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I'm a New Yorker who went to Seattle for the first time. Here are 9 things that surprised me.

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内容摘要:Off the coast of Nigeria, one of the world’s largest oil production ships, called the Bonga, was taking oil from a field on the ocean floor and transferring it to a tanker ship. Such transfers are routine in the offshore oil industry, but something went wrong on the Bonga, owned by energy giant Shell.

Off the coast of Nigeria, one of the world’s largest oil production ships, called the Bonga, was taking oil from a field on the ocean floor and transferring it to a tanker ship. Such transfers are routine in the offshore oil industry, but something went wrong on the Bonga, owned by energy giant Shell.

Natural Resources Conservation Service, Yuma, Ariz. (4,541 square feet)Bureau of Indian Affairs, Zuni, N.M. (2,117 square feet)

I'm a New Yorker who went to Seattle for the first time. Here are 9 things that surprised me.

Mine Safety Health Administration, Albany, N.Y. (4,454 square feet)Forest Service, Anchorage, Alaska (27,770 square feet)Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Andover, Mass. (4,903 square feet)

I'm a New Yorker who went to Seattle for the first time. Here are 9 things that surprised me.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Arcata, Calif. (25,500 square feet)Office of the Secretary, Atlanta, Ga. (3,354 square feet)

I'm a New Yorker who went to Seattle for the first time. Here are 9 things that surprised me.

Bureau of Prisons, Atlanta, Ga. (34,146 square feet)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Avenel, N.J. (4,968 square feet)Associated Press climate and environmental coverage receives support from several private foundations. See more about AP’s climate initiative

. The AP is solely responsible for all content.TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Worsening climate largely from the burning of coal and gas is uprooting millions of people, with wildfires overrunning towns in California, rising seas overtaking island nations and drought exacerbating conflicts in various parts of the world.

Each year, natural disasters force an average of 21.5 million people from their homes around the world, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. And scientists predict migration will grow as the planet gets hotter. Over the next 30 years, 143 million people are likely to be uprooted by rising seas, drought, searing temperatures and other climate catastrophes, according to the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report published this year.Still, the world has yet to officially recognize climate migrants or come up with formalized ways to assess their needs and help them. Here’s a look at climate migration today.

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