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Extreme Weather Continues in 2018 – a Continuing Call to Climate Action

admin June 27, 2018 climate change

Global temperatures for the first five months of the year have been the highest on record for a La Niña year, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Higher temperatures lead to more frequent and long-lasting heat waves causing adverse environmental impacts. Extreme temperatures, for instance, affect human health in

Earth’s Ice Is Melting Much Faster Than Forecast. Here’s Why That’s Worrying.

admin February 7, 2018February 7, 2018 climate change

By Jason E. Box - Professor in Glaciology, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland COPENHAGEN — For me it was only after eight years of studying Greenland — installing and maintaining a network of on-ice climate stations and examining how much snow evaporates from the island — that I suddenly realized glaciology

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