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Can the Winter Olympics Survive Climate Change?

Posted by rackfokus on Tuesday, 28 January 2014 in Climate Change

Only six of the previous Winter Olympics host cities will be cold enough to reliably host the Games by the end of this century if global warming projections prove accurate, a new Waterloo study has found. Even with conservative climate projections, only 11 of the previous 19 sites could host the Ga...

We should expect more devastating weather events

Posted by banne on Thursday, 23 January 2014 in Climate Change

Rising global temperatures are likely to double the frequency of the most severe El Niños - the periodic atmospheric disruptions which affect weather across the globe. Tim Radford reports. We should expect more devastating weather events, which will have pronounced implications for 21st century...

Is Al Gore is right about snow and climate change?

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 03 February 2011 in Climate Change

Even if Americans were more knowledgeable about the science of climate change, they’d have difficulty understanding the connection between a winter of extreme weather and a warming planet. A giant cold front has much of the country locked down under bitter cold and brought Chicago the most s...