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China and US hold the key to a new global climate deal | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
Deadly weather in US could become the norm - 0 views
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It's been a severe start to the spring season in the United States. Tornadoes have ravaged the southeastern US, flooding threatens much of the Midwest, and wildfires are scorching Texas. But according to researchers, a confluence of seasonal oscillations in weather patterns, rather than climate change, is to blame. And growing populations mean that grim casualty figures from such events may become the norm.
US counts the cost of nine months of unprecedented weather extremes - 0 views
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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration, there have been 10 major disasters this year As deadly fires continue to burn across bone-dry Texas and eight inches of rain from tropical storm Lee falls on New Orleans, the US is beginning to count the cost of nine months of unprecedented weather extremes. READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR LIST OF HAZARDS FOR USA IN 2011 (HOMEWORK 1)
NOAA: 2012 to rank as second costliest US year since 1980 | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 1 views
US intelligence community warns of rising climate security threat | Environment | guard... - 2 views
Guggenheim Partners announces Arctic investment fund - 1 views
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Environmentalists fear the move by the privately held investment firm based in the US will accelerate exploitation of the region Guggenheim Partners, a privately held investment firm based in the US, which manages more than $125bn worth of assets on behalf of its clients, has confirmed it is setting up a new fund dedicated to making investments in the Arctic region.
GPS network is quick quake sensor - 0 views
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The US space agency Nasa is set to test a real-time network of GPS sensors that it hopes will lead to faster, more accurate earthquake analysis. Nearly 500 sensors in the Pacific-coast states of California, Oregon and Washington will be put to use.
Deadly weather in US could become the norm - environment - 03 May 2011 - New Scientist - 0 views
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Read more: See an interactive graphic of tornado devastation It's been a severe start to the spring season in the United States. Tornadoes have ravaged the southeastern US, flooding threatens much of the Midwest, and wildfires are scorching Texas. But according to researchers, a confluence of seasonal oscillations in weather patterns, rather than climate change, is to blame.
Al Gore's rallying call: 'Climate crisis is a struggle for the soul of America' - 0 views
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Gore evokes the Iraq war, credit crunch, civil rights and emancipation to argue the US electoral system is broken and only a mass movement can deliver reason on global warming
Get used to 'extreme' weather, it's the new normal | Connie Hedegaard | Environment | g... - 3 views
Obama tightens air pollution limits | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 1 views
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Stop this culture of paying politicians for denying climate change | George Monbiot | E... - 3 views