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Rain And Climate Influenced By Dust And The Microbes That Ride On It

2014-08-14 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RedOrbit: Dusty air blowing across the Pacific from Asia and Africa plays a critical role in precipitation patterns throughout the drought-stricken western US. Today, a scientist will present new research suggesting that the exact chemical make-up of that dust, including microbes found in it, is the key to how much rain and snow falls from clouds throughout the region. This information could help better predict rain events, as well as explain how air pollution from a variety of sources influences regional...

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An Entire Summer's Worth of Rain Fell on New York in Just a Few Hours

2014-08-13 10:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mashable: The same unusually strong August storm system that brought five to eight inches of rain to the Detroit area on Monday night, paralyzing travel and flooding homes and businesses, dumped an entire summer's worth of rainfall on one Long Island town in just a few hours on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. In the New York City metro area early Wednesday, more than a foot of rain fell in just a few hours, causing extensive flooding on Long Island. As of 10 a.m. ET, Islip, New York had received 13.27...

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Terraced Rain Garden I-5 & SW 26th WQF Update NIGHT WORK

2014-08-11 20:57:32| PortlandOnline

To reduce construction impacts on I-5 traffic, Environmental Services has received approval to do work at night. On Wednesday, August 13, the right-hand shoulder and one northbound lane on I-5 will be closed at the locations marked number 1 on the map below. The lane closure will be in effect between 8:00 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. while crews conduct a series of exploratory utility potholes. All lanes will be re-opened by 5:30 a.m. Thursday, August 14th.

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Storms and rain to continue as hurricane Bertha sweeps the UK

2014-08-11 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Scotland and northern England were battered by driving rain and winds of up to 50mph on Monday as the tail end of hurricane Bertha swept northern Britain. Stormy conditions are forecast across Scotland, Wales and northern England for the next few days, with amber flood warnings covering large parts of the UK. The small port town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland, was deluged by more than a month's rainfall in 12 hours by early Monday morning, while Aberdeenshire recorded gusts of 50mph. Wales...

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Hawaiian refineries running as Iselle brings wind, rain

2014-08-08 22:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Hawaii's two refineries continued operating on Friday as Tropical Storm Iselle made landfall on the archipelago's Big Island, the companies said. The refineries on the island of Oahu, about 187 miles (300 km) northwest of the Big Island, were monitoring weather conditions and taking precautions. "We are continuing to operate the refinery at moderate throughput," said Lance Tanaka, spokesman for Par Petroleum Corp's 94,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Kapolei near Honolulu, the larger of...

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