The Sublime of Superman, Man of Steel
June 20, 2013
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Watch how Superman cleans up an oil spill! Superman for earth? The new Superman ‘Man of Steel’ (2013 / IMDB) is another film story about the destruction
Canada Alberta Calgary Floods June 20, 2013
June 20, 2013
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Highways have been rendered useless in parts of Southern Alberta where flooding is too high for residents to drive and escape raging rivers. In Calgary,
Ups-and-downs of Indian monsoon rainfall likely to increase under warming
June 20, 2013
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PIK June 20, 2013: Day-to-day rainfall in India might become much more variable due to climate change – potentially putting millions of poor farmers and
Climate Change, Migration and Security in South Asia
June 20, 2013
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South Asia will be among the regions hardest hit by climate change. Higher temperatures, more extreme weather, rising sea levels, increasing cyclonic activity in the
Exceptional 2012 Greenland Ice Melt Caused By Jet Stream Changes That May Be Driven By Global Warming
June 20, 2013
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By Joe Romm / Climate Progress: New research finds that “unusual changes in atmospheric jet stream circulation caused the exceptional surface melt of the Greenland
Fresh water from rivers and rain makes hurricanes, typhoons, tropical cyclones 50 percent more intense
June 19, 2013
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An analysis of a decade’s worth of tropical cyclones shows that when hurricanes blow over ocean regions swamped by fresh water, the conditions can unexpectedly
Cyclone Activity Has Been Intensified in the Arctic
June 19, 2013
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Cyclones are key weather elements that make a major contribution to climate trends and variability, and that also bring intense high-frequency changes in wind, temperature
Estimating the permafrost-carbon feedback on global warming
June 18, 2013
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A key uncertainty is the fraction of carbon that might be decomposed under anaerobic conditions – resulting potentially in methane emissions to the atmosphere. Given