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It's long been established that Arctic ice is on the retreat. A new study provides further confirmation the rate of change is increasing.
Climate News Network March 11, 2014
In Austin, drought likely magnified by climate change means that confronting the threat of wildfires has become a way of life.
Climate Central February 27, 2014
A new report says the oil and gas boom in South Texas has made that region the state’s largest consumer of water with a peak annual water demand of 11 billion gallons.
Climate Central February 20, 2014
Researchers are testing strategies to mitigate the "heat island" rise of city temperatures and perhaps also turn down the rate of rise in greenhouse temperatures.
Climate News Network February 20, 2014
Researchers say most people's convictions about climate change are largely shaped by the weather outside – because that's the most immediate data we can find.
Climate News Network January 13, 2014
Nine paragraphs written for Newsweek in 1975 continue to trump 40 years of climate science. It's a record that has the author amazed.
Daily Climate January 13, 2014
It was the nation’s hottest year since record-keeping began in 1910.
Climate Central January 4, 2014
British scientists think 2013 will rank as one of the warmest recorded and expect 2014 to continue the trend.
Climate News Network January 4, 2014
Researchers urged state and federal governments and the oil and gas industry to be more transparent and provide more data about drilling and production.
Climate Central December 12, 2013
The Earth system’s sensitivity to a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be twice as great as scientists thought, new climate records from the distant past suggest.
Climate News Network December 12, 2013
Higher emissions of heat-trapping gases "would threaten the future survival of some coastal cities and low-lying islands,” one researcher said.
Climate Central November 23, 2013
Renewable energy would mean fewer greenhouse gases – but also a vastly bigger appetite for many minerals.
Climate News Network October 30, 2013
Many nuclear power plants were built near low-lying coastlines because they need vast quantities of water to cool reactors.
Climate Central October 30, 2013
New evidence suggests average summer temperatures are at their highest in at least 44,000 – maybe up to 120,000 – years
Climate News Network October 30, 2013
The Supreme Court will consider Texas' bid to block federal regulations on industrial greenhouse-gas emissions, but declined to hear the state's challenge of an EPA finding that the climate-changing gases endanger the public.
Texas Tribune October 16, 2013
An extensive new study by climate-impact researchers warns that humans will struggle to cope with drastic and rapid changes to the planet unless greenhouse gas emissions rates are cut now.
Climate News Network October 13, 2013
The UT-led study sought to measure climate-warming methane leaks from gas production. Advocates in the fracking debate portray it differently.
Texas Tribune October 13, 2013
Detailed new research into when global warming will start to have a serious effect on local climates has produced the finding that it could happen much sooner than scientists predicted.
Climate News Network October 13, 2013
The amount by which this event has exceeded past events suggests manmade warming may have made it worse.
Climate Central September 16, 2013
Climate change is compounding Detroit's woe. With downpours up 45 percent in the past 50 years, the outdated sewer system can't handle the flow.
Daily Climate September 3, 2013
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