It’s never just climate

Climate change is seldom the only factor contributing to the cost of natural disasters. Climate change will result in more wildfires, but how we manage land will contribute to the severity.

Warming sea surface temperature may cause stronger hurricanes, but where we live and build will determine the damage they cause.

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