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Climate Change And Energy Demands Grow Instability in Iraq, Syria
Climate change operates in concert with other human activities. In this case, climate-change-enhanced droughts in Iraq and Syria are occurring as Turkish energy demands spurs construction of hydroelectric dams on the Tigris. The results are heart-breaking and serious, decimating water … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, dams, drought, energy, instability, Iraq, Middle East, political instability, Syria
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Climate Change Intensifying Water Cycle Faster Than Predicted
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change most recent report notes that both droughts and torrential rains are getting worse as predicted under continued climate change. It makes physical sense, too, reports Michael Lemonick at Climate Central. A warmer atmosphere can … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon emissions, climate change, drought, environment, flooding, global warming, water
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Climate Change Hits Britain With Drought AND Floods
Despite flash floods and gale-force winds battering the country, with more expected this weekend, Britain’s drought worsened last week – because rain is falling in the wrong months, reports Paul Cahalan at the UK Independent. The UK is headed for … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon emissions, climate change, drought, England, environment, floods, global warming
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Climate Change Increasingly Threatens US Water Supplies
Water supplies are sensitive to many factors, including extreme weather and an evolving climate. As global temperatures rise, US regional changes could have a growing impact on clean water, reports Alyson Kenward at Climate Central. In California, for example, a … Continue reading
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Tagged California, climate change, drought, droughts, extreme weather, Florida, global warming, New York, water supplies
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Record-Breaking Drought in Mexico Could Increase Migration
The sun-baked northern states of Mexico are suffering under the worst drought since the government began recording rainfall 70 years ago reports Francisco Rodriguez at the Associated Press in the Detroit News. Crops of corn, beans and oats are withering … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon emissions, climate change, drought, droughts, global warming, Mexico, migration
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Climate Change Already Threatening Gulf Coast Water Sources
700 square miles of freshwater basin that Louisiana rice and crawfish farmers rely on for irrigation is being spoiled by salt water from the Gulf of Mexico, reports the Associated Press. Salt water levels in the basin have been rising … Continue reading
Climate Change Can Trigger Conflicts – Study
Historically, climate shifts are occasionally identified as triggers for conflicts, such as the 1789 French Revolution, for example, by wrecking harvests and driving hungry peasants to the city. But now a recent study published in the journal Nature concludes that … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, climate change, climate change reports, conflicts, drought, el nino, environment, extreme weather, famine, Horn of Africa
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