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Extreme weather, climate change linked

2013-02-13 04:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: President Obama made an explicit link between extreme weather and climate change during his speech Tuesday night, the way he did in his second inaugural address and during his victory acceptance speech. Obama intends to use the bully pulpit to emphasize the threat global warming poses, aides and supporters say, in order to build public support for future efforts to cut greenhouse gases. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires...

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Increase in Deadly Rains Linked to Climate Change

2013-02-04 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Discovery News: Dont let the drought in the U.S. fool you, intense rainfall around the world has been causing deadly floods in the past few years. Several have died in the current flooding in Queensland, Australia. In July 2012, the heaviest rain in decades left 37 dead in Beijing, China. More than 400 Pakistanis died in floods in September 2012. The now shriveled Mississippi River was a raging flood in 2011, killing 24 Americans in associated flash floods. Recent extreme rains may have been intensified by the...

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Increases In Extreme Rainfall Linked To Global Warming

2013-02-04 01:37:36| pollutiononline News Articles

A worldwide review of global rainfall data led by theUniversityofAdelaidehas found that the intensity of the most extreme rainfall events is increasing across the globe as temperatures rise.

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Increases in extreme rainfall linked to global warming

2013-02-01 11:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] Contact: Dr. Seth Westra seth.westra@adelaide.edu.au 61-414-997-406 University of Adelaide A worldwide review of global rainfall data led by the University of Adelaide has found that the intensity of the most extreme rainfall events is increasing across the globe as temperatures rise. In the most comprehensive review of cha…

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