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More Frequent and Pervasive Coastal Flooding
As sea levels rise, coastal flooding is happening more often and in more places at once.
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Lingering Summer Warmth
Summer warmth is creeping into our fall season, causing changes to natural events such as migration and hibernation while presenting yet more challenges to American farmers.
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Power Outages
Large-scale power outages are increasingly common in the United States, as extreme weather fueled by climate change wreaks havoc on the aging electrical grid. These outages affect millions of people and cost the economy billions of dollars each year.
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2020 Stronger Hurricanes
Warming Atlantic ocean waters are adding fuel to tropical systems, giving a boost to stronger, more rapidly-intensifying hurricanes.
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Summer 2020: One for the Record Books
Climate Central reflects back on a hot summer 2020, finding that record temperature highs continue to outpace record lows both this summer and through 2020.
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Worsening Western Wildfires
Climate change is increasing the risk of larger, more intense wildfires, as warmer and drier conditions allow fire to spread faster and farther, creating dangerous conditions for residents and emergency services.
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The Inequality of City Heat
New studies are spotlighting and quantifying social, racial, and economic inequalities associated with disproportionate tree coverage in cities across the United States.
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