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What Would a Global Warming Increase of 1.5 Degrees Be Like?
2016-06-16 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: How ambitious is the world? The Paris climate conference last December astounded many by pledging not just to keep warming well below two degrees Celsius, but also to "pursue efforts" to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C. That raised a hugely important question: What's the difference between a two-degree world and a 1.5-degree world? Given we are already at one degree above pre-industrial levels, halting at 1.5 would look to be at least twice as hard as the two-degree option. Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty...
Ten Degrees Above Average, Alaska is Having Its Hottest Year Since Records
2016-06-10 03:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Common Dreams: Like the rest of the world, Alaska has been unusually hot this year--and it's about to get hotter. That's according to the most recent data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as Climate Central reported. Between March and May of this year, the meteorological spring, the entire state has been about 10 degrees hotter than normal, with an average temperature of 32°F. "That may sound cold," Climate Central noted, "but warmth is a relative term. That temperature...
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India: Temperatures in MP to surge by 1-1.5 degrees by 2045: Study
2016-06-06 03:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
India TV: Madhya Pradesh is likely to see 1-1.2 degree Celsius rise in temperature by 2045, bringing more droughts that will pose enormous pressure on agriculture, water resources, infrastructure and energy sectors, according to a study. The study, Climate Change in Madhya Pradesh: Indicators, Impacts, and Adaptation, done jointly by faculty member Veemal Mishra of IIT-Gandhinagar and Amit Garg of IIM-Ahmedabad says that with rise in temperatures, the frequency of severe, extreme, and exceptional droughts...
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India records its hottest temperature ever: 123.8 degrees Fahrenheit
2016-05-29 09:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Investment Underground: Record breaking temperature led to high power consumption in the state. For reference, the hottest day ever recorded in Phoenix was on June 26, 1990, when the temperature reached 122 degrees. "There are usually thunderstorms this time of year, but these rains have not been occurring", said BP Yadav, head of India Meteorological Department. The minimum the city was 28.6 degrees. The IMD [India Meteorological Department] has issued a red-level alert for Rajasthan as well as for other states...
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Temperatures in India reach a terrifying 123 degrees
2016-05-24 18:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: India is reeling from a heatwave so high that shoes are melting to roads, cities are banning cooking during the day, and hundreds have died. Nowhere is as hot as of Phalodi, a city in the north where temperatures reached a staggering 123 degrees Fahrenheit last week, breaking the previous record set in 1956. India is no stranger to high temperatures and large disasters: 2015 was an especially devastating year for the country, with heat, drought, and floods killing hundreds of citizens. All of...
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