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The evidence is in: global warming has caused severe floods, droughts and storms. We present a three-part series by John Carey, who was funded by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and other selections from the editors
June 30, 2011 |
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More violent and frequent storms, once merely a prediction of climate models, are now a matter of observation. Part 1 of a three-part series
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How rising temperatures change weather and produce fiercer, more frequent storms. Second of a three-part series
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Adapting to extreme weather calls a combination of restoring wetland and building drains and sewers that can handle the water. But leaders and the public are slow to catch on. Final part of a three-part series
Climate change caused by rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is causing more extreme rainfall and snowfall--and floods
A new study helps to explain how extraordinary snowfalls occur despite global warming
New York City--and other major metropolises around the globe--face an epic challenge in coping with the impacts of global warming
The massive hole in the atmosphere above Antarctica is altering rainfall patterns in the Southern Hemisphere
Near the halfway point, 2011 has already seen eight weather-related disasters in the U.S. that caused more than $1 billion in damages
A crop-yield analysis reveals that warming temperatures have already diminished the rate of production growth for major cereal crop harvests during the past three decades
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