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Human-caused climate change increased severity of many extreme events in 2014

2015-11-08 04:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Human activities, such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use, influenced specific extreme weather and climate events in 2014, including tropical cyclones in the central Pacific, heavy rainfall in Europe, drought in East Africa, and stifling heat waves in Australia, Asia, and South America, according to a new report released today. The report, "Explaining Extreme Events of 2014 from a Climate Perspective" published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, addresses the natural and...

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Human-caused climate change made extreme weather worse in 2014

2015-11-08 01:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Forex Report: Data in all three countries suggests that Catholics are backing Pope Francis`s Encyclical released in June, titled Laudato Si, which argues that "climate change is a global problem with grave implications". "Greenland Is Melting Away": a video and essay of scientists` studying the Greenland ice sheet, from the New York Times this week. Lee also identified the "power of the purse" as another constitutional power Congress should use to make sure President Obama does not commit the United States...

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14 Extreme Weather Events Linked to Climate Change

2015-11-07 15:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Even though skeptics would disagree, weather and climate are clearly two different things. We know that the greenhouse gases emitted by human activities such as burning fossil fuels and land use cause global temperatures to rise over long stretches of time, but what effect does that have on the weather today? Well, according to a new study, we can now pin at least 14 extreme weather events in 2014including heatwaves, drought, wildfires and floodson climate change. The report, Explaining Extreme...

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Global warming's fingerprints are all over recent extreme weather, research shows

2015-11-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mashable: Extreme weather events, from droughts to floods and heat waves, are some of the most tangible present day impacts of global warming, and they will take center stage in speeches at the upcoming Paris Climate Summit. Now a new report gives leaders pushing to reduce emissions of global warming pollution, including President Obama, additional ammunition. The report, published Thursday as a special supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, amounts to the largest-ever assessment...

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