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Old sea ice continues disappearing from the Arctic Ocean

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Sea ice grows throughout the fall and winter, and melts throughout the spring and summer. But not all Arctic sea ice melts; some portion of the ice survives at least one melt season, persisting throughout the summer months.
Michon Scott and Rebecca Lindsey
05/09/2018

A Top 20 Cold April for the 48 Contiguous States

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Last month was the 13th-coolest April in 124 years of recordkeeping for the contiguous U.S., according to the monthly climate roundup released on Tuesday by NOAA. Canada likely experienced one of its coldest Aprils on record, although the verdict is not yet available from Environment Canada.
Bob Henson
05/08/2018

Atlantic Hurricane Season 2018

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Climate science at a glance For the fourth consecutive year, tropical storm activity began early in the Atlantic in 2018, with the formation of Tropical Storm Alberto on May 25.

Another extreme heat wave strikes the North Pole

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In four of the past five winters, the North Pole has witnessed dramatic temperatures spikes, which previously were rare. Now, in the lead up to summer, the temperature has again shot up to unusually high levels at the tip of the planet.
Jason Samenow
05/07/2018

Lyme-carrying ticks and other dangerous pests are creeping into Utah, thanks to climate change

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Utah has traditionally been safe from Lyme and many other insect-borne diseases, thanks to its long, cold winters — but appears to be changing.
Emma Penrod
05/05/2018

Southwest US Extreme Heat May 2018

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Climate science at a glance The fingerprint of anthropogenic warming has been formally identified in heat extremes over the western U.S.[1] In the US, western regions set the most records for the n

Beneath a Melting Glacier, a Peruvian Town Prepares For the Worst

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From a stone hut perched on the edge of the glacial lake Palcacocha, 14,980 feet above sea level, Juan Victor Morales radios down to a dispatcher in the city of Huaraz below. He is all that stands between the city and disaster.
Daniel Setiawan
05/03/2018

Everglades under threat as Florida's mangroves face death by rising sea level

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Florida’s mangroves have been forced into a hasty retreat by sea level rise and now face being drowned, imperiling coastal communities and the prized Everglades wetlands, researchers have found.
Oliver Milman
05/02/2018

Pakistan May Have Just Set a World Heat Record

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High temperatures are forecast to reach the mid-80s this week in New York, and I’m dreading it. But I have a plan to stay cool: just thinking of how much hotter it is in Pakistan, which is in the middle of a blistering heat wave.
Brian Kahn
05/01/2018

The Bering Sea’s ice has never melted this early before

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On Alaska’s West Coast, the feeble April sun is shining this week on a fresh spot of open water. The sea ice found there for ages every spring is gone.
Eric Holthaus
05/01/2018
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