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2012 was the warmest year on record for U.S., second worst for extreme weather
2012 marked the warmest year on record for the United States and was also the second most extreme weather year yet recorded, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday. The hot weather contributed to a record drought which, at its peak, parched 61 percent of the nation. Those dry…
Study: Chance that extreme weather isn’t cause by climate change is ‘negligible’
Unusually hot summers, and the destructive droughts and wildfires that follow, are the product of climate change, according to a study of recorded global temperature data by a prominent Nasa scientist. The study uses recorded temperature data, rather than prediction models, to assert that climate change is responsible for recent extreme weather events including last…
Scientists to directly link extreme weather to man-made climate change
Climate change researchers have been able to attribute recent examples of extreme weather to the effects of human activity on the planet’s climate systems for the first time, marking a major step forward in climate research. The findings make it much more likely that we will soon – within the…
More extreme weather expected as planet warms: U.N.
DURBAN (Reuters) – The world is getting hotter, with 2011 one of the warmest years on record, and increasing temperatures are expected to amplify floods, droughts and other extreme weather patterns around the planet, said a U.N. report released on Tuesday. The World Meteorological Organization, part of the United Nations,…
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