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Summer & Climate

The season and beyond — summer and the solstice, the dog days and Sirius, heat waves and droughts, and a warming climate.

Summer

Season

Drought

Wildfire

Wildfire

Desert climate

Sirius

Climate change

Global warming

Mediterranean climate

Mediterranean climate

Sun

Tropics

Monsoon

Monsoon

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