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Climate-change models wrong on predicting rain, drought extremes
2016-04-08 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Times: A newly released international study debunks climate models on global warming that forecast extreme rainfall and drought tied to temperature swings, casting doubt on disaster scenarios promoted by the climate-change movement. The study in the journal Nature published Thursday examining Northern Hemisphere rainfall data going back 1,200 years found that today`s climate models were frequently wrong on predicting extreme rain and drought. In the 20th century, for example, higher-than-average temperatures...
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Drought killing next year's sugar crop
2016-04-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
REUTERS: Prasert Jitkham stoops down and pulls a yellowed sugar cane shoot from baked soil. The worst drought in more than 20 years `has killed the plant he should harvest next year. The El Nino weather phenomenon has played havoc with crops across Southeast Asia and beyond. Thailand, the world's second-largest sugar exporter, will ship 20% less of the sweetener to international markets this year than last, and farmers fear the damage already inflicted on young cane plants could make next year worse. ...
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California's Sierra Snowpack Shows Improvement; Drought Still Not Over
2016-03-31 11:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Updated snowpack measurements show El Nino has helped ease the drought in California. While reservoirs are filling up, conservation measures remain in place.
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In California, Dealing With A Drought And Preparing For A Flood
2016-03-18 21:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: As Californians hope for rain and snow to end the state's extreme drought, a decades-old rule prohibits reservoirs from filling up in the winter, so some water ends up being released. The rule may sound odd given how chronically dry California is, but it's actually to prevent a bigger disaster: flooding. In the winter, reservoirs are not allowed to fill up. That's so they can capture excessive amounts of water that flow out of the mountains during storms. It was a solution engineered to prevent...
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Now it's possible to link a heat wave or drought to climate change, in real time
2016-03-17 16:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fast Coexist: Four days and four hours after a powerful storm battered parts of the U.K. last Decemberbreaking national records and leaving 5,000 homes floodedresearchers made a statement: The unusually heavy rain was linked to climate change. Last July, when temperatures topped 104 degrees in several European countries, breaking more records, scientists also quickly analyzed the data as the heat wave happened. They concluded that the extreme temperatures were much more likely now than in the past because of...
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