temperatures
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Without air conditioning, America’s prisons can be unbearable — and sometimes deadly
“Everybody knows high temperatures can be lethal.”
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The first half of 2017 was the second hottest to date
And there was no El Niño to blame.
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The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Arctic winter is about to get worse
Arctic sea ice is already at a record low. An oncoming storm will cause even more melt.
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Climate change is going to shrink fish
Instead of “one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish,” we will now have “three-quarters fish and 1.5 fish, red fish, blue fish,” which just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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In 2012, 90 percent of record temperatures were record highs
According to this chart from Climate Central, record lows are about to be an artifact of the past. This year, 90 percent of daily record temperatures in the lower 48 states were record highs. In the absence of global warming, you’d expect a 50/50 ratio between record highs and record lows.
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Wind farms DO NOT cause climate change
A study that just came out in Nature Climate Change found that wind farms can impact local temperatures, particularly at night. Basically, the turbines mix warmer air from high up with colder air closer to the ground. Hence, warmer air overall, in these very local spots. So, of course, Fox News is telling people that “New […]
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Critical List: Wind farms cause temperature changes; the problem with sardines
Wind farms can lift local temperatures. President Obama made a couple of jokes about eating dog meat at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Eating sardines may not be the best idea for the environment. Germany’s clean jobs initiative is flagging. Cute animal code red! The koala’s a threatened species in Australia.
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Critical List: It’s been really, really warm; polar bears have a weird disease
A look at the news of the day.