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Heat waves and cold snaps: Study finds the Great Lakes have entered an era of extremes

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Heat waves and cold snaps: Study finds the Great Lakes have entered an era of extremes

The Great Lakes, like the rest of the world, are dealing with a phenomenon of global heating caused mostly by fossil fuel emissions. In an innovative new study from the University of Michigan, the data reveals it’s not just rising average temperatures we need to worry about. Looking back at lake surface temperatures (LST) over forty years, researchers found the Great Lakes have entered a new era of temperature extremes. 

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Fossil-Fuelled Heat Has Caused Tropical Birds to Decline by “Up to 38%” since 1950s

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An uptick in heat extremes, driven by human-caused climate change, has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38% since the 1950s, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis. The study combines ecological and climate attribution techniques to trace the fingerprint of fossil-fuelled climate change on declining wildlife populations. It … [continued]

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