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"Thousands Evacuate As Dueling Storms Take Aim at U.S. Gulf Coast" [1]

"Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura tore through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, forcing thousands of coastal residents in Louisiana and Cuba to flee, and flooding roads in Haiti’s capital, with damage across the region expected to worsen this week."

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Source: Reuters [8], 08/24/2020
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"Greenland Ice Sheet Lost A Record 1M Tonnes Of Ice Per Minute In 2019" [9]

"The Greenland ice sheet lost a record amount of ice in 2019, equivalent to a million tonnes per minute across the year, satellite data shows."

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International [10]
Source: Guardian [11], 08/21/2020
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"Revealed: How The Gas Industry Is Waging War Against Climate Action" [12]

"In a nationwide blitz, gas companies and their allies fight climate efforts that they consider an existential threat to their business".

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Source: Guardian [17], 08/21/2020
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Two Hurricanes Expected In Gulf Of Mexico; Florida In Path Of One [18]

"The National Hurricane Center is forecasting for two tropical depressions to reach hurricane strength, with both sharing the Gulf of Mexico at the same time."

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Source: USA TODAY [19], 08/21/2020
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California Wildfires Kill At Least 4 People As Evacuees Weigh Virus [20]

"At least four people have died as a result of wildfires fueled by a heat wave and a blitz of lightning strikes in [California's] northern areas. The clusters of fires merged into orange infernos that are creeping up on residential areas, turning neighborhoods into ash and smoldering ruins."

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Source: CNN [24], 08/21/2020
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"Alaska’s Salmon Are Shrinking, And Climate Change May Be To Blame" [25]

"Alaska’s highly prized salmon - a favorite of seafood lovers the world over - are getting smaller, and climate change is a suspected culprit, a new study reported, documenting a trend that may pose a risk to a valuable fishery, indigenous people and wildlife."

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Source: Reuters [28], 08/20/2020
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"How Trump's NEPA Overhaul Hits Offshore Wind" [29]

"Offshore wind — a multibillion-dollar industry poised to go up along the Atlantic seaboard — seemingly is the optimal candidate to benefit from President Trump's overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act last month."

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Source: E&E News [30], 08/20/2020
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Mangroves Could Help Save Us From Warming. But It's Killing Mangroves [31]

"Coastal mangrove forests help protect communities and habitats from storm surges, but sea-level rise could wipe them out."

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International [10]
Source: Revelator [32], 08/20/2020
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Climate Change Hits Colorado With Wildfires, Drought, Record Heat [33]

"Climate change hit home in Colorado this week, exacerbating multiple environmental calamities: wildfires burning across 135,423 acres, stream flows shrinking to where state officials urged limits on fishing, drought wilting crops, and record temperatures baking heat-absorbing cities."

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Source: Denver Post [36], 08/20/2020
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"How Weather Detectives Scrutinize Would-Be World Records" [37]

"When a weather station in Death Valley, Calif., registered an astonishing 130 degrees Fahrenheit this week, it got meteorologists' attention. After all, there's a possibility that this is the highest such temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth — if it's for real."

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Source: NPR [39], 08/20/2020
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