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Extreme weather forces Sri Lankans to rethink rice farming
2013-01-18 08:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: The year's end is usually a good time for wholesale rice suppliers in Sri Lanka. Customers are busy stocking up, particularly in wealthier urban areas like the capital, Colombo. But for two years running now, some suppliers have struggled to keep enough rice on hand as the year draws to a close. Changing weather patterns -- including droughts and flooding, and at times both in one year -- mean supplies are increasingly uncertain. "The weather has been so fickle that paddy harvests keep going...
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A Look Back on 2012, the Year of Extreme Weather Events
2013-01-17 19:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Temperatures hit an unseasonably warm 61°F in Washington D.C. earlier this week. The Middle East is blanketed in record rainfall and rare heavy snowfall, ending a nearly decade-long drought. Australia witnessed its hottest day on record this past week, stoking wildfires. And China is experiencing a bitterly cold winter, where temperatures are the lowesttheyve been in almost three decades. Were only two weeks into 2013, and already we are getting a reminder of the extreme year we just emerged from....
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Pennsylvania has climate change to thank for extreme weather in 2012, according to advocacy group
2013-01-15 19:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Patriot News: The Natural Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization, released a report today outlining at least 62 events that broke extreme weather records for Pennsylvania in 2012. According to the release, these events include: Record-breaking heat in 12 counties with a total of 21 new heat records Record-breaking rainfall in 21 counties with a total of 36 new rainfall records Record-breaking snow in 5 counties with a total of 5 new snow records 5 large wildfires...
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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Climate panel says coast, midwest at risk of extreme weather
2013-01-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Average U.S. temperatures may jump as much as 4 degrees Fahrenheit (2.2 Celsius) in the coming decades, and efforts to combat the effects are insufficient, a government advisory panel on climate change said. The 60-member panel approved and released a draft report today that says many coastal areas face potentially irreversible impacts as warmer temperatures lead to flooding, storm surges and water shortages. The chances of record-breaking, high-temperature extremes will continue to increase...
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