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How much climate change is due to extreme weather?
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A vital oceanic current is steady, for now
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Reactive dust from the Great Salt Lake may have health consequences
Dust pollution is known to contribute to asthma and heart and lung disease. But dust blowing from the Great Salt
A thousand-year-old log shows how burying wood can fight climate change
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How rapid intensification produced two monster hurricanes in one week
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Why was Hurricane Helene so devastating?
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