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Sources: Extreme Weather and the Changing Climate

  1. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/global-temperatures
  2. https://www.edf.org/climate/climate-change-and-extreme-weather
  3. https://www.edf.org/climate/climate-change-and-extreme-weather
  4. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/warming-earth-also-wetter-earth
  5. https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/food_supply/student_materials/905
  6. https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/
  7. https://time.com/6243307/bomb-cyclone-weather-climate-change-definitions/
  8. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/05/climate-disasters-2021-fires/
  9. https://www.arborday.org/trees/climatechange/#:~:text=As%20trees%20grow%2C%20they%20help,releasing%20oxygen%20into%20the%20atmosphere.
  10. https://www.doi.gov/wildlandfire/health
  11. https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2022/09/01/the-rising-costs-of-extreme-weather-events/
  12. https://www.epa.gov/arc-x/climate-adaptation-and-source-water-impacts#:~:text=Climate%20change%20threatens%20the%20quality,increase%20due%20to%20climate%20change.
  13. https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/social-dimensions-of-climate-change
  14. https://www.momscleanairforce.org/how-pollution-harms-body/
  15. https://act.momscleanairforce.org/l9fRuz2?_gl=1*1ywne91*_ga*MTUzMDk1OTYyMy4xNjcxMTE3NDM0*_ga_Q5CTTQBJD8*MTY3MzYyMzUwOS4xMS4xLjE2NzM2MjM1MTYuNTMuMC4w*_ga_Y8LNLM894J*MTY3MzYyMzUwOS4xMS4xLjE2NzM2MjM1MTYuNTMuMC4w
  16. https://www.epa.gov/wildfire-smoke-course/health-effects-attributed-wildfire-smoke
  17. https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/programs/climatechange/health_impacts/weather_related_morbidity/index.cfm
  18. https://www.apha.org/-/media/Files/PDF/topics/climate/Climate_Changes_Mental_Health.ashx#:~:text=Natural%20disasters%20are%20sudden%20in,suicidal%20ideation%2C%20may%20also%20occur.
  19. https://time.com/6243307/bomb-cyclone-weather-climate-change-definitions/
  20. https://www.usgs.gov/programs/science-application-for-risk-reduction/science/arkstorm-scenario
  21. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/science/weather-forecasts-language.html
  22. https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2926/Atmospheric-Rivers-What-are-they-and-how-does-NOAA-study-them#:~:text=Atmospheric%20rivers%20are%20long%2C%20concentrated,landfall%2C%20especially%20over%20mountainous%20terrain
  23. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150804/atmospheric-river-lashes-california
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