Global Warming

Scenario To Cap World Emissions By 2020 Is Fading Fast, Warns IEA Economist

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From his perch as chief economist for the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol is virtually shouting his global warming predictions from the Paris rooftops.

Unless the United States, Europe, China, India and the other emerging economies get on a crash course to slash greenhouse gases, Birol contends, world leaders can simply forget about one of their oft-talked-about goals: stabilizing the average global temperature rise at 2 degrees Celsius.

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Figures On Global Climate Show 2010 Tied 2005 As The Hottest Year On Record

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New government figures for the global climate show that 2010 was the wettest year in the historical record, and it tied 2005 as the hottest year since record-keeping began in 1880.

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The Ocean's Accelerator

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Scripps researchers see evidence that melting polar ice could alter climate by slowing ocean circulation...or speeding it up

January/February 2011

By Robert Monroe

Imagine the ocean as a giant swimming pool - devoid of topographical features like seamounts and trenches and with smooth walls instead of jutting continental shelves or jagged coastlines.

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Ocean's Color Affects Hurricane Paths

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ScienceDaily (Aug. 14, 2010) — A change in the color of ocean waters could have a drastic effect on the prevalence of hurricanes, new research indicates. In a simulation of such a change in one region of the North Pacific, the study finds that hurricane formation decreases by 70 percent. That would be a big drop for a region that accounts for more than half the world's reported hurricane-force winds.

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