According to a recent analysis, climate change effects are accelerating quickly in California. According to Xinhua news agency, the nearly 700-page report, created by more than 100 scientific experts and 40 Tribes, focuses on more than 40 key climate indicators and tracks the state's responses. It paints a stark picture of the escalating climate crisis in the most populous state in the US and documents the extensive effects of global reliance on fossil fuels on the state's weather, water, and residents.
The office of Environmental health Hazard Assessment, a specialised division of the california Environmental Protection Agency, a state cabinet-level agency, released the report on Tuesday. It is in charge of assessing the health risks posed by environmental chemical contaminants and offering scientific guidance to the state's policymakers.
The paper included a comprehensive account of climate change's progressions. For instance, over the previous 70 years, only two years have seen half of the state's largest wildfires. The past two decades have been the driest in the last millennium, with temperatures rising 2.5 degrees since 1895 and the glaciers in california fast melting. Yana Garcia, the secretary of the environmental protection agency, said in a statement that "around the state, we live with the experience of extreme weather, growing drought, and fatal wildfires and heatwaves."
The office of Environmental health Hazard Assessment, a specialised division of the california Environmental Protection Agency, a state cabinet-level agency, released the report on Tuesday. It is in charge of assessing the health risks posed by environmental chemical contaminants and offering scientific guidance to the state's policymakers.
The paper included a comprehensive account of climate change's progressions. For instance, over the previous 70 years, only two years have seen half of the state's largest wildfires. The past two decades have been the driest in the last millennium, with temperatures rising 2.5 degrees since 1895 and the glaciers in california fast melting. Yana Garcia, the secretary of the environmental protection agency, said in a statement that "around the state, we live with the experience of extreme weather, growing drought, and fatal wildfires and heatwaves."
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