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Climate's role in US droughts is under scrutiny
2013-04-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: CAN the extreme drought that devastated crops across the US Midwest in 2012 be blamed on global warming? Probably not, according to a report from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). But the conclusion has been met with stinging criticism from another leading climate scientist. The controversy highlights the need for better methods to assess if and how extreme weather events are linked to climate change. Martin Hoerling of NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in...
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Eyes Turn to Antarctica as Study Shows Greenland's Ice Has Endured Warmer Climates
2013-01-24 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: An important discussion is developing among climate and polar researchers around the central point of a landmark Nature paper on Greenland conditions during Earth`s last (very warm) interval between ice ages. The paper, in which a critically important Greenland ice core is analyzed by 133 authors from a host of research centers, concludes that the vast ice sheet largely endured over a period of 6,000 years that was warmer than what is forecast for coming decades. The graph above, with the Eemian...