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Ice Can Change Fast, Loss May Cause More Extreme Winters
A new study in the journal Science says that ice sheets respond to modest climate change far faster than previously thought, reports Michael Lemonick at Climate Central, growing fast under cooling. But this indicates they can melt fast, too. Effects … Continue reading
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US Heatwave Causing Record Massive Fish Deaths
Thousands of fish are dying in the Midwest as the hot, dry summer dries up rivers and causes water temperatures to climb in some spots to nearly 100 degrees, reports Grant Schulte at the Huffingtonpost. About 40,000 shovelnose sturgeon, worth … Continue reading
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Odds Are, Climate Change Is Happening – Study
The top climate scientist at the National Atmospheric and Space Administration, James Hansen, has produced a new study showing that the record-breaking type of heat hammering the US and the planet in recent years is normally so rare that its … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon emissions, climate change, environment, extreme heat, extreme weather, fossil fuels, global warming, heat waves, NASA
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Manmade Global Warming Increasingly Affects Climate – Studies
The influence of manmade global warming on climate continues to grow, with human fingerprints identified in more than two dozen climate “indicators” – from air temperatures to ocean acidity – examined by an international research team, reports Andrew Freedman at … Continue reading
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Record Midwest Heat Wave Damages Crops
What makes this recent Midwest heat wave so “out of whack”, says National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Keeney, is that so much of the Mid west has been hit so early in the summer with such a long, dry and … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, climate change, crops, environment, extreme weather, global warming, heat waves
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Climate Change Puts the Brakes on US Airways Jet
A string of unusually hot days at Reagan National Airport managed to soften the tarmac enough to immobilize a US Airways plane recently, reports Martin Weil at the Washington Post. An initial first tug failed to move the regional jet … Continue reading
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Tagged airlines, climate change, environment, extreme weather, global warming, heat waves
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How Climate Change Is Melting Chicago
The intense recent heat in Chicago buckled pavement, canceled summer school classes and contributed to at least two deaths, reports cynthia Dizikes and Lolly Boween at the Chicago Tribune. A train derailment that killed two people was being partly attributed … Continue reading
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Extreme US Heat Fuels Extreme Thunderstorms
An intense heat wave broke hundreds of heat records in more than a dozen states on Friday, spawning one of the most damaging severe thunderstorm events seen in years, reports Andrew Freedman at Climate Central. At least 3 million Americans, … Continue reading
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Massive Heat Wave Moves Across the US
An historic heat wave that has helped create tinderbox conditions in Colorado and other Western states moved east last week, with record-breaking temperatures from Oklahoma to Ohio, reports Andrew Freedman. Previous to that week, over 1,700 warm temperature records had … Continue reading
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Tagged clean energy, climate change, environment, extreme weather, global warming, heat waves, natural gas, rising sea levels
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High US Heat, and a Zombie Hurricane
Temperatures in the northeast US soared into the upper 90s and 100s late last week reports Associated Press at the Washington Post, sending heat stressed people into emergency rooms. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s maximum daily US temperature map, … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, East coast, environment, extreme heat, extreme weather, global warming, heat waves, hurricanes
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