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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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Comments Off on The fingerprint of climate change on the California drought, extreme weather in 2013D.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...
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