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The fingerprint of climate change on the California drought, extreme weather in 2013
Posted by Washington Post: Angela Fritz on September 29th, 2014
Washington Post: Researchers studying the fingerprint of human-caused climate change on extreme weather events in 2013 have found that it played a role in half of the events that they looked at, including the California drought and extreme heat events.
Climate change attribution — figuring out what role climate change is playing in our weather events — is a very difficult science. There are so many moving parts: ground-level weather conditions, large-scale atmospheric patterns, and global teleconnections, like...
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D.C. will feel like South Texas in summer by 2100 thanks to climate change, says report
Posted by Washington Post: Angela Fritz on July 10th, 2014
Washington Post: Washington D.C.`s summers are going to get a little warmer, according to a study by Climate Central.
Climate change will transport our already hot summer weather to an even hotter destination late this century, according to a new report from Climate Central on Wednesday.
The report examines projected summer temperatures in 2100 in 1,001 U.S. cities and matches them to locations in today`s climate they will most closely resemble.
Washington D.C. is in for quite a change, according to the...