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United Kingdom: Drier and warmer weather expected after more downpours
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 17th, 2012
Press Association: Britain is finally expected to get drier and warmer next week – but only after the country is hit by yet more downpours.
This summer's record-breaking grim weather has been caused by the jet stream settling unusually far south. Now experts believe it is on its way back north, restoring a "more usual summer pattern".
The wettest period of April to June on record, followed by more heavy rain so far this month, has caused widespread – and in some cases, repeated – flooding.
More showers are...
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Poll: Generation X unconcerned about climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 17th, 2012
USA Today: Amid a summer of record-setting heat, a new survey finds that most of Generation X 's young and middle-age adults are uninformed and unconcerned about climate change.
Only about 5% of Gen Xers, now 32 to 52 years old, are "alarmed" and 18% "concerned" about climate change, reports the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research on Tuesday. Two-thirds, or 66%, of those surveyed last year said they aren't sure global warming is happening and 10% said they don't believe it's occurring....
United Kingdom: MPs raise prospect of businesses paying for “ecosystem services”
Posted by BusinessGreen: Will Nichols on July 17th, 2012
BusinessGreen: Ministers who have given a "false impression" of the effect of environmental legislation have undermined the "laudable aim" of including the value of natural capital in government decision-making, a committee of MPs will say today.
More than a year on from the publication of the Natural Environment White Paper, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) accuses Defra of failing to set out how it plans to deliver its commitment to ensure the services nature provides are incorporated...
Worst drought since 1956 shrivels corn, soy crops
Posted by Reuters: Sam Nelson on July 17th, 2012
Reuters: An expanding drought, now deemed the worst since 1956, dealt another blow to the corn crop, with conditions deteriorating for a second straight week in the world's top exporter of the grain, government data showed on Monday.
There were signs that the drought, which has been centered in the Midwest, was expanding north and west, putting more crops at risk including in states like Nebraska where large tracts of cropland are irrigated by groundwater and rivers.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...