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border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);"><span data-subtree="aimfl,mfl" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Google Ai Overview</span></mark></div><div class="n6owBd awi2gc" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="TDBkbc#Ml18Xb" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_i" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCAsQAA" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><mark jsuid="K6bpNd_j" class="HxTRcb" jsaction="click:&K6bpNd_j|h5M12e;mouseenter:&K6bpNd_j|sbHm2b;mouseleave:&K6bpNd_j|Tx5Rb;rcuQ6b:&K6bpNd_j|npT2md" jscontroller="DfH0l#VLQhtf" data-sfc-root="ep" data-wiz-uids="K6bpNd_k" data-ved="2ahUKEwjq2bXTnpaWAxXcuCsGHSB1MEIQuJAPegoIAggACAIICxAB" data-complete="true" data-sfc-inited="2" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);"><span data-subtree="aimfl,mfl" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">Climate-driven drought is a primary catalyst behind record-high beef prices</span></mark>. Severe multi-year droughts across the Great Plains and major cattle regions forced widespread liquidation of U.S. herds. This pushed total cattle inventory to a 75-year low, driving up supply costs and pushing retail beef past historic peaks. [<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/SmokingMeatUSA/posts/32182966664652086/">1</a>, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-climate-and-market-factors-driving-beef-prices-to-record-highs">2</a>, <a href="https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/why-are-beef-prices-so-high-cost-climate-change/">3</a>, <a href="https://www.foodandwine.com/beef-prices-record-highs-2025-11777717">4</a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5534424/beef-prices-record-high-cost">5</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_pC8DwaFjow">6</a>]</div><div class="Fsg96" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="rcuQ6b:&K6bpNd_x|npT2md" jscontroller="KHhJQ#U8DOt" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_x" data-complete="true" data-sfc-inited="2" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"></div><div class="otQkpb" aria-level="3" role="heading" data-animation-nesting="" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="a7qCn#ZxCkTb" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_y" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; margin: 24px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);" style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; margin: 24px 0px 12px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">Climate and Weather Impacts</div><ul class="KsbFXc U6u95" jsaction="" jscontroller="mPWODf#NS0kde" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_z" data-ved="2ahUKEwjq2bXTnpaWAxXcuCsGHSB1MEIQ-7AUegoIAggACAIIEBAA" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBAQAA" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 12px 0px 16px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><div data-bfc="" data-ved="2ahUKEwjq2bXTnpaWAxXcuCsGHSB1MEIQi4wTegoIAggACAIIEBAB" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBAQAQ" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><li class="Z1qcYe" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="oSLmPe#HokZ0d" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_10" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBAQAg" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><span class="iNqyIf" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="KdQfFc#d5Qebf" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_11" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><strong class="rQesXe MPyX" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="tP2kf#s32ZS" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_12" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);">Pasture and Forage Loss:</strong> Prolonged dry spells destroy grass and grazing lands, leaving ranchers without natural food sources for livestock.</span> [<a href="https://investigatemidwest.org/2024/03/13/droughts-complicated-by-climate-change-lead-to-historically-dwindling-us-beef-herd/">1</a>, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-climate-and-market-factors-driving-beef-prices-to-record-highs">2</a>]</li></div><div data-bfc="" data-ved="2ahUKEwjq2bXTnpaWAxXcuCsGHSB1MEIQi4wTegoIAggACAIIEBAH" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBAQBw" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><li class="Z1qcYe" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="oSLmPe#HokZ0d" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_19" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBAQCA" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><span class="iNqyIf" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="KdQfFc#d5Qebf" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_1a" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><strong class="rQesXe MPyX" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="tP2kf#s32ZS" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_1b" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);">Forced Liquidation:</strong> Lacking forage, ranchers must sell off cows early, including vital breeding females, which permanently limits future herd sizes.</span> [<a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ade45d/pdf">1</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wandtv/posts/wheres-the-beef-beef-prices-are-only-soaring-and-there-doesnt-appear-to-be-relie/1361290359377580/">2</a>, <a href="https://www.foodandwine.com/beef-prices-record-highs-2025-11777717">3</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/SmokingMeatUSA/posts/32182966664652086/">4</a>]</li></div><div data-bfc="" data-ved="2ahUKEwjq2bXTnpaWAxXcuCsGHSB1MEIQi4wTegoIAggACAIIEBAN" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBAQDQ" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><li class="Z1qcYe" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="oSLmPe#HokZ0d" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_1i" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBAQDg" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><span class="iNqyIf" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="KdQfFc#d5Qebf" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_1j" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><strong class="rQesXe MPyX" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="tP2kf#s32ZS" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_1k" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);">Spiking Feed Costs:</strong> Drought shrinks feed crop yields (like corn and hay), raising the overhead cost of raising remaining cattle.</span> [<a href="https://investigatemidwest.org/2024/03/13/droughts-complicated-by-climate-change-lead-to-historically-dwindling-us-beef-herd/">1</a>, <a href="https://www.foodandwine.com/beef-prices-record-highs-2025-11777717">2</a>]</li></div></ul><div class="Fsg96" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="rcuQ6b:&K6bpNd_1x|npT2md" jscontroller="KHhJQ#U8DOt" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_1x" data-complete="true" data-sfc-inited="2" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"></div><div data-bfc="" data-ved="2ahUKEwjq2bXTnpaWAxXcuCsGHSB1MEIQi4wTegoIAggACAIIFRAA" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBUQAA" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><div class="otQkpb" aria-level="3" role="heading" data-animation-nesting="" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="a7qCn#ZxCkTb" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_1y" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; margin: 24px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);" style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; margin: 24px 0px 12px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">Non-Climate Market Factors</div></div><ul class="KsbFXc U6u95" jsaction="" jscontroller="mPWODf#NS0kde" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_2x" data-ved="2ahUKEwjq2bXTnpaWAxXcuCsGHSB1MEIQ-7AUegoIAggACAIIGxAA" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBsQAA" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 12px 0px 16px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><div data-bfc="" data-ved="2ahUKEwjq2bXTnpaWAxXcuCsGHSB1MEIQi4wTegoIAggACAIIGxAB" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBsQAQ" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><li class="Z1qcYe" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="oSLmPe#HokZ0d" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_2y" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBsQAg" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><span class="iNqyIf" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="KdQfFc#d5Qebf" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_2z" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><strong class="rQesXe MPyX" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="tP2kf#s32ZS" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_30" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);">Strong Consumer Demand:</strong> Persistent appetite for high-protein diets keeps demand high even as supplies tighten.</span></li></div><div data-bfc="" data-ved="2ahUKEwjq2bXTnpaWAxXcuCsGHSB1MEIQi4wTegoIAggACAIIGxAD" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBsQAw" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><li class="Z1qcYe" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="oSLmPe#HokZ0d" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_31" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBsQBA" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><span class="iNqyIf" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="KdQfFc#d5Qebf" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_32" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><strong class="rQesXe MPyX" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="tP2kf#s32ZS" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_33" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);">Trade and Disease Pressures:</strong> Import restrictions\u2014such as USDA blocks on Mexican livestock due to screwworm fears and heavy tariffs on foreign beef\u2014curtail supplemental imports.</span></li></div><div data-bfc="" data-ved="2ahUKEwjq2bXTnpaWAxXcuCsGHSB1MEIQi4wTegoIAggACAIIGxAF" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBsQBQ" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><li class="Z1qcYe" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="oSLmPe#HokZ0d" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_34" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBsQBg" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><span class="iNqyIf" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="KdQfFc#d5Qebf" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_35" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><strong class="rQesXe MPyX" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="tP2kf#s32ZS" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_36" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);">Biological Lags:</strong> Cattle inventory recovery takes years because of the slow biological timeline of breeding and raising new calves.</span> [<a href="https://www.facebook.com/straightarrownews/videos/beef-prices-are-soaring-because-the-us-cattle-herd-is-at-a-70year-low-squeezed-b/1418131890046727/">1</a>, <a href="https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/smaller-cattle-herd-creates-market-volatility">2</a>, <a href="https://www.meatinstitute.org/press/cattle-cycle-driving-beef-prices-restructuring-industry-wont-fix">3</a>, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-climate-and-market-factors-driving-beef-prices-to-record-highs">4</a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5534424/beef-prices-record-high-cost">5</a>, <a href="https://www.foodandwine.com/beef-prices-record-highs-2025-11777717">6</a>]</li></div></ul><div class="Fsg96" data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="rcuQ6b:&K6bpNd_3j|npT2md" jscontroller="KHhJQ#U8DOt" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_3j" data-complete="true" data-sfc-inited="2" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"></div><div data-bfc="" data-ved="2ahUKEwjq2bXTnpaWAxXcuCsGHSB1MEIQi4wTegoIAggACAIIHBAA" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBwQAA" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><div data-sfc-cp="" jsaction="" jscontroller="LkYPVc#wdvZmf" data-sfc-root="ep" jsuid="K6bpNd_3l" data-hveid="CAIIAAgCCBwQAQ" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);" style="margin: 0px; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><span style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); font-size: 12px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">================================</span><br><br></div><div>If there\u2019s one thing Ebi wants to avoid, it\u2019s thinking of this catastrophic heat wave as the \u201cnew normal,\u201d which she calls \u201creally misleading\u201d as it actually underestimates the gravity of the situation. </div><div><br></div><div>\u201cIt implies we\u2019re going from one state to another state. We\u2019re in a period when there\u2019s going to be ongoing change for decades.\u201d<br><br><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/07/western-canada-burns-and-deaths-mount-after-worlds-most-extreme-heat-wave-in-modern-history/">https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/07/western-canada-burns-and-deaths-mount-after-worlds-most-extreme-heat-wave-in-modern-history/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>