Climate change: References from the past and the present - Mudanças climáticas

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  Carlos Frohlich

  

  Lake Mead hits lowest water levels in history amid severe drought in the West

  ABC News - Julia Jacobo

  Man-made lakes that supply water to millions could reach historic lows. Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, has …

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  Carlos Frohlich

  

  Lake Mead plummets to unprecedented low, exposing original 1971 water intake valve

  CNN - By Stephanie Elam

  Lake Mead's plummeting water level has exposed one of the reservoir's original water intake valves for the first time, officials say.

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  Carlos Frohlich

  

  Climate crisis: Will small California farms survive soaring heat?

  Al Jazeera - Hilary Beaumont

  The most profitable agricultural region in the US faces a significant rise in temperatures by the end of the century. Los Angeles, California, US – Last summer was the hottest that Kayode Kadara can remember since the late 1970s, when he began visiting the San Joaquin Valley, the vast farming region …

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  Carlos Frohlich

  

  California declares unprecedented water restrictions amid drought

  Al Jazeera - Hilary Beaumont

  Residents have been warned to scale down their water usage this summer, as critical shortages loom. Los Angeles, California – Amid a once-in-a-millennium prolonged drought fuelled by the climate crisis, one of the largest water distribution agencies in the United States is warning six million …

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  Carlos Frohlich

  

  One dead, 5,000 others suffer from respiratory ailments as sandstorm hits Iraq

  arabnews.com - tamara.abueish

  article author: AFPBullets: More than 1,000 Iraqis were rushed to hospital with respiratory ailments due to a sandstormBAGHDAD: One person has died …

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  Carlos Frohlich

  

  

  Severe sandstorm blankets Baghdad

  NBC News - NBC Universal

  A thick layer of yellow dust blanketed houses and cars in the Iraqi capital Thursday as a heavy sandstorm over central Iraq sent dozens of residents to hospitals with breathing difficulties. A thick layer of yellow dust blanketed houses and cars in the Iraqi capital Thursday as a heavy sandstorm …