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Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows

Grist

Looking at more than 1,000 drought and flood events around the globe from 2002 to 2021, researchers analyzed their size, duration, and severity. The most severe drought took place in northeastern South America from 2015 to 2016, followed by the ongoing drought in the Cerrado region of Brazil.

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Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows

Grist

Looking at more than 1,000 drought and flood events around the globe from 2002 to 2021, researchers analyzed their size, duration, and severity. The most severe drought took place in northeastern South America from 2015 to 2016, followed by the ongoing drought in the Cerrado region of Brazil.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

In a video recording of the event , Cole asserted that where fossil fuel energy is extracted, refined, transported, used to generate power, and disposed of in toxic waste dumps, it “is highly correlated to low income communities and communities of color.”. An avid birder, he first went to South America to visit friends.

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