Indeed, the year has been marked by a record-breaking number ofbillion-dollar climate disasters, according to NOAA. That includes record-shattering heat waves in parts of China, Europe andthe American Southwest; devastating hurricanes inFloridaandMexico; ongoingwildfi...
as measured by satellite. The greatest increases over the last three decades are occurring on the North Slope of Alaska, Canada's tundra and Taimyr Peninsula of Siberia. The annual report on vegetation