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How Climate Attribution Science Went Mainstream, and What It Means [1]

A growing body of research shows the links between global warming and extreme weather. And that knowledge can help communities prepare, and assign responsibility for damages. Veteran climate journalist Bob Berwyn lays out the science of climate attribution — for heat waves, flooding, wildfires and, ironically, crop-killing freezes — and discusses its implications for future climate change policy.

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Economy & Business [7]
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Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Studies [10]
Food [11]
Government [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Planning & Growth [15]
Policy [16]
Science [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
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National (U.S.) [19]
International [20]
Europe [21]
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For Bangladesh Climate Migrants, Pandemic Job Cuts Fuel 'Multiple Crises' [24]

"Bangladesh is one of the world's largest exporters of labour, but thousands have been left without work as the pandemic slows economies around the world".

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [7]
People & Population [25]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [23]
Asia [26]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [27], 10/04/2021
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Op-Ed: "Migration Will Soon Be The Biggest Climate Challenge Of Our Time" [28]

As heat, rising seas and drought render swaths of the planet uninhabitable, millions, if not billions of people may eventually have to relocate to terrain in the latitudes best suited to survival. The toughest challenge that lies before us isn’t reducing emissions, it’s relocating people. Neither the IPCC nor any other agency is currently empowered to address this fundamental question of human geography."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [25]
Public [23]
International [20]
Source: Financial Times [30], 10/04/2021
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Pushed To The Edge, La. Tribe Wonder Where To Go After Ida [31]

"More than a month after Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm, battered Louisiana's coast, Roy and Annie Parfait still can't go home. The Native couple, elders of the Houma tribe, are staying with family while they wait to see if federal money comes through to help them repair their roof in Dulac."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [25]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: NPR [33], 10/04/2021
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Ariz. Drought Ignites Tensions and Threatens Traditions Among the Hopi [34]

"The tribe has survived for more than a thousand years in the arid mesas. The megadrought gripping the Southwest is testing that resilience."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Environmental Justice [8]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [25]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Source: NYTimes [36], 10/04/2021
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"Crews Race To Limit Damage From Major California Oil Spill" [37]

"Crews on the water and on shore worked feverishly Sunday to limit environmental damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent California history, caused by a suspected leak in an underwater pipeline that fouled the sands of famed Huntington Beach and could keep the beaches there closed for weeks or longer."

Disasters [6]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [40]
Water & Oceans [18]
Wildlife [41]
Public [23]
California [42]
Source: AP [43], 10/04/2021
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Cowabunga: "Scientists Drove A Robotic Surfboard Into Hurricane Sam" [44]

"Scientists with Saildrone and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration managed to drive a robotic surfboard into the core of Category 4 Hurricane Sam on Thursday, in a first-of-its-kind scientific mission as they try to better understand hurricanes."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Science [17]
Technology [45]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [46], 10/01/2021
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The High Price Of Living Near The Shore Is About To Go Through The Roof [47]

"As FEMA prepares to remove subsidies from its flood insurance, a new assessment says 8 million homeowners in landlocked states are at risk of serious flooding because of climate change".

Climate Change [5]
Consumer [48]
Disasters [6]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [49], 10/01/2021
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"Deportations Of Haitians Spark Concerns Over Environmental Refugees" [50]

"The swell of Haitian migrants attempting to come to the U.S. shows the country needs a plan to help environmental refugees, advocates say, while warning that the swift deportation of those camped in Texas is indicative of how climate migrants could be treated in the years to come."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
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People & Population [25]
Public [23]
International [20]
Source: The Hill [51], 10/01/2021
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"California Regulators Warn Of Dry Reservoirs, Restrictions" [52]

"California’s reservoirs are so dry from a historic drought that regulators warned Thursday it’s possible the state’s water agencies won’t get anything from them next year, a frightening possibility that could force mandatory restrictions for residents."

Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [48]
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California [42]
Source: AP [53], 10/01/2021
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