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Alaskan North Slope climate change just outran one of our tools to measure it

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It was bound to happen. In fact, my colleagues have planned for this. More on that later.
Deke Arndt
12/06/2017

Thomas Fire 2017

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Climate science at a glanceThe fingerprint of global warming has been been found in California wildfires.[1]Extreme wildfires in California are consistent with long-term trends that show increasing wildfire activity

Climate change is radically reshuffling UK bird species, report finds

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Climate change is radically reshuffling Britain’s birds, with some species disappearing while new migrants are settling. Timings are being reset too, with egg laying getting earlier in the year, while autumn departures for warmer climes are delayed by up to a month.
Damian Carrington
12/05/2017

Amazing Autumn on Alaska’s North Slope: Record Warmth, Record Low Sea Ice Extent

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November 2017 averaged 17.2°F in Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, a new monthly record—besting the previous record of 15.3°F established in November 1950—and some 16.4° above average.
by Christopher C. Burt
12/04/2017

Fiji villagers plant mangroves in race against rising seas

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On a muddy beach, under the glaring Fijian sun, villagers living on the banks of Laucala Bay in the capital of Suva carefully plant neat rows of mangrove seedlings as holidaymakers and locals swim in the ocean in the distance.
Lin Taylor
12/04/2017

High Plains Drought 2017

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Climate science at a glance A number of individual event attribution studies suggest that if a drought occurs, anthropogenic temperature increases can exacerbate soil moisture deficit.[1]

The Active 2017 Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season Ends

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The 2017 Eastern Pacific hurricane season, which runs from May 15 to November 30, is in the books. The amount of death and destruction was lower than usual, though 2017 had above-average activity: 18 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes.
Dr. Jeff Masters
11/30/2017

Weatherwatch: climate change means lots of birdsong, even in November

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The Victorian humorist and poet Thomas Hood took a dim view of the penultimate month of the year: “No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! – November!”
Stephen Moss
11/28/2017

Large iceberg breaks off from Grey glacier in southern Chile

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A large iceberg broke off the Grey glacier in southern Chile, authorities said on Tuesday, adding that the cause of the rupture was unclear.
11/28/2017

Drought and Neglect Have Decimated Iraq’s Breadbasket

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East of the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah, malls and high-rise apartments give way to cement-block factories, warehouses, and junkyards.
Alex Dziadosz
11/28/2017
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