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Australian wildfires point to climate-change risks
2013-01-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronoto Star: What happens when, bit by bit, the Earth turns warmer? It leads to extreme weather: In 2012, the United States was stricken by a severe drought in its south and southwest, torrential rains in Beijing killed more than 70 people, half of the Philippines capital, Manila, was submerged by rains, and flash-floods and landslides in Bangladesh affected a million people. Now there are wildfires in Australia, spreading with rare and dangerous speed. And with temperatures predicted to hit a record high...
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