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High risk for future U.S. megadroughts
Posted by EarthSky: None Given on February 19th, 2015
EarthSky: The U.S. Southwest and Central Plains are at high risk for a megadrought later this century if greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise, says a new study.
Megadroughts are persistent droughts that last for a decade or longer--they can be devastating to both natural ecosystems and human societies. Now, a new study has found that the southwestern and central plains regions of the United States are at high risk for a megadrought in the latter half of the 21st century if greenhouse gas concentrations...
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UK Met Office responds: It’s still getting warmer
Posted by EarthSky: None Given on October 18th, 2012
EarthSky: If you were engaging in social media this past weekend, you might have found an October 13, 2012 article suggesting that global warming stopped 16 years ago. The article is here. David Rose of the Daily Mail wrote it. The article says the UK Met Office sent out a news release release saying its data showed that global warming has stopped and that there is no "discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures." It now comes to light that this information is not true. The UK Met Office did not release...