2024: A Year of Record-Breaking Temperatures and Devastating Climate Change Impacts
The year 2024 is expected to break the record for average global temperature, exceeding 2023's record, leading to devastating climate change-related events across the globe, impacting lives, livelihoods, and the environment; photographers from the Associated Press captured these events worldwide.
2024: A Year of Record-Breaking Temperatures and Devastating Climate Change Impacts
The year 2024 is expected to break the record for average global temperature, exceeding 2023's record, leading to devastating climate change-related events across the globe, impacting lives, livelihoods, and the environment; photographers from the Associated Press captured these events worldwide.
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32% Bias Score
Reduced U.S. Snowfall Impacts Water, Agriculture, and Tourism
Analysis of over 2,000 locations across the U.S. reveals a 64% decrease in snowfall since the early 1970s due to warming winters, impacting water resources, wildfire risks, agriculture, and the winter tourism industry.
Reduced U.S. Snowfall Impacts Water, Agriculture, and Tourism
Analysis of over 2,000 locations across the U.S. reveals a 64% decrease in snowfall since the early 1970s due to warming winters, impacting water resources, wildfire risks, agriculture, and the winter tourism industry.
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28% Bias Score
Southern California Braces for Extreme Santa Ana Winds, High Wildfire Risk
Southern California is under red flag warnings from Monday through Wednesday due to strong Santa Ana winds (50-80 mph gusts, 5-15% humidity), increasing wildfire risks. Over 10 million people are affected, with the San Gabriel, Santa Monica, and Santa Susana mountains at greatest risk.
Southern California Braces for Extreme Santa Ana Winds, High Wildfire Risk
Southern California is under red flag warnings from Monday through Wednesday due to strong Santa Ana winds (50-80 mph gusts, 5-15% humidity), increasing wildfire risks. Over 10 million people are affected, with the San Gabriel, Santa Monica, and Santa Susana mountains at greatest risk.
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28% Bias Score
Unusually Warm Autumn in US
An unusually warm autumn in the continental US is causing severe drought and wildfires, and the trend is expected to continue.
Unusually Warm Autumn in US
An unusually warm autumn in the continental US is causing severe drought and wildfires, and the trend is expected to continue.
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24% Bias Score
Northeast Drought Worsens
The Northeast US is facing a severe drought causing widespread wildfires and prompting mandatory water restrictions. Climate change is likely a contributing factor.
Northeast Drought Worsens
The Northeast US is facing a severe drought causing widespread wildfires and prompting mandatory water restrictions. Climate change is likely a contributing factor.
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0% Bias Score
Northeast and California Wildfires
Wildfires rage across the Northeast and California, causing devastation, fatalities, and air quality concerns.
Northeast and California Wildfires
Wildfires rage across the Northeast and California, causing devastation, fatalities, and air quality concerns.
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2024: Record Temperatures Fuel Global Climate Disaster
2024 broke global temperature records, leading to intensified extreme weather events—including deadly heat, devastating floods, and massive wildfires—causing widespread destruction and displacement worldwide.
2024: Record Temperatures Fuel Global Climate Disaster
2024 broke global temperature records, leading to intensified extreme weather events—including deadly heat, devastating floods, and massive wildfires—causing widespread destruction and displacement worldwide.
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52% Bias Score
Arctic Tundra Shifts from Carbon Sink to Source, Amplifying Climate Change
The Arctic's tundra has switched from a carbon sink to a source, emitting more CO2 than it absorbs due to rising temperatures and record wildfires, as detailed in a new NOAA report, which also found that the Arctic is warming two to four times faster than the rest of the globe.
Arctic Tundra Shifts from Carbon Sink to Source, Amplifying Climate Change
The Arctic's tundra has switched from a carbon sink to a source, emitting more CO2 than it absorbs due to rising temperatures and record wildfires, as detailed in a new NOAA report, which also found that the Arctic is warming two to four times faster than the rest of the globe.
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32% Bias Score
1.53 Million Annual Deaths Linked to Landscape Fire Air Pollution
A new study links 1.53 million annual deaths to air pollution from landscape fires, with the majority occurring in low- and middle-income countries, highlighting climate injustice and demanding urgent action.
1.53 Million Annual Deaths Linked to Landscape Fire Air Pollution
A new study links 1.53 million annual deaths to air pollution from landscape fires, with the majority occurring in low- and middle-income countries, highlighting climate injustice and demanding urgent action.
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24% Bias Score
Unusually Warm Fall in the US
Unseasonably warm weather in the US is making this fall one of the warmest on record, with far-reaching consequences.
Unusually Warm Fall in the US
Unseasonably warm weather in the US is making this fall one of the warmest on record, with far-reaching consequences.
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28% Bias Score
New Jersey Drought Warning
New Jersey declares a drought warning amid wildfires and critically low water levels, prompting calls for mandatory restrictions.
New Jersey Drought Warning
New Jersey declares a drought warning amid wildfires and critically low water levels, prompting calls for mandatory restrictions.
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Wildfires Spread Across US Amidst Historic Drought
Wildfires rage across the US, claiming lives and threatening communities amid record drought conditions.
Wildfires Spread Across US Amidst Historic Drought
Wildfires rage across the US, claiming lives and threatening communities amid record drought conditions.
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