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2013 was Australia’s hottest year on record, and research shows human-caused climate change was to blame
Five research papers have concluded that Australia’s hottest year on record was caused by human activity.
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Hurricane Ana to Miss Hawaii But Brings Strong Winds, Big Waves
Hurricane Ana is expected to miss Hawaii, passing 115 miles southwest of Kauai and 120 miles southwest of Oahu Saturday night.
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Ice loss sends Alaskan temperatures soaring by 7C
Scientists analysing more than three decades of weather data for the northern Alaskan outpost of Barrow have linked 7C rise to the decline in Arctic sea ice, reports Climate News Network
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Are Tornadoes Starting To Move In Swarms?
A new study looking at the last 59 years of tornadoes in the United States reveals something surprising: We have fewer tornadoes today than we used to. But those tornadoes are hitting in a terrifying new way.
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Trekkers Die in Nepal Blizzards
At least 12 people have been killed and many more are missing in blizzards in the Himalayas in Nepal, officials say.
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36 million Americans in Path of Powerful Storm System
Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are forecast Monday for southern Illinois to northern Louisiana. Cities at risk include Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee; Houston; Indianapolis; New Orleans and St. Louis.
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Strong Winds, a Lake and Below Zero Temperatures
Aftermath of a January 2005 ice storm in Geneva, Switzerland. Temperatures were reported to be around 14° F with winds up to 60 MPH.
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Nasa Filmed A Super Typhoon From Space And It's Terrifying
Footage captured from the International Space Station shows the incredible size of Super Typhoon Vongfong as it approaches Japan's Okinawa islands. The massive storm was also photographed by Astronaut Reid Wiseman from aboard the International...
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The Weather Channel's Secret: Less Weather, More Clickbait
Fewer forecasts, more clickbait. Inside the world's weirdest, savviest media behemoth
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Is This the End of Autumn as We Know It?
Catch this year's autumn leaf spectacle, because it may not be back
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Why Japan's beaches are deserted - despite the sunshine
For much of the month of September, after a disappointing summer, Tokyo basked in temperatures of 25C or more. In most countries there would be a rush for the beach, but not here. Overnight on 1 September, beach-going Japanese become as rare as buttered sushi.
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West Coast warming linked to naturally occurring changes
Naturally occurring changes in winds, not human-caused climate change, are responsible for most of the warming on land and in the sea along the West Coast of North America over the last century, a study has found.
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Glaciers in northern Antarctic Peninsula melting faster than ever despite increased snowfall
Increased snowfall will not prevent the continued melting of glaciers in the northern Antarctic Peninsula, according to new research. Scientists have discovered that small glaciers that end on land around the Antarctic Peninsula are highly vulnerable to slight changes in air temperature and may be at risk of disappearing within 200 years.
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Hurricane Odile takes aim at Mexico's Baja coast
A powerful Hurricane Odile bore down on the resort area of Los Cabos on Sunday, prompting Mexican authorities to evacuate vulnerable coastal areas and prepare shelters for up to 30,000 people.
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"Extreme" solar storm streaking towards Earth, scientists say
An extreme solar flare is blasting its way to Earth and could mess up some power grids, satellites and radio transmissions, scientists say. It's been several years since Earth has had a solar storm of this size coming from sunspots smack in the middle of the sun, said Tom Berger, director of the Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado.
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The Weather of Our Future: The Weather Channel’s 2050 forecast
TWC's top stories in 2050? Sea level rise inundation in Miami. A record-setting heat wave in Chicago. And a megadrought in the Southwest.
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Today Is the Wettest Day Ever in Phoenix
Record rains led to widespread flooding in Phoenix, Arizona on Monday, shutting down key highways, schools and knocking out electricity.
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Arcus cloud over Kansas City
Incredible sped up footage of one of the best shows nature has to offer.
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Drought leaves up to 2.81 mln hungry in Central America - U.N.
A severe drought has ravaged crops in Central America and as many as 2.81 million people are struggling to feed themselves, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, though the region's coffee crop has been largely unscathed. The drought, which is also affecting South America, has been particularly hard on the so-called "dry corridor" of Central America, which includes southern Guatemala, northern Honduras and western El Salvador.
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This is what Louisiana stands to lose in the next 50 years
In 50 years, most of southeastern Louisiana not protected by levees will be part of the Gulf of Mexico. The state is losing a football field of land every 48 minutes — 16 square miles a year — due to climate change, drilling and dredging for oil and gas, and levees on the Mississippi River. At risk: Nearly all of the nation’s domestic energy supply, much of its seafood production, and millions of homes.
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