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551.2016 warmest year on record globally, NASA and NOAA data show (2017-01-19)
... Earth’s 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Globally-averaged temperatures in 2016 were 1.78 degrees Fahrenheit (0.99 degrees Celsius) warmer than the mid-20th century mean. This makes 2016 the third year in a row to set... ...
552.New reconstruction of an ancient ice sheet (2017-01-19)
... A new model reconstruction shows in exceptional detail the evolution of the Eurasian ice sheet during the last ice age. This can help scientists understand how climate and ocean warming can affect the remaining ice masses on Earth. The Eurasian ice sheet was the third largest ice mass during the Last Glacial Maximum some 22,000... ...
553.Giant Middle East dust storm caused by a changing climate, not human conflict (2017-01-18)
... A dust storm that blanketed seven nations in the Middle East in late summer 2015 was caused by climate factors and unusual weather, not human conflict in Syria, concluded researchers including Elie Bou-Zeid, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Princeton. Bou-Zeid took photos in Beirut, Lebanon, during the storm. ...
554.Study tracks ‘memory’ of soil moisture First year of data from SMAP satellite provides new insights for weather, agriculture, and climate (2017-01-18)
... The SMAP observations are providing an unprecedented level of detailed, worldwide information on the amount of water in the top 2 inches (5 centimeters) of soil, collected globally every two to three days. ...
555.Conditions right for complex life may have come and gone in Earth’s distant past (2017-01-18)
... This is a 1.9-billion-year-old stromatolite — or mound made by microbes that lived in shallow water — called the Gunflint Formation in northern Minnesota. ...
556.Severe flood warnings mean ‘threat to life’, warns Environment Agency (2017-01-18)
... The severe warnings in place along the east coast of England need to be taken seriously, the Environment Agency has warned. The BBC spoke to Lisa Pinney from the Environment Agency, who has been assisting residents in Jaywick, Essex, affected by possible floods. ...
557.EU proposes to halve food waste in Europe by 2030 (2017-01-18)
... The initiative, which would apply to the UK if passed, would wipe out 44m tonnes of food waste every year ...
558.British Antarctic station to shut down for winter due to crack in ice (2017-01-17)
... Halley VI station moved to safer location but staff to be brought home during southern winter as ‘prudent precaution’ ...
559.Chinese discard hundreds of cycles-for-hire in giant piles (2017-01-17)
... It was hoped bike-hire schemes would cut pollution and congestion but it seems some users just want to ride and dump ...
560.Parts of United States are heating faster than globe as a whole (2017-01-17)
... A new study shows the Northeast USA will reach the dangerous 2°C warming threshold faster than most of the rest of the planet ...
