Daily flood reports from Pakistan are available at http://www.pff.org.pk/
Grey Whale reaches Spain through ice-free Arctic
The wandering grey whale that bewildered scientists after appearing off the coast of Israel last ...
Yellow River run-off declining, driven by climate change
Excerpt from Nature: …the Yellow River shows a persistent decline in runoff . This decline is more pronounced from the upper to the lower basin. Daily drying-up of the river is observed more frequently at the Lijin hydrological station at the Yellow River mouth over the last 40 years, especially during the 1990s. The onset [...]
Extreme weather driven by jet stream shift consistent with global warming
One might think that too much rain in Pakistan would have nothing to do with too little rain in Russia, but two expert analyses by CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller and Weather Underground meteorologist Dr. Jeff Masters find that the two are connected. The Russian heat wave is associated with an intense dome of high atmospheric [...]
Traveling photo show of climate change
QINGDAO, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) — One photo shows Wanee Mainuam, a 60-year-old Thai woman, glumly clutching a bundle of fish — all that is left after rising water temperatures decimated crustacean life in her local fishery and deprived her of much of her income. “If climate change continues like that, I’ll have to leave this [...]
Hot, Dry Weather reveals ancient sites in UK
Unless the very worst predictions come true (which is perfectly possible), then it is fair to assume there will be winners and losers from climate change. We’ve already heard about Greenlander’s celebrating increased access to natural resources, and even exploring the idea of bottled iceberg water. Now another segment of the global population may have [...]
El Niños Shifting West, Growing Stronger
A relatively new type of El Niño, which has its warmest waters in the central-equatorial Pacific Ocean, rather than in the eastern-equatorial Pacific, is becoming more common and progressively stronger, according to a new study by NASA and NOAA. The research may improve our understanding of the relationship between El Niños and climate change, and [...]
Canada on track for hottest year ever
Canada is on track to have the hottest year on record by far — if La Nina doesn’t blow it. From January through July it’s been 3.5 degrees warmer than normal, says Environment Canada’s David Phillips. That’s considerably warmer than the record set in 1998, when temperatures hovered almost 2.5 degrees higher than normal for [...]
Hottest summer ever in Philadelphia
Sweat doesn’t lie: Officially, this was the hottest summer ever in Philadelphia, and it wasn’t even close. The record was torched so overwhelmingly that it was in a league with what happened this winter, when Philadelphia’s snow record fell by more than a foot. The average daily high this summer, 88.7, was the highest ever. [...]
Japan endures hottest summer on record
TOKYO — Japan is sweltering through its hottest summer on record, weather officials said Thursday.The Asian country joins a large swath of the Northern Hemisphere that has experienced an unusually hot summer. Meteorologists say 17 nations have recorded all-time-high temperatures this year, more than in any other year, and scientists have said that July was [...]
Coral bleaching high alert for Caribbean
On August 31, NOAA coral reef monitor puts most of the Caribbean on high alert for coral bleaching due to heat stress.
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Butterflies populations dying in Mexico, thriving in Canada
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Hottest June ever for Washington DC
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Climate changes worst in western states
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Troubling ice melt in East Antarctica
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Sea level rise maps
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Massive moisture-driven extreme precipitation during warmest winter in record
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Daily flood reports from Pakistan
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Yellow River run-off declining, driven by climate change
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Extreme weather driven by jet stream shift consistent with global warming
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Traveling photo show of climate change
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Hot, Dry Weather reveals ancient sites in UK
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El Niños Shifting West, Growing Stronger
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Canada on track for hottest year ever
