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A new study, conducted specifically to explore the forces driving extreme weather events and their implications for national security planning over the next decade, finds that the early ramifications of climate extremes resulting from climate change are already upon us and will continue to be felt over the next decade, directly impacting US national security interests. http://phys.org/news279811570.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:26:18 EST news279811570 Americans can expect more heat waves, heavy downpours, floods and droughts, sea level rise and ocean acidification, according to a draft national climate assessment report that included two Cornell researchers as lead authors. http://phys.org/news278925569.html Space & Earth Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:19:38 EST news278925569 In the coming decades, climate change will lead to more frequent and more intense Midwest heat waves while degrading air and water quality and threatening public health. Intense rainstorms and floods will become more common, and existing risks to the Great Lakes will be exacerbated. http://phys.org/news277727794.html Space & Earth Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:36:50 EST news277727794 England's wettest year on record. Severe heat waves in Russia. Droughts in the US. The past year has been characterised by extreme weather across the world. Protecting the Amazon rainforest – one of the largest carbon reservoirs on our planet – is critical to helping regulate global climate patterns. Its destruction releases the stored carbon into the atmosphere as 'greenhouse gas', which contributes to climate change. http://phys.org/news277023585.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:59:52 EST news277023585 From extreme drought to super storms, many wonder what the future holds for the climate of the eastern United States. A study conducted by researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, does away with the guessing. http://phys.org/news274969947.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:33:56 EST news274969947 (AP)—An area of Arctic sea ice bigger than the United States melted this year, according the U.N. weather agency, which said the dramatic decline illustrates that climate change is happening "before our eyes." http://phys.org/news273342021.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:20:29 EST news273342021 Despite early cooling from La Nina, 2012 is on track to become one of the top 10 hottest years on record, with the U.S. experiencing extreme warmth and Arctic Sea ice shrinking to its lowest extent, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news273310361.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:32:48 EST news273310361 (AP)—Though it's tricky to link a single weather event to climate change, Hurricane Sandy was "probably not a coincidence" but an example of the extreme weather events that are likely to strike the U.S. more often as the world gets warmer, the U.N. climate panel's No. 2 scientist said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news273259625.html Space & Earth Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:27:13 EST news273259625 Climate change is affecting all regions in Europe, causing a wide range of impacts on society and the environment. Further impacts are expected in the future, potentially causing high damage costs, according to the latest assessment published by the European Environment Agency this week. http://phys.org/news273152693.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:45:01 EST news273152693 Nearly 200 nations gather in Doha from Monday for a new round of climate talks as a rush of reports warn extreme weather events like superstorm Sandy may become commonplace if mitigation efforts fail. http://phys.org/news273067026.html Space & Earth Sun, 25 Nov 2012 11:57:18 EST news273067026 (AP)—During a year with a monster storm and scorching heat waves, Americans have experienced the kind of freakish weather that many scientists say will occur more often on a warming planet. http://phys.org/news273047025.html Space & Earth Sun, 25 Nov 2012 06:23:54 EST news273047025 (AP)—America's lifelines—its roads, airports, railways and transit systems—are getting hammered by extreme weather beyond what their builders imagined, leaving states and cities searching for ways to brace for more catastrophes like Superstorm Sandy. http://phys.org/news272775104.html Technology Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:51:53 EST news272775104 Rising temperatures could widen the gap between the Europe's rich and poor nations, an EU agency warned Wednesday, as it announced the warmest decade on record in the continent. http://phys.org/news272736086.html Space & Earth Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:01:33 EST news272736086 In a broad-based study covering all 27 EU Member States, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland lead an evaluation of the risks posed to transport by extreme weather phenomena. This recent study demonstrates that the level of risks varies significantly among the EU Member States. http://phys.org/news270985998.html Other Sciences Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:53:26 EST news270985998 Though it's dif­fi­cult to tie a spe­cific storm like Hur­ri­cane Sandy to the phe­nom­enon of cli­mate change, Auroop Gan­guly, an asso­ciate pro­fessor of civil and envi­ron­mental engi­neering at North­eastern, says "It is becoming increas­ingly harder to ignore the empir­ical evi­dence" that human-​​influenced cli­mate change affects the weather. http://phys.org/news270976034.html Space & Earth Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:07:24 EST news270976034 (AP)—Capitalizing on low water levels in Warsaw's Vistula River, police are teaming up with archaeologists to recover gigantic marble and alabaster treasures that apparently were stolen from royals in Poland by Swedish invaders in the mid-17th century. http://phys.org/news267421304.html Other Sciences Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:42:12 EST news267421304 Experts warned of a "planetary emergency" due to the unforeseen global consequences of Arctic ice melt, including methane gas released from permafrost regions currently under ice. http://phys.org/news267331810.html Space & Earth Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:00:01 EST news267331810 Arctic sea ice is shrinking at a rate much faster than scientists ever predicted and its collapse, due to global warming, may well cause extreme weather this winter in North America and Europe, according to climate scientists. http://phys.org/news267105882.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:30:02 EST news267105882 The nation's collection of climate models should advance substantially to deliver more detailed, smaller scale climate projections, says a new report from the National Research Council. To meet this need, the report calls for these assorted climate models to take a more integrated path and use a common software infrastructure while adding regional detail, new simulation capabilities, and new approaches for collaborating with their user community. http://phys.org/news266243196.html Space & Earth Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:28:24 EST news266243196 Staple food prices may double within the next two decades due to climate change and an increase in extreme weather including droughts and hurricanes, the anti-poverty group Oxfam said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news266035490.html Space & Earth Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:10:01 EST news266035490 Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, more intense rainstorms and more frequent heat waves are among the planetary woes that may come to mind when climate change is mentioned. Now, two University of Michigan researchers say an increased risk of avian influenza transmission in wild birds can be added to the list. http://phys.org/news265457273.html Biology Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:20:01 EST news265457273 The relentless, weather-gone-crazy type of heat that has blistered the United States and other parts of the world in recent years is so rare that it can't be anything but man-made global warming, says a new statistical analysis from a top government scientist. http://phys.org/news263366027.html Space & Earth Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:20:01 EST news263366027 Now's the time to prepare for the heat waves, heavy rains and droughts that climate change will bring, says Stanford's Chris Field, a noted climate researcher. http://phys.org/news263120957.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:09:31 EST news263120957 Heat waves and power outages have been plaguing the nation in recent weeks and temperatures are expected to rise higher than usual in San Diego County within a few days. http://phys.org/news261216314.html Technology Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:05:21 EST news261216314 Severe droughts, floods and heat waves rocked the world last year as greenhouse gas levels climbed, boosting the odds of some extreme weather events, international scientists said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news261142179.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:29:50 EST news261142179 (AP) — New research suggests that global warming increases the chances of heat waves in Texas, like the one that hit the state last year. http://phys.org/news261142025.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:27:52 EST news261142025 (AP) — Is it just freakish weather or something more? Climate scientists suggest that if you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, take a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks. http://phys.org/news260506779.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:59:45 EST news260506779 A record-​​breaking heat wave hit the East Coast last week, fol­lowed by a spate of rain and thun­der­storms. Northeastern University news office asked Auroop Gan­guly, an asso­ciate pro­fessor of civil and envi­ron­mental engi­neering whose exper­tise lies in under­standing cli­mate change and extreme weather, to explain the rela­tion­ship between heat waves and global warming. http://phys.org/news260082828.html Space & Earth Thu, 28 Jun 2012 06:13:57 EST news260082828 By the time today's elementary schoolers graduate from college, the U.S. corn belt could be forced to move to the Canadian border to escape devastating heat waves brought on by rising global temperatures. If farmers don't move their corn north, the more frequent heat waves could lead to bigger swings in corn prices – "price volatility" – which cause spikes in food prices, farmers' incomes and the price livestock farmers and ethanol producers pay for corn. http://phys.org/news254302077.html Space & Earth Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:10:04 EST news254302077 (AP) -- Global warming is leading to such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations should prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, an international panel of climate scientists says in a report issued Wednesday. http://phys.org/news252154818.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:10:01 EST news252154818