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Colorado rainfall one for the ages, Weather Service says
2013-09-19 12:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The downpour that inundated parts of Colorado this month was a once-in-a-millennium event for those areas, according to an analysis by the National Weather Service. Colorado residents are coping with widespread destruction from floods unleashed by torrential rains that began on September 9 and lasted for several days. The flooding killed at least eight people, forced thousands from their homes and caused nearly $2 billion in property damage. Towns at the base of Colorado's so-called Front Range...
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Just how extreme was Colorados record-setting rainfall?
2013-09-17 08:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: The torrential rainfall that inundated Colorado for the better part of a week has finally cleared, leaving eight confirmed dead and 1,600 destroyed homes in its wake (see images from the initial flooding here). Yesterday, meteorologist Robert Henson told Climate Central, the city of Boulder officially set the record for its rainiest year in recorded history. Five days in the past week set individual rainfall records, while the 9.08 inches that fell on Sept. 12 shattered the previous single-day...
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Flood-Ravaged Boulder, Colo., Sets Annual Rainfall Record
2013-09-16 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: As the largest U.S. rescue airlift since Hurricane Katrina continued along the northern Front Range of Colorado, more rainfall in the flood-weary city of Boulder pushed it to a new milestone on Monday, with 2013 going into the record books as the citys wettest year with three and a half months still remaining. With 30.12 inches of rain and counting, more than half of which fell since Sept. 9, the city has already eclipsed its previous mark of 29.93 inches, set in 1995. Boulder's average yearly...
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09.11.13 -- Increased Greenhouse Gases And Aerosols Have Similar Effects On Rainfall
2013-09-10 10:04:59| pollutiononline Home Page
09/11/13Pollution Online Newsletter
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Increased Greenhouse Gases And Aerosols Have Similar Effects On Rainfall
2013-09-06 05:08:20| pollutiononline News Articles
Although greenhouse gases and aerosols have very distinct properties, their effects on spatial patterns of rainfall change are surprisingly similar, according to new research from the University of Hawaii at Manoa's International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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