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Observed Slowdown in Tropical Cyclone Motion May Portend More Harvey-Like Rainstorms

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To check their math, the researchers ran historic climate data from 2004 to 2015 and compared it to their model predictions for 2010 to 2039. The five-year overlap period verified the model’s accuracy. It also showed that every western state where wildfire was expected to at least double by 2039 had already blown past that threshold, suggesting that even the most drastic forecasts for wildfire in the West have probably underestimated the destruction to come.

https://www.outsideonline.com/2289216/20-years-wildfires-will-be-six-times-larger

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One of the most troubling ideas about climate change just found new evidence in its favor

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Must see graphic showing Earth’s mean temperature since 20,000 BCE.

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Wildfires rage in Siberia and Russian Far East

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Global Warming Cited as Wildfires Increase in Fragile Boreal Forest

Scientists say the near-destruction of Fort McMurray last week by a wildfire is the latest indication that the vital boreal forest is at risk from climate change.

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Mental health issues have become a growing problem among students and academics. This series will uncover a hidden side to university life.

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How deep is that icy blue water on Greenland's ice sheet? Dr. Allen Pope, of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, is using data from the NASA/USGS Landsat 8 satellite to find out. In this video, Dr. Pope shares what he sees when he looks at a Landsat image of the Greenland ice sheet just south of the Jakobshavn Glacier. Because the lakes are darker than the ice around them, they absorb more energy from the sun. A little bit of melt concentrates in one place, and then melts more, establishing a feedback mechanism accelerating the growth of the lake. When the lakes get big enough they can force open fractures that then drill all the way down to the bed of the glacier, transporting this water to the base where it can temporarily speed up the flow of the ice.