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Record heat doesn't change Joe Barton's mind on climate change
2013-01-13 05:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dallas Morning News: For most climate experts, news that 2012 was the hottest year on record for the lower 48 states gave fresh urgency to the need to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Many House Republicans have long resisted such steps, and Rep. Joe Barton of Arlington one of the most outspoken climate change skeptics remained unmoved by the latest data. Im not going to bet the U.S. economy or the Texas economy on a theory that is not proven, said Barton, former chairman of the House Energy Committee and...
Australia: Record heat, low rain leave regions 'primed' to ignite
2013-01-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: A LEADING weather researcher says Australia's great heatwave this year and low rainfall have left some regions ''primed to go''. The weather bureau's rainfall maps for the past three months show virtually all the southern and eastern parts of the country have posted below or very-much-below average rainfall. And the past fortnight of record-breaking heat across much of the continent meant fuel loads in bushfire areas were ''trumping the situation'' due to lowering moisture levels, said Jeff...
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US study warns of extreme heat, more severe storms
2013-01-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A government report warned the United States could face more frequent severe weather including heat waves and storms for decades to come as temperatures rise far beyond levels being planned for. The draft Third National Climate Assessment, a scientific study legally mandated to advise US policymakers, made few bones that carbon emissions have been causing climate change -- a source of controversy among some lawmakers. "Evidence for climate change abounds, from the top of the atmosphere to the...
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Australia: Climate-change denial feels the heat
2013-01-12 14:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Scepticism about climate change in Australia may be something else that will melt during the nation's great heatwave. ''There's a powerful climate change signal in extreme weather events in Australia,'' said Joseph Reser, an adjunct professor at Griffith University's school of applied psychology. ''The current heatwave is outside people's experience.'' A study released by the university and co-written by Professor Reser found Australians were more ready to accept climate change was happening...
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Top Australian climate scientist: Heat wave encroaching on entirely new territory
2013-01-12 13:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Australia`s top government-appointed climate commissioner says this week`s heat wave is occurring amid record-breaking weather around the world. "This has been a landmark event for me," professor Tim Flannery told Climate Desk from his home in Melbourne. "When you start breaking records, and you do it consistently, and you see it over and over again, that is a good indication there`s a shift underway - this is not just within the normal variation of things." Flannery is perhaps best known in the...
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