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Will three billion people really live in temperatures as hot as the Sahara by 2070?

Using the historic and current human climate niches shows us just how many people in the world will be shifted out of their current climate range due to global warming.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Simulations forecast nationwide increase in human exposure to extreme climate events

Team of researchers has found through the supercomputer simulations that by 2050 the United States will likely be exposed to a larger number of extreme climate events.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Recent Australian wildfires made worse by logging

New study shows logging of native forests increases the risk and severity of fire and likely had a profound effect on the recent catastrophic Australian bushfires.
University of Queensland
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When disaster strikes locally, urban networks spread the damage globally

Disasters that occur in one place can trigger costs in cities across the world due to the interconnectedness of the global urban trade network.
Yale School of the Environment
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Rethinking tsunami defense

Careful engineering of low, plant-covered hills along shorelines can mitigate tsunami risks with less disruption of coastal life and lower costs compared to seawalls.
Stanford University
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US coasts face far more frequent severe floods

For US coasts, high-water hazards have just become more hazardous: a lot more hazardous, say scientists.
Climate News Network
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Glacier detachments: A new hazard in a warming world?

A recent event in Alaska challenges the understanding that glaciers are shrinking due to simple melting.
Geological Society of America, the
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USA: Excessive rain triggered 2018 Kīlauea volcano eruption, study finds

Researchers suggest that local rainfall patterns may contribute significantly to the timing and frequency of the eruption at Kīlauea and perhaps at other volcanoes.
University of Miami
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Human-caused warming will cause more slow-moving hurricanes

Will global climate change make slow-moving storms more common? Princeton’s Gan Zhang decided to tackle the question by using a large ensemble of climate simulations.
Princeton University
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USA: With shrinking snowpack, drought predictability melting away

New research from CU Boulder suggests that during the 21st century, ability to predict drought using snow will literally melt away.
University of Colorado Boulder

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