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Arctic thaw significantly worsens global warming risk
2014-02-18 19:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Melting ice is cooking the planet. Shrinking Arctic sea ice means the ocean is absorbing more energy from the sun, and it's now clear the effect is twice as big as thought - adding significantly to heating from greenhouse gases. Arctic temperatures have risen 2 °C since the 1970s, leading to a 40 per cent dip in the minimum summer ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean. Open water soaks up more sunlight than ice, so as the ice retreats the ocean absorbs more energy, warming it and causing even more...
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Slow thaw begins: Heavy fog followed by warmer weather
2014-02-11 01:11:18| Beverages - Topix.net
Warmer temperatures in the Willamette Valley are melting the snow and ice that fell over the weekend as a winter storm moved through the region.
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Slow thaw begins: Heavy fog followed by warmer weather
2014-02-10 20:28:52| Agriculture - Topix.net
Warmer temperatures in the Willamette Valley are melting the snow and ice that fell over the weekend as a winter storm moved through the region.
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NASA Image of Alaska Depicts Spring-like Temperatures and Thaw
2014-02-04 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment 360: NASA Earth Observatory Alaskas warm January As the continental U.S. faced frigid weather and major winter storms in January, Alaska experienced record high temperatures. A map based on NASA satellite data shows that the last half of January was one of the warmest winter periods in Alaskas history, with temperatures as much as 40 degrees F (22 C) above normal on some days in the central and western portions of the state. A high pressure system off the state's western coast sent warm air and rain...
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Arctic thaw tied to European, U.S. heatwaves and downpours - study
2013-12-08 11:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A thaw of Arctic ice and snow is linked to worsening summer heatwaves and downpours thousands of miles south in Europe, the United States and other areas, underlying the scale of the threat posed by global warming, scientists said on Sunday. Their report, which was dismissed as inconclusive by some other experts, warned of increasingly extreme weather across "much of North America and Eurasia where billions of people will be affected". The study is part of a drive to work out how climate change...
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