"Louisiana Floods A 'Crisis Of Climate Change' Say Greens"
"The Green Party presidential candidate has described the flooding in the US state of Louisiana as 'a crisis of climate change'."
Source: BBC News, 08/23/2016
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"This Is No Ordinary Heat Wave In The Eastern U.S." Humidity Extreme
"From New Orleans to Portland, Maine, the heat and humidity has hit oppressive levels for the second long stretch this summer. In New York City, for example, entire blocks smell like hot garbage, and the air feels like a wet blanket, with heat indices approaching 110 degrees Fahrenheit."
Source: Mashable, 08/15/2016
Epic Mideast Heat Wave Could Be Global Warming’s Hellish Curtain-Raiser
"BAGHDAD — Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as climate experts warn that the severe weather could be a harbinger of worse to come."
Source: Wash Post, 08/11/2016
"Sizzling Midwest Feels a Preview of a Hotter Future Climate"
"Extreme heat waves like the current string of scorching days in the Midwest have become more frequent worldwide in the last 60 years, and climate scientists expect that human-caused global warming will exacerbate the dangerous trend in coming decades. It comes with potentially life-threatening consequences for millions of people."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/22/2016
"Record Heat Sparks Warnings, Boosts Fires In Western United States"
"Wildfire warnings were posted across parts of three Western U.S. states on Sunday as a heat wave baked the region in record, triple-digit temperatures, stoking flames in California from the coastal foothills outside Santa Barbara to desert brush near the Mexican border."
Source: Reuters, 06/20/2016
"Panel: Finding Climate Fingerprints In Wild Weather Is Valid"
"Climate science has progressed so much that experts can accurately detect global warming’s fingerprints on certain extreme weather events, such as a heat wave, according to a high-level scientific advisory panel."
Source: AP, 03/14/2016
"Crappy Climate News: More Heat Means More Diarrhea"
"New climate research just plain stinks. As temperatures rises so, too, do cases of diarrhea in many countries.
Source: Daily Climate, 03/02/2016
"Drought and Heat Took a Heavy Toll on Crops, Study Finds"
"Droughts and heat waves wiped out nearly a tenth of the rice, wheat, corn and other cereal crops in countries hit by extreme weather disasters between 1964 and 2007, according to a new study."
Source: NY Times, 01/08/2016
"Scientists Study Links Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather"
"Did climate change cause that heat wave? That hurricane? That drought? A new collection of studies examined extreme weather events last year, including drought, floods and storms, to look for signs that climate change was a cause or contributor — and found mixed results."
Source: NY Times, 11/06/2015
"Climate Change Could Put Tribes’ Electric Systems at Risk"
"Heat waves, extreme storms, wildfire and other effects of climate change pose major threats to the electric power systems in Native American communities across the country, most significantly in the West and Southwest, according to a new U.S. Department of Energy report."
Source: Climate Central, 09/10/2015
