The pattern of warmer than normal water along the equator in the Eastern Pacific heats things up and favors increases in the number of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Pacific.
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Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2026
As the planet heats due to climate change, our warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture and fuel heavier, more frequent downpours.
While mosquitoes are remarkably adaptable animals, scientists have repeatedly demonstrated that their numbers and territory are expanding as the planet warms and weather patterns change.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Aug. 2026
That snow warms the ground below and allows microbes during the winter to release more of the heat-trapping gas methane, Elmendorf said.
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