California wildfires at critical level
Wildfires have been sweeping across the state of California as a result of a heatwave and lower than average rainfall; President Trump has now declared the area as a major disaster zone with nearly 1 million acres of land now burnt
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Greenland lost an unprecedented amount of ice by melting in 2019; changing weather systems have meant that it has experienced longer periods of high air pressure which increases melt rates and contributes to sea level rise
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Dams limit sea level rise
It is now though that large scale dams have helped to limit sea level rise in some areas over recent decades; despite increased overland flow from melting glaciers and river floods, the amount of water reaching the sea is about 12% lower than it might have been because of the dams
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