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Tingkat pemanasan di Midwest telah dipercepat selama beberapa dekade terakhir, menurut laporan tersebut. Antara 1900 dan 2010, suhu udara rata-rata Midwest meningkat lebih dari 1 derajat Fahrenheit. Namun, antara tahun 1950 dan 2010, suhu rata-rata meningkat dua kali lebih cepat, dan antara tahun 1980 dan 2010 itu meningkat tiga kali cepat.
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Those are some of the conclusions contained in the Midwest chapter of a draft report released last week by the federal government that assesses the key impacts of climate change on every region in the country and analyzes its likely effects on human health, water, energy, transportation, agriculture, forests, ecosystems and biodiversity.
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Jan. 18, 2013 — In the coming decades, climate change will lead to more frequent and more intense Midwest heat waves while degrading air and water quality and threatening public health. Intense rainstorms and floods will become more common, and existing risks to the Great Lakes will be exacerbated.
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