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The role of climate in heat, fire & floods

…How has the risk of wildfires changed due to climate change? Can we say that the intensity or the number of fires happening now could not have happened without climate change? What have you seen in the news coverage of climate and extreme events or climate and wildfires that you think the reporters could have…

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Climate essentials for 2021

…in the United States from extreme heat? What role should nuclear energy play in responding to climate change in the United States? What are some key takeaways for journalists covering climate change in 2021? With the election of new leadership in Washington, climate change has reemerged as a national policy priority. SciLine’s media briefing gets…

Climate change: rising to the challenge

…a positive or a negative on our climate change? And what other things can be done in agriculture that would improve our climate footprint and everything that we need to change our trajectory on climate change? MILES O’BRIEN: Just to clarify, when you talk about modern agriculture, are you talking about livestock and the consumption…

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Attribution science: climate change and extreme weather

…How climate change is projected to affect extreme weather in the future Is it fair to say climate change has “caused” any specific extreme weather events? What recent extreme weather events can be attributed to climate change? How scientists calculate the role of climate change in specific weather events Is climate/weather attribution a precise science?…

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Sea level rise and climate change

…at least 2,800 years.2Sweet, W.V., et al. 2017: Sea level rise. In: Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 333-363, doi: 10.7930/J0VM49F2. View Source3Lindsey, R., & Lumpkin, R. (2021, January 25). Climate Change: Global Sea Level: NOAA Climate.gov. Climate Change: Global Sea Level…

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Wildfires: Climate connections & community impacts

…U.S. forests over the last several decades is attributable to human-caused climate change. So importantly, that doesn’t mean that every fire we see is because of climate change, right? Again, fire is a long-standing natural process. We expect fires in the absence of climate change. But climate change is making them occur more frequently, making…

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Agriculture and climate change

Fourth National Climate Assessment Summary Findings: Agriculture IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land, chapter 5: Food Security Top Line Climate change is already causing a range of impacts on U.S. food production, including crop losses from flooding, soil erosion, and a decline in winter chill needed for fruit and nut production. While a…

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Climate plan solutions

…renewable energy like wind, solar and waves; electric vehicles; climate change education and awareness, all of these will help us slow and eventually stall the climate change wheel, leaving behind a better world for the future generations.” (Posted September 10, 2020) “Climate change is redrawing the landscape of areas suitable for human habitation. The U.S….

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Hurricanes: Climate connections & community impacts

…of hurricane formation. And then we’ll describe what the science says about the relationship between hurricanes and climate change. We know that for some reporters, covering hurricanes and hurricane trends as a local event, you may not be certain what aspects have been shown to be climate related or not, so here’s your chance to…

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Climate plan solutions

Hurricanes: Climate connections & community impacts