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Warming temperatures hit Kenya's runners

2013-01-17 11:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AlertNet: Climate-linked temperature increases in Kenya's highlands are hitting one of the world's major training grounds for the world's long-distance runners, Kenyan athletes and officials say. "Our country is known for its high performance around the world in middle and long distance,' said David Okeyo, the Secretary General of Athletics Kenya. "However, climate change associated with hot weather spells is bringing a lot of complications.' Kenya has seen its fortunes in long- and middle-distance running...

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High 2012 temperatures led to earliest flowering ever in eastern U.S

2013-01-17 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: Record-high temperatures in 2012 led to massive droughts and wildfires, but tiny wildflowers like the dwarf dandelion and the shooting star were also affected by the especially warm spring. Their early blooming has the potential to disrupt the ecosystem, scientists say, but perhaps it could be a sign of plants' resilience. Last year, scientists from Harvard University, Boston University and the University of Wisconsin documented the earliest flowering season on record in the eastern United States....

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NOAA: 2012 global temperatures 10th highest on record

2013-01-16 11:30:19| Green Car Congress

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Record-breaking temperatures are now the norm

2013-01-15 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Scientist: Call it the new normal. Last year was the ninth warmest on record across the globe, according to NASA's annual analysis of surface temperatures. But by recent standards, it was nothing special: all but one of the hottest 10 years have happened since 2000. The single exception - 1998 - was influenced by a very strong El Nio, in which warm water from the western Pacific spreads to the east, increasing the transfer of heat from the oceans to the atmosphere. The global average figures from the...

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