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Climate change to spark more weather extremes, warns IPCC

Climate change to spark more weather extremes, warns IPCC

ReCharge Climate extremes, or even a series of non-extreme events, in combination with social vulnerabilities and exposure to risks can produce climate-related disasters, says the IPCC, in a special reportManaging the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters [...]

Increasing speed of Greenland glaciers gives new insight for rising sea level

Increasing speed of Greenland glaciers gives new insight for rising sea level

eScience Changes in the speed that ice travels in more than 200 outlet glaciers indicates that Greenland’s contribution to rising sea level in the 21st century might be significantly less than the upper limits some scientists [...]

Climate in NW Europe and Balkans is becoming suitable for disease-spreading tiger mosquito

Climate in NW Europe and Balkans is becoming suitable for disease-spreading tiger mosquito

Adonai TheWatchers The climate in northwestern Europe and the Balkans is becoming suitable for the Asian tiger mosquito, a disease-spreading invasive species, scientists said on Wednesday. The warning comes from scientists at the University of Liverpool, [...]

Fossil raindrop impressions reveal Earth’s early atmosphere

Fossil raindrop impressions reveal Earth’s early atmosphere

Kate Taylor TG Daily Scientists have concluded that the Earth’s early atmosphere was loaded with greenhouse gases – by examining fossilized raindrop impressions. Between two and four billion years ago, the sun burned as much as [...]

Extreme weather linked to global warming

Extreme weather linked to global warming

Kate Taylor TG Daily Climate scientists have in the past been cautious about suggesting that extreme weather can be linked to climate change. But a new report from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) [...]

Mexican Earthquake Coincides With Drill Based Around Same Scenario

Mexican Earthquake Coincides With Drill Based Around Same Scenario

Paul Joseph Watson Infowars Bizarre Coincidence: Government-run simulation also had earthquake measuring 7.9 on Richter scale Fears amongst some that governments are experimenting with technology that can trigger seismic events have heightened following the bizarre occurrence [...]

Greenland ice sheet may melt completely with 1.6 degrees global warming

Greenland ice sheet may melt completely with 1.6 degrees global warming

TerraDaily The Greenland ice sheet is likely to be more vulnerable to global warming than previously thought. The temperature threshold for melting the ice sheet completely is in the range of 0.8 to 3.2 degrees Celsius [...]

Asia climate disasters displace 42 million over 2 years

Asia climate disasters displace 42 million over 2 years

AFP via Terra Daily Climate-related disasters have displaced more than 42 million people in Asia over the past two years, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday in a report calling for swift action to avert future [...]

Clouds to cool the earth

Clouds to cool the earth

ZeeNews Analysis of lower cloud levels over the past decade has thrown up hints of a cooling mechanism that may be key to the planet’s climate, a study reveals. The analysis of this data from the [...]

Study Finds Icecaps Lost 4.3 Trillion Tonnes Between 2003-2010

Study Finds Icecaps Lost 4.3 Trillion Tonnes Between 2003-2010

PopSciAustralia Just how much ice has been lost from the world’s ice caps and land ice? A new study from the University of Colorado has used NASA satellite data to find out. Using information from NASA’s [...]

Iceland Unusually Warm and Windy, Frost Bites Europe

Iceland Unusually Warm and Windy, Frost Bites Europe

IcelandReview All the snow which fell in December and January in Iceland’s capital region has vanished with rising temperatures, heavy rain and stormy weather. Meanwhile, unusually cold winter weather on the European mainland has caused more [...]

Earth’s climate spiraling into greater chaos as planetary crisis intensifies

Earth’s climate spiraling into greater chaos as planetary crisis intensifies

ExtinctionProtocol Severe flooding is threatening parts of New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia, with towns cut off and thousands of residents evacuated. More than 10,000 people in communities affected by the floods have been [...]