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The US 'normal climate' just got hotter
For the USA the 'normal climate' just got warmer. Every decade the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) updates a range of climate measures averaged over the previous 30 years. These...
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Climate change, Water Security and drought in the Mediterranean region
A new study by NOAA - the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - has highlighted that climate change is a major contributor to more frequent Mediterranean droughts. According to the study...
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As Australia's climate warms up we are facing increased bush fire risk. Old growth forests trap moisture and provide an important bulwark against bushfires, while previously logged forest regrowth...
View ArticleChanges in extent and intensity of wildfire linked to Climate change
A new international scientific study lead by a researcher from the University of Utah links extreme fire weather to increasing temperatures and drought driven by climate change. The study, lead by...
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extreme heatwave blanketing most of Australia January 2013
Image from Australian Bureau of Meteorology - Forecast temperature 5pm Tuesday 8 January 2013
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Australia: Bushfires strike with extreme heatwave blanketing most of continent
Image courtesy Australian Bureau of MeteorologyA heatwave covering 70 per cent of Australia that started on January 3 has sparked catastrophic bushfires. Tasmania has so far been the most devastated by...
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U.S.: Forest Service Chief warns of more extreme wild fires associated with...
Wild fires are getting bigger and burning with greater intensity with an extended fire season, due in large part to climate change, according to testimony this week of Thomas Tidwell, Head of the US...
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Black Forest Wilfire in Colorado
Black Forest firefighting mission by DVIDshub / Flickr Creative Commons Licensed. Caption: An aircraft releases a fire-retardant solution to help stop the spreading of fires at Black Forest, Colo.,...
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U.S.: Wildfires set new destructive records in Colorado and New Mexico due to...
Black Forest Wildfire in ColoradoHigh temperatures, high winds and low humidity are contributing to extreme fire weather across the US southwest. In Colorado the Black Forest fire burning north east of...
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