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February 28, 2018

Climate News: Temps Surge at North Pole; Sea Rise Floods U.S. Bases; Shrinking Lake Chad Causes Hunger Crisis
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In news on the environment and climate change, scientists have been
stunned by the unprecedented warm temperatures in the North Pole, which
has surged above freezing temperatures in the middle of the winter.
Meanwhile, a number of retired U.S. military generals and admirals say
rising sea levels are flooding an increasing number of U.S. military
bases around the world. In Nigeria, leaders from across Africa are
gathering to discuss the escalating hunger crisis of 17 million people
who depend on Lake Chad, which is shrinking due to climate change. And
in China, more than a quarter of a million companies that discharge air
and water pollution will have to start paying an environmental tax
beginning in April, under China's new Environmental Protection Tax Law.


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