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Jean Slick from Royal Roads University is quoted in this NYTimes atticle
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‘No One Is Safe’: Extreme Weather Batters the Wealthy World
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Floods swept Germany, fires ravaged the American West and another heat wave loomed, driving home the reality that the world’s richest nations remain unprepared for the intensifying consequences of climate change.Do others provinces also have this? Sadly drowning fatalities are up significantly this year in AB.
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Alberta marks 1st annual World Drowning Prevention Day | CBC News
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A special flag raising ceremony was held Sunday morning outside the Federal Building in Edmonton to mark the first annual United Nations-recognized World Drowning Prevention Day.Dubai creates fake rain to battle scorching 50C heatDubai’s government is paying scientists to make it rain - after the city experienced scorching 50C temperatures.
What's in melting glaciers?
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Ancient 15,000-Year-Old Viruses Identified in Melting Tibetan Glaciers
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Like the start of a horror movie, ancient creatures are emerging from the cold storage of now-melting permafrost: from incredibly preserved extinct megafauna like the woolly rhino, to the 40,000-year-old remains of a giant wolf, and bacteria over 75"I did not want anybody to tell me that I would be recovering from this disaster five to seven years later. But it was true."
What an Alberta town can teach us about coping with climate disasters | CBC Radio
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The 2013 Alberta floods left lasting emotional and psychological impacts, which experts say we need to better understand as this kind of disaster becomes more frequent due to human-caused climate change.Follow Us on Twitter
Should air conditioning be classified as essential? What are your thoughts?
To prepare for future heat waves, classify air conditioners as medical devices, UBC expert says | CBC Radio
Advocates say the devastating heat dome in B.C. in June through early July should be a wake-up call for health authorities to develop new measures to ...
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Jean Slick from @RoyalRoads University is quoted in this NYTimes atticle
‘No One Is Safe’: Extreme Weather Batters the Wealthy World
Floods swept Germany, fires ravaged the American West and another heat wave loomed, driving home the reality that the world’s richest nations re...
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