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Tornado strength and frequency could be linked to climate change study
2014-08-09 14:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: More severe, multiple tornadoes are ravaging the US than in previous years, a study has found. New research by lead author Professor James Elsner, from Florida State University, has found these destructive vortexes could be linked to global warming. Published this week in the journal Climate Dynamics, Elsner explains how although weather data shows tornadoes are forming fewer days per year, there are more forming at the same time and they are stronger than before. The researchers studied 60...
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Mercury Pollution in Oceans Has Tripled Since Industrial Revolution, Study Says
2014-08-07 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Globally, oceans contain roughly 60,000 to 80,000 tons of mercury pollution, according to a report published this week in Nature detailing the first direct calculation of mercury pollution in the world's oceans. Ocean waters shallower than about 300 feet (100 meters) have tripled in mercury concentration since the Industrial Revolution, the study found, and mercury in the oceans as a whole has increased roughly 10 percent over pre-industrial times. North Atlantic waters showed the most obvious signs...
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Study Of Aerosols Stands To Improve Climate Models
2014-08-07 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Of all the factors that influence Earth`s changing climate, the effect that tiny particles in Earth`s atmosphere called aerosols have on clouds is the least well understood. Aerosols scatter and absorb incoming sunlight and affect the formation and properties of clouds. Among all cloud types, low-level clouds over the ocean, which cover about one-third of the ocean`s surface, have the biggest impact on the albedo, or reflectivity, of Earth`s surface, reflecting solar energy back to space and cooling...
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Global climate pact won't keep warming below target, study says
2014-08-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Negotiations among global leaders in Paris next year meant to mitigate climate change and keep the global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius are likely to fail, according to a new study. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) report released Wednesday concludes that the outcome of next year's United Nations (U.N.) talks in Paris probably won't put the globe on the path to limiting temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius. The researchers looked at the major players in the talks...
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Why A New Study Thinks Next Year's Climate Talks Won't Keep The World Under 2A C
2014-08-07 14:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: The hopes that the world will do something meaningful to reduce its carbon emissions now hang on the next big round of international climate talks in Paris in 2015. And according to a new analysis from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it`s probably going to be a letdown. The Paris talks will be the twenty-first gathering of nations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), with the goal of cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions enough to hold any rise...
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