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Researchers Link Syrian Conflict to a Drought Made Worse by Climate Change
2015-03-03 10:05:40| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Drawing one of the strongest links yet between global warming and human conflict, researchers said Monday that an extreme drought in Syria between 2006 and 2009 was most likely due to climate change, and that the drought was a factor in the violent uprising that began there in 2011. The drought was the worst in the country in modern times, and in a study published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the scientists laid the blame for it on a century-long trend toward...
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Global Warming Upped Heat Driving Californias Drought
2015-03-02 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Despite a recent influx of snow and rain this past weekend, extremely low snowpack in the Sierra Nevada has conspired with warm temperatures to keep the state in the grips of one its worst droughts on record for at least another year. The precipitation has been the key ingredient to start the drought, but heat has played an important role in maintaining and intensifying it. A new paper published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science shows that human greenhouse gas emissions...
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Sao Paulo Issues Bids To Address Drought Crisis
2015-03-02 14:00:44| ENR.com: Headline News
Southeastern Brazil is experiencing the worst drought in more than 80 years.
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Despite drought, pools, lawns and fireplaces still popular home features
2015-03-02 05:49:32| Real Estate - Topix.net
Patrick Lim and his family are six months into their pursuit of the American Dream. So far it's been a frustrating endeavor with sticker shock now an obstacle in addition to the market's slim pickings.
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Quirky Winds Fuel Brazil's Devastating Drought, Amazon's Flooding
2015-02-26 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: In So Paulo, Brazil, which is suffering its worst drought in almost a century, Maria de Fátima dos Santos has lived for days at a time with no water, relying on what she had carefully hoarded in bottles. But in the Bolivian Amazon, about 1,800 miles (2,897 kilometers) away, Nicolás Cartagena recalls the day almost a year ago when floodwaters rose to the thatched rooftops of Indian communities, destroying crops and washing away homes. The drought in South America's biggest city and the flooding...
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