Tag Archives: extreme weather

3 factors that put lower income Americans at risk

Here’s just one the 3 – At night, the temperature difference between a dense city and a nearby rural area can be as high as 22 degrees. >readmore> ThinkProgress

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WATCH: Video Suggests Hurricanes Be Named After Politicians Who Deny Climate Change

350 Action is out with a video that is as jarring as it is hilarious. It notes the injustice of naming devastating hurricanes after people who, most likely, had nothing to do with their destructive power. It suggests a new nomenclature: … Continue reading

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Why climate change should be a key health issue this election

while mainstream media hustles Time to tell our leaders that,  while mainstream media hustles that “the public” cares most about cheap, cheap pricing for electricity, we’re concerned about a lot more than such simple sound grab – “Australian Department of Defence … Continue reading

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Study: Global Warming Has Increased Australia’s Chances Of Extreme Summers Five-Fold

Explanation why what looks like small global warming causes big increase in extreme heat days. >readmore> ThinkProgress

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Why warming causes heat, drought, cold and wet – simultaneously!!

ABC1 show Catalyst last night provided a particularly good explanation about why global warming causes a lot more than warming, video download at: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/vodcast/default.htm

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Media bias

We’re familiar with right wing media bias in Australia but here’s a report, about detailed study in USA, showing how much main stream TV and print media report worsening extreme weather events but make no mention of climate change. >readmore> … Continue reading

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Nudge, nudge, say no more…

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Extreme weather cost of ignoring climate change

Imagine losing your house, contents, even lives near and dear. Then not being able to afford to rebuild and/or insure. So you might even lose life long savings. This is what many of us risk, as we take so little … Continue reading

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New colours for map of temperature by Met Bureau

The Bureau of Meteorology even added new colors to its weather forecasting chart to account for the record heat levels. Link is to ThinkProgress USA with comprehensive collection of reporting about extreme weather in Oz, both American and Australian commentary.

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Latest reckoning of Global Warming

Halfway To Hell (And High Water): 333rd Month In A Row Global Temperatures Exceed Long-Term Average

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