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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
‘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
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
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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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
‘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
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
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
