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Media fails on climate and extreme weather coverage, except for this guy
Unless you watch Al Roker, you might not know that climate change has any connection to extreme weather.
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NOAA: Like 2017, 2018 will be a record year for floods
Some parts of the U.S. coastline have seen 250-percent increases in flooding since 2000.
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A 1,000-year flood in Maryland shows the big problem with so much asphalt
When hard, impermeable concrete replaces absorbent green spaces, it's much easier for floodwaters to overwhelm stormwater drainage.
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Hawaii’s rarest plants are in crisis. Meet the people fighting to save them.
Climate change makes it easier for invasive species to thrive on Kauai.
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A building El Niño in 2018 signals more extreme weather for 2019
If the Pacific Ocean-warming effect does take place, expect next year to be the hottest ever recorded.
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For 400 months in a row, our planet has been unusually hot
Either 400 warm months in a row is an incredible coincidence or something else is going on.
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We can now see how humans have altered Earth’s water resources
"Our future challenges could not be more clear from looking at this map.”
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Look! A federal agency is pushing for urgent climate action.
Brenda Burman, Trumpland's resident climate hawk.
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Humans didn’t exist the last time there was this much CO2 in the air
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere breached 410 parts per million for the first time in human history.
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Meet the tick that’s forcing Americans to give up their meat
Lone star ticks hunt in packs and spread an allergy to beef and pork. Thanks to climate change, they're spreading.
