Government climate report warns of worsening US disasters
6 years, 1 month ago

Government climate report warns of worsening US disasters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As California’s catastrophic wildfires recede and people rebuild after two hurricanes, a massive new federal report warns that these types of disasters are worsening in the United States because of global warming. “As a climate scientist it is almost surreal.” And Donald Wuebbles, a co-author from University of Illinois climate scientist, said, “We’re going to continue to see severe weather events get stronger and more intense.” What makes the report different from others is that it focuses on the United States, then goes more local and granular. “All climate change is local,” said Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Richard Alley, who wasn’t part of the report but praised it. Trump tweeted this week about the cold weather hitting the East including: “Brutal and Extended Cold Blast could shatter ALL RECORDS - Whatever happened to Global Warming?” Friday’s report seemed to anticipate such comments, saying: “Over shorter timescales and smaller geographic regions, the influence of natural variability can be larger than the influence of human activity. Over climate timescales of multiple decades, however, global temperature continues to steadily increase.” Releasing the report on Black Friday “is a transparent attempt by the Trump Administration to bury this report and continue the campaign of not only denying but suppressing the best of climate science,” said study co-author Andrew Light, an international policy expert at the World Resources Institute.

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Los Angeles wildfires have become perfect fuel for Trump and climate denial
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4 days, 11 hours ago

Los Angeles wildfires have become perfect fuel for Trump and climate denial

Salon  

As of Friday, the plague of wildfires in Los Angeles has consumed more than 20,000 acres, destroyed roughly 13,000 buildings, forced more than 180,000 evacuations and caused at least 11 deaths. “Climate change is 100% responsible” for the wildfires Kyla Bennett, director of senior policy at the activist group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told Salon. “The weather patterns over …

‘Half the Country’s Thinking Magically’: California Fire Victims Grapple with the Political Paralysis Over Climate Change
4 days, 11 hours ago

‘Half the Country’s Thinking Magically’: California Fire Victims Grapple with the Political Paralysis Over Climate Change

Politico  

There’s an idea I’ve heard from many Democrats, especially in California, that more experience with natural disasters might spur more urgency around climate change. California’s former governor, Jerry Brown, told me when we met last month in Sacramento that Trump might represent something of an opening for Democrats on the issue: “If the assault on the environment is as extreme …

Stop playing politics with the LA fires and address the key cause: man-made climate change
4 days, 14 hours ago

Stop playing politics with the LA fires and address the key cause: man-made climate change

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Never missing an opportunity to turn …

California wildfires show we are not prepared for climate change
6 days, 11 hours ago

California wildfires show we are not prepared for climate change

Salon  

I spent most of the evening on January 7, a Christmas Day celebrated by Orthodox Christians around the world, monitoring local news and emergency apps for evacuation alerts for the Los Angeles area. As one writer pointed out on X on Tuesday night, “this is how people turn into climate refugees.” As Salon has previously reported, nowhere will be safe …

LA fires: The disaster in California just revealed a very grim truth.
6 days, 11 hours ago

LA fires: The disaster in California just revealed a very grim truth.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Going into early Wednesday morning, even more fires started within the county and consumed hundreds of acres, while Palisades fire hydrants found themselves sapped of water. Just one day after Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook and Instagram would no …

What is the latest science telling us about climate change?
1 week, 1 day ago

What is the latest science telling us about climate change?

The Hindu  

After another record-breaking year for global temperatures in 2024, pressure is rising on policymakers to step up efforts to curb climate change. The last global scientific consensus on the phenomenon was released in 2021 through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, but scientists say evidence shows global warming and its impacts have since been unfolding faster than expected. Critical point …

Letters to the Editor: Climate change is a global threat, but it isn’t the worst one. This is
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: Climate change is a global threat, but it isn’t the worst one. This is

LA Times  

To the editor: Climate change is the biggest threat facing us? Soon, that list may include the leaders of North Korea and Iran — and who knows how many others as the nuclear genie multiplies throughout the world? It is long past time for thought leaders to wake up to the world’s most urgent threat and get a real conversation …

Hurricane Helene brings climate change to forefront of the presidential campaign
3 months, 1 week ago

Hurricane Helene brings climate change to forefront of the presidential campaign

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The hurricane featured prominently in Tuesday's …

Hey, presidential candidates, climate change would like a word
3 months, 1 week ago

Hey, presidential candidates, climate change would like a word

LA Times  

It is Wednesday, Oct. 2. The Cedar fire killed 15 people and destroyed more than 2,500 structures in San Diego’s inland suburbs and rural communities; at the time, it was the largest California wildfire in 75 years. A fire season surpassing 1 million scorched acres of land that doesn’t feel like a big deal — that’s climate change. A hurricane …

Boiling Point: Heat, fires, floods — extreme weather has affected 99% of Americans
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Boiling Point: Heat, fires, floods — extreme weather has affected 99% of Americans

LA Times  

Welcome to Boiling Point. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA, says it’s creating a new agricultural unit that will “significantly expand enforcement.” Climate change is altering conditions for desert plants, and scientists have for years projected that rising temperatures will make large portions of the Mojave Desert unsuitable for Joshua trees to survive by the …

Climate records keep getting shattered. Here is what you need to know
7 months, 1 week ago

Climate records keep getting shattered. Here is what you need to know

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Month after month, global temperatures are setting new records. Separately, the World Meteorological Organization estimated that there’s almost a one-in-two chance that average global temperatures from 2024 to 2028 will surpass the hoped-for warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times that was agreed in the Paris talks. Many climate scientists say warming trends are following what …

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023
9 months, 3 weeks ago

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice, and is warning that the world’s efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate. “Never have we been so close – albeit on a temporary basis at …

Weather experts in Midwest say climate change reporting brings burnout and threats
1 year, 1 month ago

Weather experts in Midwest say climate change reporting brings burnout and threats

NPR  

Weather experts in Midwest say climate change reporting brings burnout and threats Enlarge this image toggle caption Elizabeth Rembert/Harvest Public Media Elizabeth Rembert/Harvest Public Media Chris Gloninger was excited to start his new job as chief meteorologist at KCCI, a TV station in Des Moines, when he moved to Iowa from Boston in 2021. toggle caption Chris Gloninger "I would …

How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.
1 year, 2 months ago

How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

Raw Story  

This story was originally published by Grist. “Whether it’s wildfires or floods or drought, whether it’s extreme heat or storms, we know that climate change has made its way into our lives and it’s unfolding as predicted.” The report outlines steps every level of government can take to combat the climate crisis. — Akielly Hu Northwest Idaho, Oregon, Washington Climate …

UN chief calls for an “ambition supernova” as nations make minor progress on climate action
1 year, 2 months ago

UN chief calls for an “ambition supernova” as nations make minor progress on climate action

Associated Press  

Countries’ climate action plans are still far behind what’s needed to curb human-caused warming and limit the devastating effects of extreme heat, storms and droughts, but some nations have taken marginal steps toward slashing emissions, a United Nations analysis of national plans found Tuesday. The U.N. climate chief, Simon Stiell, urged that upcoming international climate talks in Dubai become a …

Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, US climate assessment shows
1 year, 2 months ago

Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, US climate assessment shows

Associated Press  

Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans’ daily lives with harm that is “already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States,” a massive new government report says. With heat waves, drought, wildfire and heavy downpours, “we are seeing an acceleration of the impacts of climate change in the United States,” said study co-author Zeke Hausfather of the tech …

‘Every bit matters’: Six key takeaways from the latest U.S. climate report
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Every bit matters’: Six key takeaways from the latest U.S. climate report

LA Times  

The dire effects of human-caused climate change are worsening and they threaten to bring more extreme heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires unless urgent actions are taken, scientists warned in a major national report. Efforts to adapt to climate change and curb the burning of fossil fuels have expanded since the last assessment was issued in 2018, the report says, …

Big Tech drags feet on climate disinformation: Report
1 year, 3 months ago

Big Tech drags feet on climate disinformation: Report

The Hindu  

Global tech giants are falling short on pledges to rein in and combat climate misinformation on their platforms, according to a new report calling for more political will to act on measures to curb the "spread of lies" that threaten climate action. "Big Tech is clearly failing to stop the extensive climate misinformation that threatens climate action," said Erika Seiber, …

Climate Change-Denying GOP Lawmaker Comes ‘So Close’ To Figuring It Out
1 year, 4 months ago

Climate Change-Denying GOP Lawmaker Comes ‘So Close’ To Figuring It Out

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Tuesday was among those who mocked Rep. Barry Loudermilk for his latest dismissal of climate change, saying the GOP lawmaker came “so close to figuring it out.” Loudermilk, talking with Fox Business’ Stuart Varney about incoming Hurricane Idalia, lamented how global warming had become the go-to explanation for extreme weather events. Or this …

California is working on solutions to worsening climate change. Will they be enough?
1 year, 4 months ago

California is working on solutions to worsening climate change. Will they be enough?

LA Times  

In the opening chapter of “The Ministry for the Future,” science-fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson details a calamitous heat wave that kills almost all the residents of a small town. “The simple equation is climate change, warmer atmosphere, more intense rain, more pollution, more problems but also major catastrophic infrastructure damage,” said Stefanie Sekich, senior manager of Surfrider Foundation’s coast …

From Hawaii to Greece, the planet is broiling from wildfires. How much is climate change to blame?
1 year, 5 months ago

From Hawaii to Greece, the planet is broiling from wildfires. How much is climate change to blame?

Salon  

This week, social media has been flooded with tragic images of a freakish wildfire that leveled a Hawaiian town, leaving at least 53 people dead and destroying more than 270 buildings, according to county officials August 10. "It's no secret that wildfires are related to climate change, as are hurricanes," Sarah Barmeyer, Deputy Vice President for the National Park Conservation …

Swaths of the US are living through a brutal summer. It’s a climate wake-up call for many
1 year, 5 months ago

Swaths of the US are living through a brutal summer. It’s a climate wake-up call for many

Associated Press  

Veronica Iordanova remembers Octobers growing up in Arizona when it was too cold to trick-or-treat in a short-sleeved Halloween costume. However, “there’s still a long ways to go before Americans have fully understood what’s happening here” with climate change, Leiserowitz said. “Back then I was like, oh, my gosh, you know, climate change, that’s horrible,” said Paul Bowyer, who grew …

"No end in sight" to wildfire smoke suffocating American cities. And yes, climate change is to blame
1 year, 6 months ago

"No end in sight" to wildfire smoke suffocating American cities. And yes, climate change is to blame

Salon  

The Canadian wildfires are continuing a development that is becoming all too common: Climate change is causing extreme abnormal weather, and millions of people are suffering as a result. The National Weather Service warned that "with no end in sight to the Canadian wildfires and west to northwesterly winds expected to persist from south central Canada into the north central …

Nations approve key U.N. science report on climate change
1 year, 9 months ago

Nations approve key U.N. science report on climate change

The Hindu  

Governments gave their blessing on Sunday to a major new U.N. report on climate change, after approval was held up by a battle between rich and developing countries over emissions targets and financial aid to vulnerable nations. The report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change caps a series that digests vast amounts of research on global warming compiled …

Report: 90% of US counties hit with disaster in last decade
2 years, 1 month ago

Report: 90% of US counties hit with disaster in last decade

Associated Press  

Ninety percent of the counties in the United States suffered a weather disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday. “Disaster funding is oftentimes skewed toward communities that are more affluent and have the most resources,” said Robert Bullard, an environmental and climate justice professor at Texas Southern University, who was not part of the team that …

Australia is unprepared for the health consequences of climate change: report
2 years, 2 months ago

Australia is unprepared for the health consequences of climate change: report

ABC  

Australia is unprepared for the health burden of climate change, and our lack of a national climate change and health adaptation plan has put Australians' lives at risk, according to a report. Key points: Almost all aspects of human health are declining due to climate change, according to reports Concurrent crises, such as geopolitical conflict and disease outbreaks, exacerbate climate …

‘Clairvoyant’ 2012 climate report warned of extreme weather
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Clairvoyant’ 2012 climate report warned of extreme weather

Associated Press  

Record high temperatures in urban Europe as heat waves bake the planet more often. In a report that changed the way the world thinks about the harms of global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s special report on extreme events, disasters and climate change warned in 2012: “A changing climate leads to changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial extent, …

'Clairvoyant' 2012 climate report warned of extreme weather
2 years, 4 months ago

'Clairvoyant' 2012 climate report warned of extreme weather

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a report that changed the way the world …

AP-NORC poll: Many in US doubt their own impact on climate
2 years, 5 months ago

AP-NORC poll: Many in US doubt their own impact on climate

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Americans are less concerned now about how climate change might impact them personally — and about how their personal choices affect the climate — than they were three years ago, a new poll shows, even as a wide majority still believe climate change is happening. Overall, 35% of U.S. adults say they are “extremely” or “very” concerned about …

AP News Digest 3:25 am
2 years, 5 months ago

AP News Digest 3:25 am

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ———————— TOP STORIES ———————— TAIWAN-US-LAWMAKERS — Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen met with a delegation …

Researchers can now explain how climate change is affecting your weather
2 years, 6 months ago

Researchers can now explain how climate change is affecting your weather

NPR  

Researchers can now explain how climate change is affecting your weather Enlarge this image toggle caption Nathan Howard/AP Nathan Howard/AP Chances are, if you live on Earth, you've experienced some strange, or downright dangerous, weather in the last few years. says Michael Wehner, a senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who studies how climate change influences extreme weather. Climate …

Climate change has made old measures predicting weather events in Australia 'essentially worthless'
2 years, 7 months ago

Climate change has made old measures predicting weather events in Australia 'essentially worthless'

ABC  

When Jo Groves bought her property in Lismore, she worked hard to make it her own and thought she would grow old in it. Key points: Statistical measures like the "one-in-100-year flood" level are used by authorities in Australia to determine safe building standards Experts say climate change has made those measures "essentially worthless" They say accurate climate change projections …

Editorial: Misinformation is blocking climate action, and the U.N. is finally calling it out
2 years, 10 months ago

Editorial: Misinformation is blocking climate action, and the U.N. is finally calling it out

LA Times  

A landmark U.N. climate report on the escalating effects of global warming broke new ground by finally highlighting the role of misinformation in obstructing climate action. The assessment describes an atmosphere in which public perception about climate change is continually undermined by fossil fuel interests’ peddling of false, misleading and contrarian information and its circulation through social media echo chambers; …

‘Delay means death’: New climate report issues stark warnings
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Delay means death’: New climate report issues stark warnings

Al Jazeera  

World has a ‘brief and rapidly closing window’ to stem the worst effects of climate change, latest UN report warns. Climate change is likely going to make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer and way more dangerous by 2040 with an “unavoidable” increase in risks, and there remained only “a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable …

Wildfires are getting worse across the globe. How does California compare?
2 years, 10 months ago

Wildfires are getting worse across the globe. How does California compare?

LA Times  

An alarming new United Nations report warns that the number of extreme wildfires is expected to increase 50% globally by the end of the century, and that governments are largely unprepared for the burgeoning crisis. “We hear that people in D.C. think of fire as a Western issue, or a Californian issue, but it really isn’t — it’s a global …

UN to finalize science report on how warming hits home hard
2 years, 11 months ago

UN to finalize science report on how warming hits home hard

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Scientists and governments met Monday to finalize a major U.N. report on how global warming disrupts people’s lives, their natural environment and the Earth itself. Don’t expect a flowery valentine to the planet: instead an activist group predicted “a nightmare painted in the dry language of science.” The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a collection of …

Editorial: 1 in 3 Americans now ‘alarmed’ by climate change. Why aren’t our leaders?
3 years ago

Editorial: 1 in 3 Americans now ‘alarmed’ by climate change. Why aren’t our leaders?

LA Times  

New results from a long-running public opinion survey show that about 1 in 3 Americans is now “alarmed” by global warming. The share of the U.S. adult population alarmed by global warming nearly doubled over the last five years from 18% to an all-time high of 33%, with about half of that increase occurring between December 2020 and September 2021, …

GOP push to shake label of climate crisis denier runs into Trump
3 years, 2 months ago

GOP push to shake label of climate crisis denier runs into Trump

CNN  

CNN — As global temperatures rise, some congressional Republicans are feeling the pressure to show they’re embracing climate change and offer up their own plan for how to deal with it. “It’s kind of a recent phenomenon in conservative politics, and really has developed well in the last few years,” said Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, one of the Republicans …

UN, US officials urge action to avert climate disaster
3 years, 2 months ago

UN, US officials urge action to avert climate disaster

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The U.N.'s top human rights official and U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate envoy called Thursday for countries to step up the fight against global warming, describing it as an issue of sheer survival for humankind. In a statement ahead of the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, the global body’s High Commissioner for Human Rights said “only urgent, priority …

Feeling Climate Dread? You’re Not Alone
3 years, 3 months ago

Feeling Climate Dread? You’re Not Alone

Wired  

In September, researchers published an alarming survey of 10,000 folks in 10 countries, all age 16 to 25, about their views on climate change. “There's this real pessimism about the future,” says psychologist Susan Clayton of Ohio's College of Wooster, coauthor of the new report as well as a previous extensive one on climate change and mental health. Climate change …

Weather Disasters Have Become 5 Times As Common, Thanks In Part To Climate Change
3 years, 4 months ago

Weather Disasters Have Become 5 Times As Common, Thanks In Part To Climate Change

NPR  

Weather Disasters Have Become 5 Times As Common, Thanks In Part To Climate Change Enlarge this image toggle caption Karl Mondon/Digital First Media/The Mercury News via Getty Images Karl Mondon/Digital First Media/The Mercury News via Getty Images Climate change has helped drive a fivefold increase in the number of weather-related disasters in the last 50 years, according to a new …

The Antidote To Climate Dread
3 years, 4 months ago

The Antidote To Climate Dread

Huff Post  

The reality of the climate crisis is dire — and it can be overwhelming. “We are now in an all-hands-on-deck moment,” said Anthony Leiserowitz, director of Yale University’s program on climate change communication. There are small things we can do, but governments and corporations have much more power than single researchers and individual communities.” Rivera-Collazo said she’s “particularly worried” for …

Climate change is causing wildfires that are amplifying Covid
3 years, 4 months ago

Climate change is causing wildfires that are amplifying Covid

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. “Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations have been climbing precipitously in the Reno area over the past several weeks,” according to CNN’s report. “Coronavirus cases in Washoe County on Monday were up 24% compared to the week before, and hospitalizations increased by more than 18%.” A study published in the journal …

The new report on climate change is dire. What can I do about it?
3 years, 5 months ago

The new report on climate change is dire. What can I do about it?

LA Times  

Jenna Collier of San Bernardino sets up a Nest smart thermostat using an app on her mobile phone. “Something is wrong here.” Vote If there’s one tried-and-true way that individuals can contribute to change on a societal scale, it’s by voting for people who take climate change seriously, several experts said. That includes a recognition, he said, that “this is …

UN report finds extreme flooding, wildfires and heatwaves from climate change already hitting the US
3 years, 5 months ago

UN report finds extreme flooding, wildfires and heatwaves from climate change already hitting the US

Daily Mail  

US President Joe Biden has sounded the alarm on climate change following the release of a bombshell United Nations report dubbed a 'a code red for humanity.' These graphs show how human influence has warmed the climate at a rate unprecedented in at least the last 2,000 years The UN scientists modelled the changes in annual mean temperatures worldwide based …

A Grave Warning On Climate Change, Victims Slam Purdue Pharma, Brazil's Riveting Corruption Inquiry: News You Need To Start Your Day
3 years, 5 months ago

A Grave Warning On Climate Change, Victims Slam Purdue Pharma, Brazil's Riveting Corruption Inquiry: News You Need To Start Your Day

NPR  

Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP via Getty Images / AFP Police officers help firefighters to extinguish a fire in Thrakomakedones, north of Athens, as several wildfires raged in Greece on Saturday. That's according to the United Nations' most comprehensive global climate science report ever, written by nearly 200 scientists from around the world and released early this morning. The climate models that researchers …

“Code red for humanity”: Most dire climate report in history poised to be ignored
3 years, 5 months ago

“Code red for humanity”: Most dire climate report in history poised to be ignored

Salon  

A United Nations-backed panel of climate experts issued its starkest warning yet in a report on Monday detailing irreversible climate change caused by human activity but expressed hope that there is still time to prevent its most devastating effects. But the IPCC report said that though humans' influence on climate change was once a scientific hypothesis it is now "established …

What The U.S. Can Do About The Dire Climate Change Report
3 years, 5 months ago

What The U.S. Can Do About The Dire Climate Change Report

NPR  

What The U.S. Can Do About The Dire Climate Change Report Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images The United Nations just released its landmark climate report, urging countries to urgently cut their greenhouse gas emissions or else face catastrophic consequences. "Climate change isn't something that's happening far away to someone else in some far-off future …

5 things to know about the new U.N. report on climate change
3 years, 5 months ago

5 things to know about the new U.N. report on climate change

LA Times  

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a new report Monday summarizing the latest authoritative scientific information about global warming. Paris goals Almost all countries have signed up to the 2015 Paris climate accord that aims to limit global warming to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit — and ideally no more than 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit — by the year 2100, …

Climate change report from IPCC a 'code red for humanity', United Nations chief warns
3 years, 5 months ago

Climate change report from IPCC a 'code red for humanity', United Nations chief warns

ABC  

The Earth could be just 10 years from heating by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius — a threshold beyond which even more serious and frequent fires, droughts, floods and cyclones are expected to wreak havoc on humanity. Key points: Global warming would likely increase to 1.5C by about 2030, the IPCC report says, based on our current trajectory The effects …

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