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Climate change contributing to increase in extreme weather events, says expert report

21 Dec 2019
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Heating up: wildfires were one extreme phenomenon that was covered in the report. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Bruno-Ismael-Silva-Alves)
Extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts and heavy rainfall are becoming increasingly like

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Harvey Leifert is a freelance science writer based in Bethesda, Maryland
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