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The 2019 Australian bushfires may have influenced onset of 2020 La Niña

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For the first time, scientists have documented a direct relationship between bushfire smoke and the onset of weather patterns linked to widespread flooding. The focus of their research - Australia's devastating Black Summer bushfires and the months of flooding that later followed.
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