#A degree hotter than two decades ago

#A degree hotter than two decades ago

“#A degree hotter than two decades ago” America’s new normal temperature is a degree hotter than it was just two decades ago. The new United States normal is not just hotter, but wetter in the eastern and central parts of the nation and considerably drier in the West than just a decade earlier. Meteorologists calculate climate…

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#Satellites show world’s glaciers melting faster than ever

#Satellites show world’s glaciers melting faster than ever

“#Satellites show world’s glaciers melting faster than ever” Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31 percent more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to three-dimensional satellite measurements of all the world’s mountain glaciers. Scientists blame human-caused climate change. Using 20 years of recently declassified satellite data, scientists calculated that the…

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#As extreme weather increases, climate misinformation adapts

#As extreme weather increases, climate misinformation adapts

“#As extreme weather increases, climate misinformation adapts” PROVIDENCE, RI — Climate scientists have warned for years that a warming planet would cause more extreme storms, like the one that walloped Texas in February, knocking out power and leaving millions in a deep freeze. Yet as the snow fell and the wind howled, some looked for other explanations for the storm…

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#Google Earth adds time lapse video to depict climate change

#Google Earth adds time lapse video to depict climate change

“#Google Earth adds time lapse video to depict climate change” SAN RAMON, Calif. — The Google Earth app is adding a new video feature that draws upon nearly four decades of satellite imagery to vividly illustrate how climate change has affected glaciers, beaches, forests and other places around the world. The tool unveiled Thursday is rolling out…

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#’Fairy doors’ open hearts in California neighborhood

#’Fairy doors’ open hearts in California neighborhood

“#’Fairy doors’ open hearts in California neighborhood” A California community has bonded over a profusion of tiny, colorful wooden doors that are popping up all over. The so-called “fairy doors” in Alameda, an island community adjacent to Oakland, have been around for years but they’ve grown in number since the pandemic. So many of the…

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#Video shows lightning torch tree outside Wisconsin school

#Video shows lightning torch tree outside Wisconsin school

“#Video shows lightning torch tree outside Wisconsin school” Mother Nature sparked a sensation outside of a Wisconsin high school. A large evergreen towering outside the building came tumbling down in an instant after being struck by a bolt of lightning, video shows. The lightning strike outside of Wautoma High School, about 90 minutes west of…

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#Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests, scientists track what’s left

#Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests, scientists track what’s left

“#Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests, scientists track what’s left” SAYA DE MALHA BANK, Indian Ocean – Hundreds of miles from the nearest shore, ribbon-like fronds flutter in the ocean currents sweeping across an underwater mountain plateau the size of Switzerland. A remote-powered camera glides through the sunlit, turquoise waters of this corner…

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#Wisconsin wildfires create state of emergency

#Wisconsin wildfires create state of emergency

“#Wisconsin wildfires create state of emergency” As wildfires continue to blaze across Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers on Monday signed Executive Order #110 declaring a State of Emergency which includes deploying the state’s National Guard.  The executive order directs all state agencies to lead in wildfire prevention, response and recovery efforts during the spring fire season, which usually lasts through May. According to…

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