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The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way'

The Seattle Times reaches for "catastrophic"; WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) for "catastrophic".

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The headline split The left frames it as "The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: ‘Bigger shocks are on the way’". The center frames it as "The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way'".
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Left / center-leftThe world inches toward catastrophic climate events: ‘Bigger shocks are on the way’

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CenterThe world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way'

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WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami)News report · Aug 24, 1:55 PM

The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way'

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NEW YORK (AP) — In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20...

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The Seattle TimesNews report · Aug 24, 1:10 PM

The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: ‘Bigger shocks are on the way’

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Scientists have long warned that the world will experience more intense extreme weather events like heat waves, storms, floods and droughts as long as we continue to use gas, oil and coal a...

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Aug 24, 1:55 PM: WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) joined the source map.

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