Climate Change: Preparing for Regional Risks

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By Sarah LozanovaMay 4, 2020, 5:00 am214 pts
Climate change touches all parts of the world in uniquely local ways. A string of severe heatwaves took its toll across the globe in 2018, causing deadly wildfires in California, Russia, Sweden, and Greece. The Great Floods of 2019 impacted 14 million people in the United States as the disaster unfolded over…

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