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Australia: Climate change to blame for summer of extreme heat and damaging floods, report says
2013-03-03 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: CATASTROPHIC bushfires, damaging rain and the most intense heatwave on record this summer are just a taste of what climate change will bring, a new report says. Climate Commissioner Will Steffen said the extreme weather of 2012/13 was climate change in action, and more events are on the way. In his Climate Commission report, Angry Summer, released today, Prof Steffen also said Queensland's one-in-100-year flood was one part of a "very, very unusual summer". "We've been storing extra heat...
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Droughts and floods 'will be common events in Britain'
2013-03-02 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Britain faces increasingly extreme weather conditions and urgently needs to improve its anti-flood defences and preparations for severe drought, says the Environment Agency. Its stark conclusion follows detailed analysis of weather patterns, river levels and flooding events in 2012, which revealed that some areas suffered record levels of drought before facing some of the worst flooding ever. Last year, flooding was recorded on 20% of days and drought on 25% of days, with rivers such as the...
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New Climate Cycle Marked by Storms, Floods & Drought
2013-02-27 20:05:07| ENR.com: Headline News
As extreme wather events push infrastructure beyond limits, engineers make strategic adjustments.
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Killer Heat Waves and Floods Linked to Climate Change
2013-02-27 03:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Killer heat waves, floods and storms are increasingly caused by climate change, new research reveals. Scientists in Germany say they have found how greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels are helping to trap the jet stream, resulting in extraordinary weather such as the 2010 Pakistan flood and the 2011 heat wave in the United States. Human-driven climate change repeatedly disturbs the flow of atmospheric waves around the globe`s Northern hemisphere, said lead author Vladimir Petoukhov of...
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British farmers face hardship as floods wipe out crops in 'worst ever year'
2013-02-23 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Stephen Watkins farms in Elgar country. He has 400 hectares, or nearly 1,000 acres, in the Worcestershire countryside that boast sprawling views of the Malverns, the brooding hills that inspired the composer to capture the essence of rural England in music. With a picture-perfect Victorian farmhouse replete with Aga and two black Labradors, Watkins seems to be living the good life. He farms sheep, winter wheat, spring barley, mint, coriander, parsley, spinach, hand-picked peas, onions, lettuce...
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