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El Niño Could Ignite Amazon, Drench California
Scientists predict a high risk of forest fires in the Amazon and heavy rains in California during the early months of 2016
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World's First Global Deal to Combat Climate Change Adopted in Paris
The Paris pact represents the first worldwide effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in next decade
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Virginia Islanders Could Be U.S. First Climate Change Refugees
Flooding and erosion may not allow island to stay above water
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California Farmers Will Intentionally Flood Their Fields This Winter
Hydrologists experiment with a groundwater-banking technique that could ease drought pains
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The Most Important Number in Climate Change
Just how sensitive is Earth's climate to increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide?
Art Can Highlight Climate Change, But Where is the Data?
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2015 Will Be Hottest Year on Record--Until Next Year
Inaction on climate 'could see rise of 6 degrees Celsius'
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How a Forest Responds to the Threatening Heat of 2100
Experiments may show how forests around the globe respond to global warming
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Has the Original U.N. Climate Goal Been Forgotten?
Many countries still push to restrain global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius—or less
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El Niño Strengthening, Will Be among Biggest on Record, WMO Says
U.N. weather agency says current warming pattern in the Pacific likely to be in the top-three strongest on record
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Record Levels of CO2 Herald the Future of Climate Change
Global warming has become a 1-degree Celsius reality, making progress at climate talks in Paris even more imperative
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Climate Change Threatens to Make More People Poor
Natural disasters, disease and farming woes may expand poverty under global warming
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Climate Change Signal Emerges from the Weather
Scientists begin to detect the influence of global warming on extreme weather
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Kiribati's Dilemma: Before We Drown We May Die of Thirst
The island nation is one of the world’s most vulnerable to rising sea levels. But residents may have to leave well before the ocean claims their homes
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Rising Seas Pose Growing Flood Threat
A bipartisan group is attempting to raise awareness of sea level rise risks
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Obama Pushes Indonesia to Save Burning Peat Forests
As Obama meets with Indonesia’s president, action on forests to combat climate change
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How Hurricane Patricia Quickly Became a Monster Storm
The ideal combination of high ocean temperature, soaring humidity and slow prevailing winds created the record-breaking beast
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Hurricane Patricia Rapidly Becomes Strongest Storm Ever in Western Hemisphere
Top wind speed is much greater than Hurricanes Katrina or Sandy
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Hellish Fires in Indonesia Spread Health, Climate Problems
Fires have spread smoke and haze throughout southeast Asia
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Strong El Niño to Usher in Lots of Winter Rain
This winter is likely to be wetter and warmer than average, thanks to a strong El Niño brewing in the Pacific Ocean
