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Snows melting in Alaska and pelting the South. Whats going on?
2014-01-30 10:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Earlier this month, squeals of delight (and/or searing pain) gripped much of the country as we were collectively introduced to the wonders of the polar vortex. But now the noveltys over, and for the second time this month, an extreme weather pattern is sending Arctic weather toward the Deep South. An uncommonly sharp kink in the jet stream is partly responsible for plunging more than half of the United States into the freeze. Meanwhile, (and for the same reason), Alaska is toasty warm. But well...
Greenland eyes mines as melting ice cap unlocks mineral riches
2014-01-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Greenland will push ahead with a uranium and rare earths mine despite the objections of its former colonial ruler and main benefactor as the melting of the polar ice cap unlocks the country's natural resources, its prime minister said. Arctic Greenland, with the lowest population density in the world, could open its first big iron ore mine in five years and award the first rare earths exploitation licence by 2017, hoping for riches that could attract thousands of workers and leave the locals in...
Melting ice on rivers, streams raises flood threat
2013-12-12 07:38:24| Beverages - Topix.net
Ice dams on Colorado streams and rivers are starting to break apart as the weather warms up and it could cause flooding in some places.
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Melting Arctic sea ice could be altering jet stream
2013-12-11 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: The rapidly warming Arctic isnt noteworthy only for its own sake. Changes there affect the rest of the planet in a number of ways. Recently, there has been a lot of interest in whether the dwindling Arctic summer sea ice could be weirding the weather in the mid-latitudes. There have been a number of recent summer extremes--Russias hellish summer in 2010, the drought in the US last summer, a very wet 2011 in Korea and Japan, plus a streak of soggy summers in the UK. There have been suggestions...
Smoke from religious sites 'melting Himalayan glaciers'
2013-11-01 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: Holy smoke arising from Hindu funeral pyres, Muslim cemeteries and Buddhist temples are responsible for almost a quarter of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming on the Indian subcontinent and the melting of the Himalayan glaciers, a new study has claimed. Researchers have long suspected that the rituals of religious devotion in India, Nepal and South Asia, may be a factor in the level of brown carbon and soot which pollutes the air in the region, but until now little work has been done...
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