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the second most costly weather event after hurricane:

lack of rain and snow
--> stop streams from flowing
--> water shortage

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loss of animals and habitats

backburning: a technique that starts a controlled fire to clear a forest patch --> prevent future fire from spreading

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when water covers land that is usually dry

flood plain: flat land that becomes flooded when the river spills from its channel

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polar ice caps melt
--> Earth absorbs more sunlight
--> heat up

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it is natural in the coral system
but more reef area is turning into rubble because of bleaching and storm event becoming more frequent and severe

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China now produces more CO2 emissions than the United States and Europe combined.