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Scientists Say Scorching Temperatures Brought on by the 'Super' El Niño Could Kill Nearly Half a Million People by February (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (1 child)

warm winter in Canada = no snow pack = dry forests in spring and forest fires by May-June.

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[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

It scares me how fast weather has changed. When I was a child we would routinely have snowfall before Halloween.

Shit is fucked yo.

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