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Atmospheric Waves Trapped by Emissions Caused Extreme U.S. Heat
2013-02-25 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Man-made greenhouse gas emissions trapped giant air waves in the atmosphere, causing extreme weather events such as a heat wave in the U.S. in 2011 and floods in Pakistan in 2010, researchers in Germany said. The waves usually ship warm and cold air from the Tropics and Arctic to places such as Europe, Russia or the U.S, according to an article to be published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Man-made climate change repeatedly disturbs the waves patterns and can trap...
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Understanding extreme weather in an era of climate change
2013-02-22 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: The US has clearly seen some pretty extreme weather events over the last year. These events have caused both billions of dollars in property damage and endless arguments over how much can be attributed to climate change. Even as scientists work on the problem of attribution, the public has often made up its mind on what's to blame. To try to bring some sanity to the discussion, the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science hosted a session on US weather extremes. Although...
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Extreme weather and Resilience of coastal communities in United States
2013-02-17 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Hurricane Sandy was a fearsome reminder that coastal communities are highly vulnerable to extreme weather events and environmental variability, and that vulnerability is only expected to increase with climate change. Brown University scientists Heather Leslie and Leila Sievanen, members of an interdisciplinary research team focused on human-environment interactions in coastal regions, will discuss these challenges this month at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement...
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Extreme weather, climate change linked
2013-02-13 04:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama made an explicit link between extreme weather and climate change during his speech Tuesday night, the way he did in his second inaugural address and during his victory acceptance speech. Obama intends to use the bully pulpit to emphasize the threat global warming poses, aides and supporters say, in order to build public support for future efforts to cut greenhouse gases. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires...
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Extreme weather creating challenges for UK farming region
2013-02-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EADT24: The wildly contrasting weather of 2012 made it a dismal year for food production. And the Norfolk Farming Conference later this month will hear that our changing climate could bring yet more challenges for the region`s farmers in future -- but also some opportunities. From drought to deluge, and from snowfalls to floods even by its own fickle standards, the British weather set a new benchmark for unpredictably during 2012, making life extremely difficult for East Anglias farmers. Prayers...
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