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Mongabay: As the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy-killing over 100 people and producing upwards of $50 billion in damage along the U.S. East Coast-has reignited a long-dormant conversation on climate change in the media, it’s important to note that this is not the only weird and wild weather the U.S. has seen this year. In fact, 2012 has been a year of record-breaking weather across the U.S.: the worst drought in decades, unprecedented heatwaves, and monster forest fires. While climatologists have long…