is too hot to touch. The heat wave roasting the Pacific Northwest is putting infrastructure at risk, and temperatures are expected to continue to rise on Monday. The failures show the staggering toll the climate crisis is already taking — and they’re a stark warning for…