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How global warming has changed Washington winters

If you’ve lived in the Washington region for a while, you might have noticed winters aren’t as harsh as they used to be. While it’s true that the area has never been particularly cold or snowy, it has become less so with time.

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Record heat wave cooks Japan, straining power grid

Nearly 5,000 people have been hospitalized amid one of the severest heat waves Japan has seen in over a century, with 37 million people in and around Tokyo told to conserve electricity in response to record-breaking temperatures that are straining the power grid.

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Greenland's melt events traced to atmospheric rivers, climate change

A new study highlights how a stream of warm, moist air caused excessive melting over Greenland in 2021, an increasingly common occurrence over the past decade.

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Greenland's melt events traced to atmospheric rivers, climate change

A new study highlights how a stream of warm, moist air caused excessive melting over Greenland in 2021, an increasingly common occurrence over the past decade.

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