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Worse drought, wildfires forecast for the Southwest
2014-05-07 00:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Republic: Global climate change is baking Southwestern cities, intensifying wildfires and straining water supplies, and the worst is yet to come, scientists say in the latest National Climate Assessment released Tuesday. The Earth is heating unevenly, and in recent decades, the Southwest has warmed by an average of 2 degrees Fahrenheit, said Gregg Garfin, a University of Arizona geoscientist who was a lead author of the report's Southwest section. The region will heat up an additional 2.5 to 5.5 degrees...
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Ethanol: Worse Than Conventional Fuel?
2014-05-01 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Ethanol was pitched as the new hope for alternative fuels in America, but what if its actually worse than conventional gasoline? Thats exactly what a new government-funded study is saying in an analysis of cellulostic ethanol fuel made from byproducts like the leftovers from growing corn. The study suggests that while ethanol might cut emissions in the long term, in the short term, it actually produces 7 percent more emissions than gasoline. That means it cant meet the emissions targets and...
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Drought Conditions in Western US were Once Much Worse than Anything in the Past Century
2014-05-01 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A study of climate data taken from trees in the Western US reveals levels of drought that were significantly worse than anything experienced in the past century. The 1930s drought that triggered The Dust Bowl, considered the worst US drought that century, was barely strong enough to make the list of worst droughts, according to scientists at Brigham Young University in Utah, who analyzed the state's climate record back to 1429. "We're conservatively estimating the severity of these droughts...
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Oregonlive.com: Portland's roads are bad and getting worse, according to the most recent transportation report card
2014-04-30 19:28:09| PortlandOnline
April 29, 2014 | Andrew Theen
IT'S THE PITTS -- IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE
2014-04-24 23:15:33| Cattle Today
Hanging around renegade livestock all my life has taught me that no matter how bad things get, they can always get worse.
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