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Tom Yulsman

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As seen in: Discover Magazine, MSN, TIME, Scientific American, Astronomy Magazine, NewsBreak, RealClear Science, The Open Notebook, The Water Desk
Director, Center for Environmental Journalism: colorado.edu/cej/. Columnist for Discover magazine. Freelance science & environmental journalist.
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Why The Arctic May be the 'Most Dangerous Place on Earth'

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By Tom Yulsman
| TIME Verified
Even while being hammered by rapid climate change, the Arctic has long managed to keep its balance. “For decades the Arctic was a rare, low-tension region where international cooperation prevailed,” Canada’s Governor General, Mary Simon, said at the Arctic Frontiers conference held at the start of February in Tromsø, Norway. This “Arctic exceptionalism,” as it came to be known, manifested in cooperation over resources and borders, and in smaller ways too.
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Last Month Unexpectedly Finished as the Warmest January on Record

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By Tom Yulsman
| Discover Magazine Verified
L ast month was expected to continue a fall out of record high global heating conditions that began last September. But that's not how things turned out. A ccording to the first of several analyses coming in the next couple of weeks, last month was the warmest January on record. The first three weeks of the year saw particularly high global temperatures, according to climate scientist Zeke Hausfather, writing in his newsletter The Climate Brink .
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Worsening Climate "Whiplash" Helps Explain Why California's Wildfires Were so Ferocious

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By Tom Yulsman
| Discover Magazine Verified
It has been more than three weeks since the blazes erupted on Jan. 7, 2025, and now, as I'm writing this on Friday, Jan. 31, they are finally just a percent or two from full containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection . Driven by hurricane force winds, the fires quickly roared through a desiccated landscape. Together they've scorched 37,469 acres - an area more than two and a half times the size of Manhattan .
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