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North America's highest peaks are getting double the snow

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The tallest peaks of North America are getting twice as much snow since the mid-1800s—and it’s due to warmer oceans hundreds of miles away.
Sydney Pereira
12/19/2017

Old-growth forests offer safe haven to bird species struggling with climate change

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Researchers from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University report that the more sensitive a bird species is to warm temperatures during its breeding season, the more likely it is to benefit from being near an old-growth forest (also known as a primary forest).
Alexandru Micu
12/18/2017

Climate change hits Winter Olympic preparation

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The athletes' half-hour commute in the Swiss Alps — up two gondolas, then through a tunnel in the world's highest underground train to a glacier at 11,000 feet — served up daily grim reminders that global warming is threatening their line of work.
Eddie Pells and John Leicester
12/18/2017

November 2017: A Top-Five Warmest November Globally

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November 2017 was Earth's fifth warmest November since record keeping began in 1880, said NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) on Monday.
Dr. Jeff Masters
12/18/2017

Smoke from wildfires may be surprisingly deadly, scientists report

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As firefighters continue to battle California’s devastating Thomas Fire — now the fourth-largest in state history — a group of scientists presented new results suggesting that air pollution from such massive blazes may be one of their deadliest consequences.
Chris Mooney
12/18/2017

December 2017 La Niña update: Double, double

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Our second La Niña year in a row is in full swing now, and is forecast to last through the winter. In November, the average surface water temperature in the Niño3.4 region of the central Pacific Ocean was about 1.0°C cooler than the long-term average.
Emily Becker
12/14/2017

2016’s Record Heat Not Possible Without Global Warming, Study Says

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The devastating heat wave that hit Asia in 2016 and the unprecedented warmth of ocean waters off of Alaska that year had something in common: neither would have been possible without the excess carbon dioxide that humans have pumped into the atmosphere over the past century, according to new rese
Nicholas Kusnetz
12/13/2017

La Niña has arrived, with little rain in store for Southern California

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La Niña has officially arrived, with mixed messages for California.If the weather phenomenon behaves as expected, the Pacific Northwest and far Northern California will enjoy a wetter than normal winter, while the southern swath of the state will remain dry.
Bettina Boxall
11/10/2016

Overfishing and climate change push seabirds to extinction

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Overfishing and climate change are pushing some of the world’s most iconic seabirds to the brink of extinction, according to a new report.
Matthew Taylor
12/12/2017

Rising Waters, Threatened Campuses

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When the water comes, the familiar campus life will come to an end. Classes will be relocated or moved online; students will be forced to abandon the deluged library; campus construction plans will have to be overhauled, if not scrapped.
Ben Myers and Erica Lusk
12/06/2017
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