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Alex Padilla: “As our changing climate continues to warm the Earth's oceans and atmosphere, the phenomenon we now refer to as…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2024
As our changing climate continues to warm the Earth's oceans and atmosphere, the phenomenon we now refer to as atmospheric river events are becoming longer, wetter, and more severe.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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Padilla discusses the increasing severity of atmospheric river events due to climate change.

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