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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

…reporters up to speed on the science that will inform key climate-related decisions in the year ahead. Three deeply knowledgeable climate scientists provided an overview of where things stand today with regard to climate change in the United States and offered research-based updates on options for mitigating U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate…

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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Climate change impacts on U.S. agriculture

What are some science-backed tips and pitfalls-to-avoid for reporters covering climate change impacts on U.S. agriculture? Are animal-based products expected to get more expensive in light of climate change? If so, how soon would price increases be felt by consumers? With projected decreases in food production due to climate change, what are some big-picture solutions…

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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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Attribution science basics: climate change and extreme weather

…meteorological events per se but among the most certain weather-related impacts of climate change: coastal flooding due to climate-change-linked sea level rise. The difference between “climate” and “weather” What constitutes an “extreme” weather event Why scientists are studying extreme weather attribution How to describe climate attribution findings How climate change is affecting extreme weather now…

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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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Extreme events attributable to climate change: past and future

…Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it represents the first of two volumes of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, mandated by the Global Change Research Act of 1990. It includes a chapter on Detection and Attribution of Climate Change. The fifth national climate assessment is scheduled for release in 2023. The U.S. National Climate…

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Dr. Leah A. Dundon: On site at the U.N. Climate Change Conference

…of the Vanderbilt Climate Change Initiative. And separate from Vanderbilt, I’m also an environmental attorney. And at Vanderbilt, my research really focuses on climate change adaptation and specifically in terms of community infrastructure, so how things like roads and bridges can be better prepared for the extreme weather events that climate change is causing. And…

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Wildfires: Climate connections & community impacts

Extreme events attributable to climate change: past and future

Dr. Leah A. Dundon: On site at the U.N. Climate Change Conference