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Fighting climate change from farm fields to Capitol Hill
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Record heat was a broken record for the 2010s
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Weaponized ticks and climate change
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Climate change, corn bushels, and your wallet
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Is Climate Change to Blame for Record-Setting Tornado Reports?
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Record wildfires push 2018 disaster costs to $91 billion
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Putting a freeze on climate doubt
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Maximizing Benefits: Strategies for Community Resilience

American communities are facing growing and shifting climate risks. The evidence is in the growing costs of disasters which soared to more than $300 billion in 2017, breaking 2005’s record of $219 billion, according to NOAA data. Underlying these headline-making …

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Resilience Strategies for Wildfire

The risk of wildfire is expected to grow across the United States due to reduced precipitation in some regions, and higher temperatures caused by climate change. Wildfire has far-reaching impacts that can ripple through communities, regions, watersheds, and ecosystems. This …

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Resilience Strategies for Drought

Across the United States, the risk of drought is expected to grow due to reduced precipitation and higher temperatures caused by climate change. Drought’s far-reaching impacts can ripple through communities, regions, watersheds, economies and ecosystems. This fact sheet overviews strategies …

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