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”World Disasters Report: 2010 Death Toll Highest in Decade,” Red Cross, September 22, 2011, .au/world-disasters-report-2010-death-toll-highest-in-decade.aspx.

28 ma.s.sive fires, and crop damage that pushed global food prices

”World Food Prices at Fresh High, Says UN,” BBC, January 5, 2011,

29 the flooding of northeastern Australia in 2011

J. David Goodman, ”Australia Flooding Displaces Thousands,” New York Times, December 31, 2010.

30 the huge droughts in southern China

Edward Wong, ”Drought Leaves 14 Million Chinese and Farmland Parched,” New York Times, September 9, 2010.

31 southwestern North America in 2011

Kim Severson and Kirk Johnson, ”14 States Suffering Under Drought,” New York Times, July 12, 2011.

32 Superstorm Sandy

James Barron, ”After the Devastation, a Daunting Recovery,” New York Times, October 30, 2012.

33 warmer air holds more water vapor

Kevin Trenberth, ”Changes in Precipitation with Climate Change,” Climate Research 47 (2010): 12338.

34 has a large effect on the hydrological cycle

Ibid.

35 funnel it inward into the regions where storm conditions trigger a downpour

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