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Report: It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record
This article discusses the fact that 2018 was the fourth-warmest year on record.
NASA scientists announced Wednesday that the Earth’s average surface temperature in 2018 was the fourth highest in nearly 140 years of record-keeping and a continuation of an unmistakable warming trend.
The data means that the five warmest […]
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As Trump fibs, scientists consider correcting the record
This article discusses Trump’s lying about science, and how some scientists consider correcting the record.
President Trump has mocked and dismissed climate science. Now researchers seem increasingly inclined to correct the record.
NOAA, the federal agency that studies the Earth, tweeted what appeared to be a rebuttal to Trump’s assertion Monday night […]
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NOAA Claps Back At Trump And His Climate Change Doubts
This article discusses how NOAA poblished a rebuttal to Trump’s climate change denial. “Winter storms don’t prove that global warming isn’t happening,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tweeted. Their story also included a link to another page on their website that refutes Trump’s denial claim.
One of the more surprising […]
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Study: Greenland’s Melting Ice Nears a ‘Tipping Point,’ Scientists Say
These 2 articles (here and here) discuss the crisis caused by global warming. Ice is melting off Greenland’s land mass into the ocean.
The study is the latest in a series of papers published this month suggesting that scientific estimates of the effects of a warming planet […]
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Study: Arctic’s 2nd-Warmest Year Puts Wildlife, Coastal Communities Under Pressure
This article discusses how the Arctic’s 2nd-Warmest Year is putting Wildlife and Coastal Communities Under Pressure. The 2018 Arctic Report Card also shows sea ice reached its second-lowest extent on record, creating more challenges for coastal people and ecosystems.
On land and at sea, the Arctic is under […]
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Report: Warming in Arctic Raises Fears of a ‘Rapid Unraveling’ of the Region
This article discusses warming in Arctic potentially causing a ‘Rapid Unraveling’ of the region.
Persistent warming in the Arctic is pushing the region into “uncharted territory” and increasingly affecting the continental United States, scientists said Tuesday.
“We’re seeing this continued increase of warmth pervading across the entire […]
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Sea level rise: Mesmerizing tool from NOAA lets you watch it happen in Delaware
This article discusses a tool from NOAA lets you watch sea level rise in Delaware.
If you’ve ever wondered just what sea level rise would mean for your area — and if you own land in a coastal state like Delaware, you probably have — there’s an engrossing […]
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Fall Warming Trends Across the U.S.
This article discusses how weather is warming up across the US for the Fall season.
Happy meteorological fall! This week, we examined the trends in average fall temperature across the U.S. Of the 244 cities analyzed, 80 percent have warmed at least 1°F in the last half-century, compared to only […]
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Study: Another Year, Another Warning The Earth Is Screwed
This article discusses how the earth is continuing to be damaged by climate change. The planet bombed its “annual physical” with another year of record heat and rising seas.
The last four years have been the warmest four years on record, according to a […]
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Science Says: Record heat, fires worsened by climate change
This article discusses how climate change is increasing the number of wildfires and heat waves.
So far this month, at least 118 of these all-time heat records have been set or tied across the globe, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The explanations should sound as familiar as […]
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