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‘The obsession with endless growth can only end in tears’: your questions on extreme weather this summer answered (www.theguardian.com)

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Quite insightful. If only more people would read this.

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[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

And how these extreme fires cause thunderstorms that genereate lightning strikes that perpetuate the fire,

This summer I learned, scary shit.

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