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The Amazon Water Cycle Has Become More Extreme
The Amazon River’s hydrological cycle has become more extreme over the past two decades with increasing seasonal precipitation across much of the basin despite drier conditions in the southern parts of Earth’s largest rainforest, finds a new study published in … Continue reading
Climate Change Will Dramatically Reduce Habitat For Much Wildlife
Even as concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in human history recently, a new study in Nature Climate Change warns that thousands of the world’s common species will suffer … Continue reading
Climate Change, Population Growth and Political Corruption = Social Chaos
When a government develops an unsustainable population that it does not feed nor employ, and climate change worsens the conditions, social chaos ensues, notes Thomas Friedman at the New York Times. He argues that unemployment and food shortages, especially for … Continue reading
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Ancient Records Indicate Present Arctic Will Be 14 Degrees F Warmer
A US government monitoring station shows that we have pushed atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to 400 parts per million for the first time in human existence, reports Joe Romm at Climate Progress. Simultaneously, a truly remarkable set of paleoclimate data, … Continue reading
Climate Change in California Is Behind Early Destructive Wildfires
Large southern California wildfires in early May were an early and ominous start to the state’s fire season, fueled by unusually dry conditions and 25 to 60 mph winds that usually aren’t seen until late fall, reports Katie Valentine at … Continue reading
A Buck In Time Saves Ten With EPA Regulations – OMB Study
A new government study shows that investing one dollar in Environmental Protection Agency regulations yields 10 dollars in payoff, in terms of avoided health costs and supplies new jobs, reports Jeff Spross at Climate Progress. Environmental regulations do impose compliance … Continue reading
As Arctic Melts, Its Ocean Is Acidifying Rapidly
As predicted by chemistry, change in the Arctic Ocean is accelerating as temperatures warm faster than the global average, as the sea ice melts, delivering more fresh water farther into the northernmost ocean (which dilutes its ability to neutralize acid), and as … Continue reading
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
White House 2B Warned Of Earth’s Disappearing Heat Shield
Senior officials from NASA, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Homeland Security and the Pentagon are to be briefed at the White House soon on the danger of a summer ice-free Arctic by 2015. This indicates that they are … Continue reading
US Seeing Whiplash Weather Extremes Predicted Under Climate Change
North American weather has been lurching from one extreme to the next in a pattern that is consistent with global warming, reports Andrew Freedman at Climate Central. Climate studies have warned us to expect more frequent and intense extreme events, … Continue reading
