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Study Finds Unexpected Decadal Decline in Global Evapotranspiration, Links It to Moisture Limitation in Southern Hemisphere

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The soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, according to the first major study of evapotranspiration on a global basis. —Jung et al. millimeters per year per decade. Jung et al.

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World Bank report examines likely impacts and risks associated with a 4 °C global warming within this century

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an event with low probability can still pose a high risk if it implies serious consequences. “A Tropical South America, central Africa, and all tropical islands in the Pacific are likely to regularly experience heat waves of unprecedented magnitude and duration. C global warming.

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UN Review of Recent Climate Research Concludes That Impacts Of Climate Change Coming Faster Than Anticipated

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The report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), entitled Climate Change Science Compendium 2009 , highlights new research that identifies some events thought likely to occur in longer-term time horizons as already happening or set to happen far sooner than had previously been thought. Earlier post.).

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Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

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Wanser: We start from the point of view of public safety, which is a concept in international environmental law and environmental law in the United States. In almost all previous projections for climate, tipping events like these were far in the future. The largest blue bar is the effect of pollution particles on clouds. [[The

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