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More storms, more heat says WMO
2013-07-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: In the first decade of this century global sea level rise increased at about double the rate of the preceding hundred years, the World Meteorological Organization says. London, 3 July -- If you think the world is warming and the weather getting nastier, you`re right, according to the United Nations agency committed to understanding weather and climate. The World Meteorological Organization says the planet "experienced unprecedented high-impact climate extremes" in the ten years from 2001 to...
Climate change is making private heat islands for people of color
2013-07-09 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: As if climate change weren`t enough of a huge jerk, now we find out that it`s racist, too - or at least it`s following America`s lead. A new study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives digs deep under the sidewalks and streets that are soaking up all this new heat in our cities - and finds that not all neighborhoods and racial groups are faring equally. According to the research, blacks, Asians, and Latinos are all significantly more likely to live in high-risk heat-island...
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A no-irrigation ecoroof? In this heat?
2013-07-09 02:13:22| PortlandOnline
The low maintenance, no irrigation design is performing well despite dry, hot weather
Upside of heat wave: Smog levels are lower
2013-07-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: It may seem like a small comfort after seven consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures, but residents of the Sacramento region are breathing easier this summer than they did during California's last major heat wave. A combination of preferable weather conditions and federal, state and local efforts to reduce ozone emissions have paid off for people who care about their respiratory systems. Ten years ago, during a similar week of blazing temperatures, "our air quality would have been a lot...
Despite Heat, Earth Is Farthest From Sun on Friday
2013-07-05 17:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: With the United States in the clutches of a heat wave that is spurring deadly wildfires across the Southwest, it might feel like the sun is punishingly close right now. Actually the exact opposite is true: Earth will be farther from the sun on Friday, July 5, than on any other day this year. That's because the orbits of all the planets in our solar system-including Earth's-are elliptical, as opposed to circular. The phenomenon was first explained in mathematical detail by the 17th-century German...
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