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The Weird Effect Climate Change Will Have Plant Growth
2015-06-11 21:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Add the hindering of plant growth to the long and growing list of the ways climate change may affect life on our planet. The number of days when plants can grow could decrease by 11% by 2100 assuming limited efforts to stall climate change, affecting some of the world`s poorest and most vulnerable people, according to a new study in PLOS Biology. Climate change affects a number of variables that determine how much plants can grow. A 7% decline in the average number of freezing days will actually...
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Buick Encore 5 weird facts about U.S. car sales April 2015
2015-05-04 22:07:19| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
The best-selling Buick in America is a Korean truck and other weird-but-true things from the April new-car sales charts April 2015 new car sales notched another peak, with the industry now reporting 14 straight months of gains. Right now, the seasonally adjusted sales rate for 2015 is on pace for 16.7 million units, meaning American consumers are in the mood to buy new cars and trucks again.
'The Blob' Leaves US with Weird Weather, Says Experts
2015-04-10 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: It's no secret that North America has seen some pretty odd weather recently. No, it's not nearly as disastrous as some excitable folks on Twitter make it out to be, but it is odd enough for the NOAA and meteorological associations to take notice. Now new research has revealed that a natural phenomenon called "The Blob" might be a primary cause behind this weird weather. "In the fall of 2013 and early 2014 we started to notice a big, almost circular mass of water that just didn't cool off as much...
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Californias drought & weird warm blob in Pacific that may be fueling it
2015-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post: This figure shows the anomaly in surface temperatures off the coast of Washington in Oregon in April 2014. The green sections are less than 1 degree Celsius warmer than the 1981-2010 averages, while the orange sections are 1.5 degrees or more above average. (NOAA) The Blob sounds like a monster in a movie (in fact, it was, twice) -- a mysterious, watery presence that disrupts wildlife, causes the weather to go haywire and sends humans into a panic. But unlike its horror film predecessors,...
'Warm blob' in Pacific Ocean linked to weird weather across the US
2015-04-09 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] The one common element in recent weather has been oddness. The West Coast has been warm and parched; the East Coast has been cold and snowed under. Fish are swimming into new waters, and hungry seals are washing up on California beaches. A long-lived patch of warm water off the West Coast, about 1 to 4 degrees Celsius (2 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit) above normal, is part of what's wreaking much of this mayhem, according to two University of Washington papers to appear in …
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