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United Kingdom: Drought and flood fears after warm 2014
2014-11-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Belfast Telegraph: New figures published by the Met Office show the period from January to October this year has been the warmest since records began in 1910 while it has also been the second wettest. Unless November and December are extremely cold, 2014 will enter the record books as the hottest ever. Experts say the increase is the result of climate change. Bob Ward, policy director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at the London School of Economics and Political Science, said the elderly...
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Brazil scientist blames logging for extreme drought
2014-11-04 19:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Increased logging and burning in the Amazon rainforest will worsen already disastrous droughts, a leading Brazilian scientist warned in a new report on climate change. Trees in the Amazon rainforest emit into the atmosphere the equivalent of 20 billion tons of water daily, Antonio Donato Nobre, a researcher at Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, told AFP in an interview Monday. They do this, in part, through "aerial rivers and vaporclouds" that form over the forest and bring rain...
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Facing severe drought, 'war effort' needed to save the Amazon, says scientist
2014-11-03 05:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Severe droughts in southern Brazil may be linked to deforestation and degradation of Earth's largest rainforest, argues a new report published by a Brazilian scientist. Reviewing data from roughly 200 studies, Antonio Donato Nobre of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) warns that reducing deforestation will not be enough to restore the ecological function of the Amazon rainforest, which acts as a giant water pump that delivers precipitation across much of South America. Brazilian...
Land appraisals disputed as drought shrinks lake
2014-10-27 14:21:07| Real Estate - Topix.net
Property valuations along a Central Texas lake continue to rise even though many properties no longer have waterfront as the drought draws down water lines. One homeowner on Lake Travis appealed a 20 percent increase in the appraisal of his land.
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Unsafe groundwater only adds to California drought misery
2014-10-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: With surface water supplies decimated from the ongoing drought, more Californians are forced to use groundwater. But groundwater is unsafe for nearly 800,000 residents, according to the state's water resources control board. This problem is the longtime contamination from nitrates and arsenic. That's meant less drinkable water in California's struggle to survive more than three years of severely dry weather. "Most areas affected by contamination don't have surface water supplies so they...
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