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Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). Nature ClimateChange. In: ClimateChange 2021: The Physical Science Basis. IPCC (2014) ClimateChange2014: Synthesis Report. References.
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4] As our climate is warming due to rising emissions of greenhouse gases into our atmosphere, extreme weather events and intense variations in temperature are becoming more frequent. [5]. 12] This issue is not just stuck to California, climatechange will lead to more wildfires in most areas around the globe.[13]
5 billion tons of dust throughout the atmosphere [4]. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium known to cause fatal infections in burn patients and Coccidioides immitis, a fungal infection which causes Valley fever [1, 4], have both been identified in the atmosphere after local and international dust storms [2]. Environ Int, 2014.
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