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Glaciers retreat, hurricanes more intense, coral reefs bleach

Date: June 21, 2018

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Summary

You don't just feel the heat of global warming, you can see it in action all around. Some examples of where climate change's effects have been measured: Glaciers across the globe are melting and retreating, with 279 billion tons of ice lost since 2002, according to NASA's GRACE satellite. Jakobshavn

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glacier retreat

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Rocky Mountains

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

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Marmota

Turdus migratorius

Delphinium

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