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Global Sea Levels Could Soon Rise 20′ as Climate Warms
Posted by Environment News Service: None Given on July 12th, 2015
Environment News Service: Global sea levels have risen at least six meters, or about 20 feet, above present levels many times over the past three million years, finds a new review analyzing three decades of research on melting polar ice sheets.
What worries scientists the most is the fact that amount of melting was caused by an increase of only one to two degrees Celsius in global mean temperatures, the increase that Earth is experiencing now.
When past temperatures were similar to or slightly higher than the present...
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Wildfires in Washington state threaten homes, prompt evacuations
Posted by Reuters: Kevin Murphy on July 12th, 2015
Reuters: Two lightning-sparked wildfires roared largely unchecked for a third day on Sunday in north-central Washington state, threatening more than two dozen homes and prompting the evacuation of about 300 dwellings, officials said. The flames have charred nearly 20,000 acres (80 square km) since erupting on Friday in the grass- and brush-covered hills of Douglas County, authorities said. One of the two fires grew out of four separate blazes that later merged into one. No injuries have been reported, but...
ANOTHER Mass Extinction?! Compelling Proof of Past Mass Die-off
Posted by Nature World News: Brian Stallard on July 12th, 2015
Nature World News: As far as scientists know, there have been a grand total of five mass extinctions over the last 500-million years - world-changing events during which the great majority of Earth's life was eliminated to make way for new organisms and evolutionary paths. However, for several decades, some experts have suspected that a 6th mass extinction existed among these "Big Five." Now researchers are claiming to have found extremely compelling proof of its existence. It has long been known that 252 million...