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Smoke, heat and stress: A snapshot from Southern California of life in an altered climate

  • Written by Kyla Thomas, Sociologist, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageA lone jogger runs during a heat wave in the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Los Angeles on June 17, 2021. Xinhua via Getty Images

From record-breaking heat waves to massive wildfires, floods and long-running drought, the impacts of climate change across the U.S. have been impossible to ignore in 2021. While conditions vary from one region to...

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