intensifying

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With climate change we've seen average temperatures rise and this means "today's heat events are emerging earlier, intensifying faster and occurring across a much warmer background climate", Prof Hawkins said.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Salmon numbers have declined due to dams, which have blocked off their spawning areas; the loss of floodplain habitat; and global warming, which is intensifying drought and heating rivers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

“The pullback comes after a strong run, with prices slipping from the recent highs hit just last week amid intensifying macro headwinds,” the analysts write.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Investors were ditching U.S. government bonds amid intensifying concerns that the resurgence of inflation brought on by the Iran war could force the Federal Reserve to pursue higher interest rates.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The serious, systematic study of medicine was intensifying, and to scientists the human body was like the polar icecap, something to be studied and explored.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson