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The Stream, August 17, 2022: Drought May Worsen Across England, Bringing More Water Restrictions

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Photo from August 12, 2022. Climate adaptation is severely underfunded in Africa , according to a new report. Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles. What’s Up With Water—August 16, 2022 — This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers extreme heat and drought across Europe.

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The IRA Made Huge Climate Investments in Rural Areas. Now, the Food and Farm Bill Must Maintain Them.

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Here at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), we started referring to the period between June and October in the Northern hemisphere as “Danger Season” in 2022. But summer 2023 was when the climate crisis got real for a lot of people. This is good for all of us, of course.

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Colorado River Forecasts Not a ‘Crystal Ball’

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Because Mead is so low, the August results triggered the first-ever Tier 1 shortage on the lower Colorado River, a declaration that means mandatory cuts in water deliveries in 2022 to Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico. Click To Tweet. Here’s how that works. Their task is to assess what the rivers might do.

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Stroud Water Research Center Honors Dr. Michael E. Mann, Climate Scientist & Author, At The Water's Edge Gala On Nov. 3

PA Environment Daily

Mann, climate change scientist, author and Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State, and Director of the Earth System Science Center, is the 2022 recipient of the Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence. The Stroud Water Research Center announced Dr. Michael E.

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Stroud Water Research Center Honors Dr. Michael E. Mann, Climate Scientist & Author, With 2022 Stroud Award For Freshwater Excellence

PA Environment Daily

Mann, climate change scientist, author and Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State, and Director of the Earth System Science Center, is the 2022 recipient of the Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence. Posted: August 5, 2022] PA Environment Digest Currently, Michael E. Mann, Ph.D.,

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Scranton Times Editorial: Lower Boom On Natural Gas Leaks, Audit Abandoned Gas Well Capping

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Methane is a powerful contributor to atmospheric warming. Though it is far less abundant than carbon dioxide, it is about 80 times more efficient at trapping heat in the atmosphere, thus accounting for about 25% of warming. It sounded like two jets were directly above my house,” Doug Harrison, 50, told The Guardian. “I

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Antarctic extreme events: ‘All-time records are being shattered not from decades ago, but from the last few years and months’

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above normal) occurred in east Antarctica in March 2022, caused by an atmospheric river of warmth stemming from Australia and penetrating across the southern ocean and through the polar vortex (a permanent stratospheric cyclonic flow of air) that normally prevents such movement. The world’s largest ever heatwave (38.5C

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