NOAA: 2015 was Earth's warmest year since record-keeping began in 1880, and December was the warmest month. Ref. CNN.
Arctic Opposite To North Atlantic
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For long time freshwater has been seen as one potential cause for rapid climate change in the North Atlantic ? Arctic region ? probably most people have heard about the ?Gulf Stream is slowing down? scenarios with freshwater leading to sluggish currents and less heat being transported to northern high latitudes. In our two recent studies we were able to show that while such a scenario is plausible in the North Atlantic, the ocean response in the Arctic is quite the opposite.
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Searing Heat Waves Detailed In Study Of Future Climate
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Aggressive cuts in greenhouse gas emissions will translate into sizable benefits, starting in the middle of the century, for both the number and intensity of extreme heat events.
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Terrestrial biosphere contributing to warming climate
Terrestrial biosphere is contributing to climate change because of human activities including agriculture, researchers report. The researchers used greenhouse gas data from 2001 to 2010 and compared it to information from pre-industrial emissions, enabling the team to explain changes created by human activity. Ref. Source 6d.
Carbon emissions highest in 66 million years, since dinosaur age:
The rate of carbon emissions is higher than at any time in fossil records stretching back 66 million years to the age of the dinosaurs, according to a study on Monday that sounds an alarm about risks to nature from man-made global warming. Ref. Source 2p.