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Whats exceptional about the current drought and what isnt
2014-05-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Half of the country is currently in some state of drought. In California right now, the entire state is in a state of drought. But despite what you may have read, neither of those particular points of data is cause to panic. One of the charges leveled against people advocating political action on climate change is that they're "alarmist," prone to exaggerating the effects of extreme weather. In April, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) used the term to rebut arguments on climate change; in the wake of the...
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Drought, hurricane bigger threat to worlds top companies
2014-05-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Drought, hurricanes and rising seas are becoming more significant threats to the worlds biggest companies and the risk is accelerating, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project. Companies planning for various threats related to climate change say theyre grappling now with about 45 percent of the potential risks, or will be within five years, according to a report issued today by the London-based non-profit group. Thats up from 2011, when members of the Standard and Poors 500 Index expected...
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The California Drought Is Far From Over, And The Entire State Is Suffering
2014-05-16 18:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: For a few days last month, it rained in San Francisco. Residents across the city cheered a welcomed respite from a drought that has crippled California for more than two years -- but the celebration turned out to be premature. On Thursday, for the first time this century, the U.S. Drought Monitor declared that all of California is in a severe drought, with many areas of the state in an even worse condition, from "extreme" to "exceptional," the poorest possible rating. This is a once-in-a-generation...
100 percent of California in highest stages of drought
2014-05-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: It might not seem possible, but California's drought just got worse. According to Thursday's release of the U.S. Drought Monitor, 100 percent of the state is now in one of the three worst stages of drought. As of May 15, California was completely in the three highest stages of drought, severe, extreme and exceptional. The latest report, which indicated that rain had improved conditions in parts of Texas and the Plains states, revealed that California got no relief. In fact, a heat wave likely...
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Extreme Drought Expands North Into Kansas
2014-05-11 22:17:00| Beef
Beef Producer The extreme drought conditions that have plagued western Oklahoma and much of Texas this year have spread north into southern and western Kansas to put additional stress on struggling wheat that is about a month from harvest, according to a report released last week by the U.S. Drought Monitor. read more
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