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3. No urgency here. The world is literally on fire.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 10:51 PM
Aug 2019
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/arctic/wildfire.htm
"The summer of 2019 was an unprecedented year for fires in the Arctic. major fires burned throughout the Arctic in Russia, Canada, and Greenland: "Arctic infernos released 50 megatons of carbon dioxide—the equivalent of Sweden’s total annual emissions—into the atmosphere in June alone. This amount represents more than was emitted by Arctic fires in the same month between 2010 to 2018 combined." Learn more about NASA Studies How Arctic Wildfires Change the World."

https://globalnews.ca/news/5805528/amazon-wildfires-buring/
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While the wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have made international headlines, it’s just one of many areas battling raging infernos around the world.

Wildfires are burning in several other countries, including Spain, Greece and Alaska."
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https://globalnews.ca/news/5770140/july-global-heat-record/

"July was Earth’s hottest month since records began in 1880"
https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/1578852931532/?jwsource=cl

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