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Global Climate Event: Late monsoon leads to drought in India
The rainy season in India arrived late and delivered far less precipitation than usual in summer 2012, leading to severe drought across large parts of the country. More than 50 percent of the labor...
View ArticleArctic Sea Ice Getting Thinner, Younger
It’s been a dramatic year for Arctic sea ice. The beginning of the melt season was sluggish, but by late August, ice extent had shrunk to 1.58 million square miles (4.10 million square kilometers),...
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Deep layer of hurricane-friendly water still present in Caribbean Sea
We are nearing the end of the most active part of the Atlantic hurricane season, but as of October 16, the layer of hurricane-friendly water was still plenty deep in the western Atlantic Ocean basin,...
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June wind shift a little something extra behind recent Arctic ice losses
A graph of the long-term trend in summertime Arctic sea ice extent for the past few decades could double as a highway sign warning drivers that the road is heading downhill. Even against that...
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Less glitter: Greenland Ice Sheet continued to darken in summer 2012
On a sunny day, Greenland is an immense, glittering expanse of snow and ice. But in recent summers, satellites have been observing less “glitter” from the Northern Hemisphere’s largest ice expanse due...
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Melt pond “skylights” enable massive under-ice bloom in Arctic
For much of the winter, the land within the Arctic Circle receives little direct sunlight*, and most of the surface of the Arctic Ocean is capped by ice. Beneath the ice cover, phytoplankton—the...
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Arctic temperature patterns: 2012 and 2001-2011
From snow and ice cover to the growth of ocean plant life, the Arctic is changing. At the root of these changes is the fact that Arctic surface temperatures have risen more than twice as much as...
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High-latitude growing season getting longer
Related images Days added to start of season: with labels | without labels Days added to end of season: with labels | without labels Few real-world signs of climate change are easier to read than...
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Drought Impacts Continue to Pile Up
Record-low hay stocks. Significant damage to house foundations. Ethanol and beef processing plants idled. Mandatory water restrictions. At least 25,000 dead pecan trees in one Texas county. Ski area...
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In Watching for El Niño and La Niña, NOAA Adapts to Global Warming
No single climate phenomenon has more influence on year-to-year variation in average global temperature than the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). When the central tropical Pacific Ocean is warmer...
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