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Growing algae bloom in Arabian Sea tied to climate change

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The Gulf of Oman turns green twice a year, when an algae bloom the size of Mexico spreads across the Arabian Sea all the way to India.
03/15/2017

Australia's parched koalas seek out new water sources

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Koalas are standing on their hind legs for more than 10 minutes at a time to gulp water at drinking stations in Australia as rising temperatures and rainfall disruption drive the animals to search for new sources of moisture, scientists say.
Benjamin Weir and Stefica Nicol Bikes
03/15/2017

Low snow drives Iditarod north for third time

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For only the third time since its inception in 1974, Alaska’s famous Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicked off in Fairbanks—250 miles north of the traditional start in the southern coastal city of Anchorage.
Emily Greenhalgh
03/15/2017

Extreme weather likely behind worst recorded mangrove dieback in northern Australia

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One of the worst instances of mangrove forest dieback ever recorded globally struck Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria in the summer of 2015-16.
Norman Duke
03/14/2017

Northeast Blizzard March 2017

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Climate science at-a-glance Stella was driven by classic Nor’easter conditions, aided by other regional weather patterns, and amplified by climate change.

Carbon dioxide levels rose at record pace for 2nd straight year

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Carbon dioxide levels measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Baseline Atmospheric Observatory rose by 3 parts per million to 405.1 parts per million (ppm) in 2016, an increase that matched the record jump observed in 2015.
03/10/2017

The world’s oceans are storing up staggering amounts of heat — and it’s even more than we thought

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A new study, out Friday in the journal Science Advances, suggests that since 1960, a staggering 337 zetajoules of energy — that’s 337 followed by 21 zeros  — has been added to the ocean in the form of heat. And most of it has occurred since 1980.
Chelsea Harvey
03/10/2017

Hellacious Great Lakes Windstorm Fells Trees, Knocks Out Power to More than 1 Million

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Under brilliant blue skies, an onslaught of high wind swept across the Great Lakes region on Wednesday, causing damage and disruption on par with a major winter storm or a severe thunderstorm complex.
Bob Henson
03/09/2017

Great Plains Wildfires March 2017

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Climate science at a glance Drier conditions due to warmer temperatures and ongoing drought are increasing wildfire risk in the Great Plains. The fingerprint of global warming has been formally identified in the record hot temperatures that swept across the US east of t

Category 4 Tropical Cyclone Enawo Hits Madagascar

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Extremely dangerous Tropical Cyclone Enawo hit northeastern Madagascar near 3 am EST Tuesday as a Category 4 storm with 145 mph winds.
Jeff Masters
03/07/2017
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