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Much of California Could Have Totally Dry Years By 2050, NASA Says
Summer precipitation varies yearly, but by mid-century a new NASA analysis forecasts basically no rain in much of the Southwest and California in some years, reports Climate Progress. And the Amazon will suffer, too. “In response to carbon dioxide-induced warming, … Continue reading
Wrong Clean Energy Will Further Destabilize Iraq
Wrong Clean Energy Will Further Destabilize Iraq says a southern Iraqi leader, reports Julia Harte (FD: my daughter) at National Geographic Newswatch. Recent droughts, predicted to worsen under continuing climate change, are already stressing farming in this area, once the … Continue reading
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Climate Change in the Mideast – Droughts and Dams in Biblical Paradise
The region which gave rise to our civilization, and in biblical times encompassed paradise, today is the site of wrenching ecological and human struggle, reports Julia Harte at the National Geographic Explorers Journal, as climate-change-enhanced droughts and more than 40 … Continue reading
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World Bank To Lead in Climate Challenge
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, criticizing current efforts to address climate change, announced recently that the World Bank will be increasing its own interventions, reports John Parnell at RTCC. “To date, I believe our efforts to combat climate change … Continue reading
Climate Change-Enhanced Drought Clobbering US Ranching
The persistence of the drought in Texas has forced ranchers to use all the creative techniques they can muster to survive, reports Stephanie Strom at the New York Times. For some, it has meant knowing as much about land management … Continue reading
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Warming Warning – 1,600 Years of Andes Ice Gone in Past 25
Glacial ice in the Peruvian Andes that took 1,600 years to form has melted in just 25 years and is the latest indication that the recent spike in global temperatures has thrown the natural world out of balance, reports Justin … Continue reading
Burning Coal Drying Up North China
The world’s biggest coal consumer has new incentive to transition to clean energy, as China’s coal-fired power plants are drying up the country’s already scarce water resources, using 15 percent of the country’s total freshwater, much of it in the … Continue reading
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US Crop-Ravaging Drought To Worsen in 2013, Says NOAA
The annual spring outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts hotter, drier conditions across much of the US, including parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, where farmers have been fighting to hang on to crops of winter … Continue reading
Is Obama REALLY Serious About Climate Change – XL Pipeline
The State Department’s analysis of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal notes that tar sands crude is 17 percent more greenhouse gas intensive than conventional oil, reports Sierra Club President Michael Brune at the Huffingtonpost. But the overall environmental impacts of … Continue reading
US Winters Warming Faster – Report
While the US as a whole has seen a warming trend that has raised annual average temperatures by 1.3°F over the past century, warming varies seasonally, and it’s winter that has seen the fastest warming, says a new report by Climate … Continue reading
