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With May Record, Global Temps in ‘New Neighborhood’

Let the pics speak for themselves. Any chance they’re loud enough fro Minister Hunt to understand, maybe even do something? >more>ClimateCentral

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After record, mind-numbing coral bleaching, what would it take to “Save the Reef”?

Prof. Terry Hughes tweeted this photo (below) on 2 May 2016: “In 1998, global warming #bleached and killed this mature thicket of Acropora pulchra. Note the recovery since then.” Bleaching killed this mature thicket of Acropora pulchra. The bottom line: If severe … Continue reading

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‘99% Chance – 2016 Will Be Hottest Year

Odds are increasing that 2016 will be the hottest year on the books, as April continued a remarkable streak of record-warm months. How global temperatures have differed from average so far this year. Click image to enlarge.  Credit: NOAA – announced … Continue reading

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Alert or alarmed? – We Just Crushed Global Record For Hottest Start Of Any Year

Last month was the hottest February on record by far. It followed the hottest January on record by far, which followed the hottest December by far, which followed the hottest November on record by far, which followed the hottest October … Continue reading

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This summer’s sea temperatures were the hottest on record for Australia: here’s why

Summer 2015-2016 was one of the hottest on record in Australia. But it has also been hot in waters surrounding the nation: the hottest summer on record, in fact.While summer on land has been dominated by significant warm spells, bushfires, and dryness, there … Continue reading

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Great Barrier Reef bleaching event: what happens next?

Being at response level 3 basically means that the coral species that are normally most sensitive to bleaching, such as the colourful branching and table corals, have already moved from paling (and therefore some chance of recovery) to death…Furthermore, at … Continue reading

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El Niño is here and that means droughts, but they don’t work how you might think

“With an El Niño looming large this summer…at some point you’ll hear someone say that warmer temperatures are making drought worse. This is guaranteed to cause confusion because it’s not actually how droughts work…Most believe it’s a simple equation: rainfall goes down … Continue reading

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‘Godzilla’ El Niño: time to prepare for mega-droughts

New research and analysis about severity and probability of drastic El Nino. Also false economy of having reduced foreign aid to jus 34% of our commitment to Millennium Development Goals. >more> TheConcversation

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El Nino strong enough to reverse trade winds

El Niño means tropical Pacific is warmer than normal, which improves chances that typhoons will form…typhoons on both sides of the equator are helping to reinforce a big burst of westerly winds along the equator. These westerly wind bursts are a hallmark of El Niño, and … Continue reading

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El Nino Revs Up in Pacific

…it’s clear big El Niños need deviant trade winds to maintain feedback loop. During especially strong El Niños, like this year’s, trade winds sometimes reverse direction—and this week’s off-the-charts wind surge is at record-strength for so early in an El Niño event. Since all this … Continue reading

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