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Extremes in weather more likely
2013-04-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Columbus Dispatch: Weather experts and climatologists say people nationwide should not be surprised by more-extreme weather and warmer weather. In central Ohio, climate-change models show that strong spring storms and hotter, dry summers will be the norm, said Jeff Rogers, state climatologist and a professor of geography and atmospheric sciences at Ohio State University. With climate change, there is going to be losers, and there is going to be winners, Rogers said. Currently, Ohio is a winner in that were...
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Adaptation: As Australia prepares for new weather extremes, political opposition mounts
2013-04-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Australia is no stranger to extremes. The country has long experienced extreme heat, prolonged drought and severe wildfires. It's about to get worse. In the coming decade and beyond, the nation should gird itself for even more extremes caused by climate change, say the authors of a new report from the country's Climate Commission, an independent body of experts appointed to report on what climate change will mean for the nation. New images of the Earth at night show a brightness in largely...
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Climate change will bring greater extremes in weather
2013-03-25 09:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Climate change will bring greater extremes in weather, the Government's outgoing chief scientific adviser has warned as he called for urgent action to tackle global warming. Professor Sir John Beddington said the effects of climate change on the weather were already being felt in the UK. "In a sense we have moved from the idea of global warming to the idea of climate change, and that is rather important - yes, indeed, temperatures are increasing but the thing that is going to happen is that...
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From Heat Wave to Snowstorms, March Goes to Extremes
2013-03-19 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: What a difference a year makes. Last March, the U.S. was basking in a heat wave that drove temperatures into the 70s all the way to the Canadian border, as winter snows rapidly retreated and flowers bloomed. Unaware of the devastating drought to follow, the warmth prompted farmers all across the nation to plant their crops several weeks early, and a record corn harvest was predicted. Forecast sea level pressure departures from average from the GFS computer model. This shows the large area of...
United Kingdom: Households must prepare for extremes, after floods every five days in 2012
2013-03-04 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The Government agency said such "topsy turvy weather' could become more frequent because of climate change and called for more assistance to help households adapt. However politicians are warning that the Government is already cutting funding for flood defence. Last year began in drought with hosepipe bans imposed for 20 million people across a swathe of England after two dry winters in a row. For 95 days there was official drought declared for some areas, mostly in the South East. However,...
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