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Their early findings suggest that wildfire smoke is broadly and especially toxic. Burning trees, soil, and vehicles can throw ...

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of natural disasters like hurricanes and floods. Climate change is ...

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Climate change fueled last year’s extreme wildfires — some more than others If emissions aren’t curbed, extreme wildfires could become six to 11 times more likely by the end of the century.

If climate change was a somewhat abstract notion a decade ago, today it is all too real for Californians fleeing wildfires and smothered in a blanket of smoke, the worst year of fires on record.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about how climate change can make natural disasters, including Hurricane Laura and the wildfires in California, more severe.

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