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Rain comes to the Arctic, with a cascade of troubling changes

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All that rain is significant because the melting of the Greenland ice sheet — like the melting of other glaciers around the world — is one of the most important drivers of sea level rise. Public health experts fear that Indigenous health will be seriously compromised if the animals can no longer be hunted.

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Study: People are moving to flood-prone areas, not away from them

Grist

In January 2003, Tropical Cyclone Delfina dropped heavy rains over Malawi and Mozambique, causing devastating flooding. Floodplains are expanding into new areas with dense populations due to sea-level rise and land-use change, but the researchers also think people are building at an accelerated pace in flood-prone areas.

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Study: People are moving to flood-prone areas, not away from them

Grist

In January 2003, Tropical Cyclone Delfina dropped heavy rains over Malawi and Mozambique, causing devastating flooding. Floodplains are expanding into new areas with dense populations due to sea-level rise and land-use change, but the researchers also think people are building at an accelerated pace in flood-prone areas.