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El Nino indicator hits record high, adds to weather risks: NOAA
2015-11-19 20:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A key indicator for the strength of El Nio has reached a record high, the U.S. weather agency said, adding to signs that a weather pattern known for causing extreme droughts, storms and floods could become one of the strongest ever. El Nio, the "little boy," is driven by warm surface water in the eastern Pacific Ocean and its strength is measured by how much higher temperatures are over three-month averages. In the week ending Nov. 16, temperatures in the Nino 3.4 region, the central band...
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Why does US Rep. Lamar Smith want subpoena NOAA?
2015-11-19 11:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Rep. Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican who chairs the US House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, has subpoenaed seven years of all internal communications related to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) climate research. The research resulted in the June publication of a paper in the peer-reviewed journal Science that refutes earlier, controversial findings that global temperature rise slowed between 1998 and 2012. In a second letter in a week asking for support from...
American Meteorological Society criticizes congressional NOAA witch-hunt
2015-11-05 13:30:13| Extremetech
The American Meteorological Society has weighed in on the clash between House Republicans and NOAA, arguing in favor of the research group's work.
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A Texas Republican and NOAA are in a standoff over global warming emails
2015-10-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: If you thought the days of abusing federal powers to go after climate scientists as they conduct legitimate research went out of style with the Bush administration or the "climategate" affair, think again. Meet Rep. Lamar Smith, a Republican from Texas' 21st congressional district just north of San Antonio. Smith chairs the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, a perch he's used to push his anti-climate science views. Smith has sought to cut NASA's earth science budget, for example,...
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NOAA declares third ever global coral bleaching event
2015-10-08 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: As record ocean temperatures cause widespread coral bleaching across Hawaii, NOAA scientists confirm the same stressful conditions are expanding to the Caribbean and may last into the new year, prompting the declaration of the third global coral bleaching event ever on record. Waters are warming in the Caribbean, threatening coral in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, NOAA scientists said. Coral bleaching began in the Florida Keys and South Florida in August, but now scientists expect bleaching...
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