High-impact climate events increasingly impact our cities | WIRED UK

Earth experienced its hottest year on record in 2014, according to the National Climatic Data Center in the US, with extreme weather hitting indiscriminately — from an Arctic winter in Chicago to a year-round drought in Los Angeles. The problem? Rising temperatures caused by global warming mean the atmosphere holds more vapour, resulting in more rain.

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