You would think with all the mud slinging in Washington DC that would be the Washington with the mudslide. No, the mudslide that killed over a dozen people and left over 100 missing was in Oso, Washington. Oso is a small village 55 miles northeast of Seattle (or, perhaps we should say *was*.) The village […]
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News from the Ice Wars
The Membrane Domain has been conducting Human Induced Climate Change Experiments since 1999. One of the first scientist to hypothesize that global warming was exponential (as opposed to the linear models) requested fellow scientists to conduct studies. One Membrane Domain scientists began a study on the decline of the ice mass. The analysis is on-going; […]
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Also tagged decline of the ice mass, exponential, extreme weather events, global warming, ice, ice melting, permafrost, sea level rise, snow
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Extreme Weather Events and the Meandering Jet Stream
The extreme weather events effecting the USA, England and Australia by be a result of a change in the Jetstream. The BBC reports: New research suggests that the main system that helps determine the weather over Northern Europe and North America may be changing. The study shows that the so-called jet stream has increasingly taken […]
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Also tagged cause, extreme weather events, global warming, meandering jet stream, volatile
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Extreme Weather Hits U.S., England and Australia
The United States, England and Australia are all experiencing severe and extreme weather events. In the United States, the East and Southeast have been hit with all types of winter storms. On the West Coast, the drought has reached critical stages of water conservation, as well as, causing wildfires. England is getting hit with the […]
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Also tagged drought, extreme weather events, floods, ice storms, polar vortex, snow storms, storms, volatile
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Winter Storm Battering Mid-Atlantic and New England
NASA — The monster winter storm that brought icing to the U.S. southeast moved northward along the Eastern Seaboard and brought snow, sleet and rain from the Mid-Atlantic to New England on February 13. A new image from NOAA’s GOES satellite showed clouds associated with the massive winter storm stretch from the U.S. southeast to […]
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Also tagged extreme weather, extreme weather events, global warming, volatile, winter storm
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California Zero Water Allocation
Though much of the United States has been experiencing a cold, high precipitation winter, California has had extreme drought and fire conditions. The State Water Project announced the state reservoir will “effectively be closed for business.” “This is the most serious drought we’ve faced in modern times,” Felicia Marcus, chairwoman of the State Water Resources […]
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Also tagged California, drought, extreme weather events, global warming, volatile, water
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Hottest Year On Record
AUSTRALIA — Data collected and analyzed by the Bureau of Meteorology show that 2013 was Australia’s warmest year on record while rainfall was slightly below average nationally. Summer 2012–13 was the warmest on record nationally, spring was also the warmest on record and winter the third warmest Overall, 2013 was Australia’s warmest year on record: […]
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Extreme Weather Events: Typhoon Haiyan / Yolanda
“The climate crisis is madness. We can stop this madness.” Philippines — One of the world’s most severe storms hit the Philippines. The damage is so massive that it has taken several days just to asses the situation. It appears as though thousands of people lost their lives. Complete towns have been wiped out. The […]
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Also tagged effects of global warming, extreme weather events, global warming, Haiyan, Philippines, The climate crisis is madness. We can stop this madness., Typhoon Yolanda
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Realities of Climate Change
UNITED STATES — Sea level rise is accelerating. The number of large wildfires is growing. Dangerous heat waves are becoming more common. Extreme storm events are increasing in many areas. More severe droughts are occurring in others. These are just some of the consequences of global warming, which are already having significant and harmful effects […]
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Also tagged extreme weather events, global warming, ice melting, rainfall, sea level rising, wildfires
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Climate Change in the United States
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says: The Earth’s climate is changing. Temperatures are rising, snow and rainfall patterns are shifting, and more extreme climate events—like heavy rainstorms and record high temperatures—are already affecting society and ecosystems. Scientists are confident that many of the observed changes in the climate can be linked to the increase in […]
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