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"Death Toll Hits 33 In Canadian Heat Wave"

"At least 33 deaths across Quebec are being blamed on an extreme heat wave that has gripped central and eastern Canada since Friday. Health officials announced the latest figure at a press conference Thursday morning."

Source: HuffPost, 07/06/2018

"Another Extreme Heat Wave Strikes The North Pole"

"In four of the past five winters, the North Pole has witnessed dramatic temperatures spikes, which previously were rare. Now, in the lead up to summer, the temperature has again shot up to unusually high levels at the tip of the planet."

Source: Washington Post, 05/08/2018

"How Global Warming Fueled Five Extreme Weather Events"

"Extreme weather left its mark across the planet in 2016, the hottest year in recorded history. Record heat baked Asia and the Arctic. Droughts gripped Brazil and southern Africa. The Great Barrier Reef suffered its worst bleaching event in memory, killing large swaths of coral. Now climate scientists are starting to tease out which of last year’s calamities can, and can’t, be linked to global warming."

Source: NY Times, 12/15/2017

"Forest Fires Stoke Record Loss In World Tree Cover: Monitor"

"Forest fires in Brazil and Indonesia contributed to a record loss in global tree cover in 2016, equivalent to the size of New Zealand, that could accelerate deforestation blamed for climate change, an independent forest monitoring network said on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 10/24/2017

"Potent Mix of Record Heat and Dryness Fuels Wildfires Across the West"

"Wildfires burned across hundreds of thousands of acres in the American and Canadian West this week, fueled by scorching temperatures that are breaking heat and fire records across the region." "'These unprecedented extreme events are exactly the types of events that are more likely due to the global warming that’s already occurred.'"

Source: InsideClimate News, 09/06/2017

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