Obama Acts To Up U.S. Climate Resiliency
Obama issued an Executive Order establishing a new task force to make communities more resilient to change-related impacts …
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Voters Take On Fracking Nov. 5, But Is It A Trend?
Cities, not states, want to regulate
Voters in Colorado and Ohio will determine whether they should be able to regulate oil and gas development themselves …
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Geoengineering Could Reduce Global Rainfall
a "pick your poison" dilemma created
A plan to reduce global warming by blocking incoming sunlight may have the problematic side effect of reducing precipitation worldwide …
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Study: Carbon Sequestration Causes Quakes
No Hard Evidence, Until Now
A new study finds evidence that underground CO2 injection could cause earthquakes …
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Fracking Boom May Lead to Fracking BustScientists studying oil and gas well production data think the U.S. shale oil boom could peak by the end of the decade …
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Last Time Arctic Was This Warm: 120,000 Years AgoData from Baffin Island, Canada indicates part of the Arctic is warmer now than at any other time in 120,000 years …
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Watch 62 Years of Global Warming in 13 SecondsAn amazing 13-second animation from NASA depicts how the globe has warmed during the period from 1950 to 2012 …
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Major Update to Sea Level Rise Tool LaunchedOur new, expanded Surging Seas tool presents tailored, local information on the people, places, and things most vulnerable to sea level rise …
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Cities Under Future Seas:
Sea Level Rise ‘Locking In’ Quickly
Our analysis, complete with interactive map, illustrates the number of U.S. cities that will fall below the future tide and how that list varies depending on how much more carbon we put in the air.
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Floods Threaten Coastal U.S.
Rising seas dramatically increase the odds of damaging floods from storm surges. This project, two years in the making, allows you to search by city, state or zip code to track the risk of flooding in your area.
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Geoengineering Could Reduce Critical Global Rainfall
Geoengineering could cut global precipitation, including altering monsoon rains in Asia and Africa, a study found.
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Study Shows CO2 Injection Could Cause Earthquakes
Study finds that underground carbon dioxide injection could cause earthquakes.
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‘Forest People’ Can Gather Necessary Carbon Data
Researchers say those living in fragile forests can accurately establish how much carbon they contain.
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What Happens When the World Dries Out
Scientists discovered a change in atmospheric conditions could have dire consequences for soil chemistry.
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Green Climate Fund Can Power Poor Countries
Funding idea for developing countries may provide renewable energy output equal to 100 coal plants by 2020.
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Storm Science, HFCs, a Warming Arctic and Fracking
The science of Sandy, fracking fallout and Alaska and the Arctic experiencing warmer temps.
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Renewable Energy Needs Huge Mineral Supply
Renewable energy would mean fewer greenhouse gases, but also a vastly bigger appetite for many minerals.
