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27 January 2017
Global flood risk could increase five-fold with a 4-degree C temperature rise
A new report looks at flood risk and economic damages under different global warming scenarios with temperature increases of 1.5 degrees Celsius, 2 degrees Celsius and 4 degrees Celsius. It concludes that, if global temperatures rise by 4 degrees Celsius, the flood risk in countries representing more than 70 percent percent of the global population and global GDP will increase by more than 500 percent.
25 January 2017
Weather patterns, trans-Pacific pollution cause spring ozone spikes in SW US
Late spring and early summer is when the air quality is generally good across most of the United States. But newly published research details how a common springtime weather pattern and pollution transported from Asia often conspire to create unhealthy ozone levels for the desert southwest. The new study adds to a growing body of work that explores how ozone can occasionally push some areas of the desert southwest above federal air quality standards.
4 January 2017
Snowflake variability has significant impact on remote sensing of snowfall rates
Every snowflake is unique—and that could have a big effect on determining how much snow will fall, according to new research.
1 September 2016
Extreme-weather winters are becoming more common in U.S., research shows
The simultaneous occurrence of warm winters in the West and cold winters in the East has significantly increased in recent decades. The damaging and costly phenomenon is very likely attributable to human-caused climate change, according to a new study.
4 August 2016
Earlier snowmelt carries drastic consequences for forests
Earlier snowmelt periods associated with a warming climate may hinder subalpine forest regulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
25 July 2016
Study identifies link between cold temperatures in New York, destructive storms in Spain
In a recently published study, researchers show there’s a common atmospheric circulation pattern linking extreme weather on the two sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
6 July 2016
‘The Blob’ overshadows El Niño
Research identifies earlier ocean warming as dominant effect off West Coast.
26 May 2016
New study suggests less snow, earlier snowmelt at higher elevations in warming climate
Spring snowpack, relied on by ski resorts and water managers throughout the Western United States, may be more vulnerable to a warming climate in coming decades, according to a new study.
10 May 2016
Climate change could cause more concentrated storms
Rising temperatures are causing heavy rain storms to become concentrated over smaller areas, a scenario that could potentially cause extreme flooding in urban locations, according to new research.
20 April 2016
Asian irrigation influences East African rain
Irrigation from agriculture can directly influence climate thousands of kilometers away and even leap across continents, new research finds. Up to 40 percent of the rain in some regions of East Africa can be attributed to irrigation used in agriculture in Asia, according to a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters.
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