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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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Editorial: Droughts are messin' with Texas
2013-01-28 08:09:31| Electronics - Topix.net
If there ever is any good news about droughts, it's that Texas' crippling weather patterns have finally gotten state legislators' attention.
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Severe Amazon Rainforest Droughts Due To Climate Change, Says NASA
2013-01-20 05:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Inquisitr: NASA says an area in the Amazon rainforest, twice the size of California, is experiencing a "megadrought" caused by climate change. The Amazon has been hit hard with droughts. The first drought hit in 2005. The rainforest was still recovering when another drought hit in 2010. The widespread drought damage may be a sign the rainforest is showing signs of a large-scale degradation due to climate change, says a research team led by NASA`s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). According to Global Post,...
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Amazon imperiled by climate change droughts: Study
2013-01-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Epic Times: A massive drought almost eight years ago is still affecting the Amazon rainforest to this day, according to a new study released by NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The continued impact of the 2005 drought, which is still affecting an area in the Amazon about the size of the state of California, could possibly be the first telltale signs of potential large-scale degradation due to climate change, NASA said in a press release. The laboratory analyzed satellite data collected between 2000 and...
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From Corn Belt To Main Street: The Drought's Far-Reaching Grasp
2013-01-12 23:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The U.S. had its hottest year on record last year. That heat, combined with the relatively dry winter that came before, has brought a historic drought. From forest fires and low crop yields, to infrastructure and recreation, the drought has been costly, with early estimates putting the cost at between $50 billion and $80 billion. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared a disaster area in more than 1,000 counties, and now the drought is hitting America's most important waterway - the...