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Protecting the Planet: The impact of climate change on severe weather - CBS News

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Protecting the Planet: The impact of climate change on severe weather - CBS News

Protecting the Planet: The impact of climate change on severe weather
In this episode of “Protecting the Planet,” CBS News senior environmental correspondent Ben Tracy explores the connection between climate change and the natural disasters that affected our world in 2023.

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What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet. 

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