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Two construction workers working on railway tracks.
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High temperatures can cause train tracks to buckle and kink

As the climate warms, intensifying heat waves are throwing the U.S. passenger rail system off schedule.
Yale Climate Connections
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Recently completed geophysical survey will help protect critical infrastructure from geomagnetic storms and space weather

The United States Magnetotelluric Array provides geophysical information about the electrical structure of the Earth that aid in hazard assessments such as those that address the impacts of geomagnetic storms and space weather on electric power grids
United States Geological Survey
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Tracking the restorative effects of good fire

DRI’s Gabrielle Boisramé has been studying the transformative impact of Yosemite’s natural fire experiment for over a decade.
Desert Research Institute (DRI)
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After historic floods, the safety net failed small farmers

Climate disasters are killing the largest subset of California farms. Government programs are too
High Country News
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Preparing California’s agricultural lands for climate change

Drought and fire are increasing in the western United States, with serious consequences for California's economically and culturally valuable oak rangelands. These agroecosystems face further climatic changes over the next century.
University of California, Santa Cruz
People standing under water mist sprayers in Tokyo, Japan
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Heat risk isn’t just about the highs: Large daily temperature swings can harm human health – maps show who is affected most

It's not just high and low temperatures that matter. How many degrees the temperature swings within a day – the daily temperature variation – itself poses health risks.
Conversation Media Group, the
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High tide flooding may lessen across the U.S., NOAA scientists predict

After record-breaking coastal flooding, La Nina could slightly reduce number of flood days
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A child views flood damage after Hurricane Ida in New Brunswick, New Jersey
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U.S. Geological Survey responds to Tropical Storm Debby in South Carolina

The U.S. Geological Survey installed eight rapid deployment gauges Monday and Tuesday to augment its network of near real-time streamgages and track rising waters and flow brought by Tropical Storm Debby’s rainfall.
United States Geological Survey

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