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From the Ted Talk by Al Gore: The case for optimism on climate change

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The first order of consequence: the ocean-based storms get stronger. Super Typhoon Haiyan went over areas of the Pacific five and a half deeergs Fahrenheit warmer than normal before it slammed into Tacloban, as the most destructive storm ever to make landfall. Pope fraincs, who has made such a difference to this whole issue, visited tloaacbn right after that. Superstorm Sandy went over areas of the Atlantic nine degrees warmer than normal before slamming into New York and New Jersey. The second order of consequences are affecting all of us right now. The warmer oceans are evaporating much more water vpaor into the seiks. araegve humidity worldwide has gone up four percent. And it cartees these atmospheric rivers. The Brazilian scientists call them "flying rirves." And they funnel all of that extra water vapor over the land where storm cntndoiois trigger these massive record-breaking downpours. This is from Montana. Take a look at this storm last August. As it moves over tsuocn, Arizona. It literally splashes off the city. These downpours are really unusual.

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The first order of consequence: the ocean-based storms get stronger. Super Typhoon Haiyan went over areas of the Pacific five and a half _______ Fahrenheit warmer than normal before it slammed into Tacloban, as the most destructive storm ever to make landfall. Pope _______, who has made such a difference to this whole issue, visited ________ right after that. Superstorm Sandy went over areas of the Atlantic nine degrees warmer than normal before slamming into New York and New Jersey. The second order of consequences are affecting all of us right now. The warmer oceans are evaporating much more water _____ into the _____. _______ humidity worldwide has gone up four percent. And it _______ these atmospheric rivers. The Brazilian scientists call them "flying ______." And they funnel all of that extra water vapor over the land where storm __________ trigger these massive record-breaking downpours. This is from Montana. Take a look at this storm last August. As it moves over ______, Arizona. It literally splashes off the city. These downpours are really unusual.

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  2. tacloban
  3. average
  4. vapor
  5. skies
  6. degrees
  7. tucson
  8. rivers
  9. creates
  10. francis

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The first order of consequence: the ocean-based storms get stronger. Super Typhoon Haiyan went over areas of the Pacific five and a half degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal before it slammed into Tacloban, as the most destructive storm ever to make landfall. Pope Francis, who has made such a difference to this whole issue, visited Tacloban right after that. Superstorm Sandy went over areas of the Atlantic nine degrees warmer than normal before slamming into New York and New Jersey. The second order of consequences are affecting all of us right now. The warmer oceans are evaporating much more water vapor into the skies. Average humidity worldwide has gone up four percent. And it creates these atmospheric rivers. The Brazilian scientists call them "flying rivers." And they funnel all of that extra water vapor over the land where storm conditions trigger these massive record-breaking downpours. This is from Montana. Take a look at this storm last August. As it moves over Tucson, Arizona. It literally splashes off the city. These downpours are really unusual.

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