Tag: climate change
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Extreme Weather Hits Hard Worldwide
By Tierney Smith From unprecedented storms and flooding in the UK to severe drought in California and Brazil, 2014 has kicked off with some exceptional and weird weather events. [caption id="attachment_320992" align="alignnone" width="500"] The UK is experiencing its most exceptional period of rainfall in 248 years, with hundreds of flood alert warnings covering much of…
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Study Finds Coastal Flooding From Sea Level Rise May Cost $100,000B Annually by 2100
Coastal regions may face massive increases in damages from storm surge flooding over the course of the twenty-first century. According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, global average storm surge damages could increase from about $10-40 billion USD per year today to up to $100,000 billion USD per…
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Athletes Encourage Climate Change Discussion at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
By Kikkan Randall, U.S. Ski Team and Alex Deibold, U.S. Snowboard Team Every four years, we all get to celebrate the best in winter sports, and this month in Sochi, the Olympics will host some of the most amazing winter athletes in the world on the biggest stage in sports. It’s going to be amazing. …
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How Obama’s Climate Hubs Will Help Farmers Battle Climate Change
[caption id="attachment_320573" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] The Obama Administration couldn’t afford to wait on Congress to take the country’s latest action on climate change. In an effort to understand and address the impact climate has on farmers in different areas, the administration announced the formation of of seven climate hubs in various regions…
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Carbon Emissions Could Climb 29 Percent by 2035
By Alex Kirby [caption id="attachment_320613" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo credit: futureatlas.com/blog via Flickr Creative Commons[/caption] The good news, from the climate’s standpoint, is that while global demand for energy is continuing to grow, the growth is slowing. The bad news is that one energy giant predicts global carbon dioxide emissions will probably rise by almost a…