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Study says climate change exacerbated half of recent extreme weather events
2013-09-05 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Half of last year's extreme weather including the triple-digit temperatures of America's July heatwave were due in part to climate change, new research said on Thursday. The study, edited by scientists from Noaa and the UK Met Office, detected the fingerprints of climate change on about half of the 12 most extreme weather events of 2012. The researchers said climate change helped raise the temperatures during the run of 100F days in last year's American heat wave; drove the record loss...
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Review of recent CME/BIFM Southern Ireland 'Women in FM' event
2013-09-04 16:41:00| BIFM News
Following on from the success of past FM networking events, The Centre for the Modern Environment and BIFM Southern Ireland Committee turned their attention to the women in FM.
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A Cooler Pacific May Be Behind Recent Pause In Global Warming
2013-08-29 09:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A study in the journal Nature could help explain why the Earth's average temperature hasn't increased during the past 15 years - despite a long-term trend of global warming. The Earth's average temperature has risen by more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. But the temperature rise has not been moving in lock step with the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide - mainly from burning fossil fuels - traps heat in the air. Now scientists...
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How does recent cool weather affect corn yield, maturity?
2013-08-25 18:43:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln A few cool weeks in Nebraska have prompted questions about how cooler summer weather will impact the corn crop, particularly later-planted corn. Research has indicated that the number of growing degree days (GDD) needed for corn hybrids to reach various growth stages, including maturity, is fairly uniform across environments. read more
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Recent NSF Study Reveals Regional Concentration Of Scientists And Engineers In The United States
2013-08-21 02:51:33| rfglobalnet News Articles
According to a recently published report by the National Science Foundation, science and engineering (S&E) employment in the United States is geographically concentrated in a small number of states.
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