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2021’s climate disasters revealed an east-west weather divide, with one side of the country too wet, the other dangerously dry

  • Written by Shuang-Ye Wu, Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
2021’s climate disasters revealed an east-west weather divide, with one side of the country too wet, the other dangerously dryWildfires that swept through Sequoia National Forest in California in September 2021 were so severe they killed ancient trees that had adapted to survive fires.AP Photo/Noah Berger

Alongside a lingering global pandemic, the year 2021 was filled with climate disasters, some so intense they surprised even the scientists who study them.

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