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"Populations In High-Risk Climate Areas Grow: Redfin" [1]

"Populations in areas of the United States at high risk for climate disasters are growing, according to an analysis done by real estate listing service Redfin."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
People & Population [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [8], 08/27/2021
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Many Measures Of Earth’s Health Are At Worst Levels On Record: NOAA [9]

"2020 saw unprecedented global sea levels and the highest annual increase in concentrations of methane, a potent greenhouse gas".

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [6]
International [11]
Source: Washington Post [12], 08/27/2021
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13,500+ Firefighters Battle To Contain A Dozen Large Wildfires In Calif. [13]

"More than 13,500 firefighters were working Monday to contain a dozen large California wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to flee to safety."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [15], 08/26/2021
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"Wildfire Smoke: An Emerging Threat to West Coast Wines" [16]

"As climate change brings longer, more destructive fire seasons, the wine industry scrambles to protect vineyards from the dreaded taint of smoke."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Food [18]
Forests [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 08/24/2021
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"Megadrought to Pit Fish Lives Against Human Needs in U.S. West" [20]

"Water cuts aimed at farmers amid the West’s megadrought have set the stage for bitter legal and political fights over one of the most overlooked water uses—the right of water to remain in streams to sustain fish and endangered species, lawyers say."

Agriculture [17]
Disasters [3]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
People & Population [4]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [22], 08/24/2021
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"Climate Crisis Made Deadly German Floods ‘Up To 9 Times More Likely’" [23]

"The record-shattering rainfall that caused deadly flooding across Germany and Belgium in July was made up to nine times more likely by the climate crisis, according to research."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [6]
International [11]
Source: Guardian [24], 08/24/2021
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Reporting Innovations Hold Promise for Reporting on Climate Change Amid News Deserts [25]

Slashed news budgets and staff cuts have left many U.S. newsrooms short on time and resources for deep reporting on climate change and other complex topics. But two innovative projects at The Post and Courier in South Carolina — one enriching breaking news stories and the other fostering news outlet cooperation — aim at filling the void. Acclaimed journalist Tony Bartelme explains.

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Climate Change [2]
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"Wilderness Closed: BWCA Cleared Of Visitors Amid Increased Fire Danger" [35]

"It’s been a hectic few days for Clare Shirley, who owns Sawbill Canoe Outfitters north of Tofte, Minn. Her business is on Sawbill Lake — a popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness entry point about four miles from the Whelp and John Ek fires burning inside the BWCA."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Canada [36]
Source: MPR [37], 08/23/2021
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In Fire Scorched California, Town Aims To Buy At-Risk Properties [38]

Paradise, California has "a new, ambitious town effort to identify the most high risk properties in the burn area and, if there are willing sellers, buy them and turn them into fire resistant green spaces."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Planning & Growth [5]
Public [6]
California [39]
Source: NPR [40], 08/23/2021
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"22 Dead, Many Missing After 17 Inches Of Rain In Tennessee" [41]

"At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately Sunday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through Middle Tennessee."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mexico [42]
Source: AP [43], 08/23/2021
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