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Hurricane Dorian Inches Closer To Florida After Pounding Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian is beginning a much-advertised turn to the north-northwest, away from the Bahamas but toward the U.S. mainland, where it is expected to bring significant impacts.
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Watch: Greenland Ice Sheet Turns Into 10 Billion Tonnes Of Water In Hours
When one thinks of Greenland, images of an icebound, harsh and forbidding landscape probably come to mind, not a landscape of ice pocked with melt ponds and streams transformed into raging rivers. And almost certainly not one that features wildfires.
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Greenland Ice Sheet Sees One Of Its Greatest Melting Events Ever Recorded
The same heat dome that roasted Europe and broke national temperature records in five countries last week has shifted to Greenland, where it is causing one of the biggest melt events ever observed on the fragile ice sheet.
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Earth Just Had Its Hottest June On Record, On Track For Warmest July
Boosted by a historic heat wave in Europe and unusually warm conditions across the Arctic and Eurasia, the average temperature of the planet soared to its highest level ever recorded in June.
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Delhi, San Francisco Set Heat Records. Such Spells May Be The New Norm
Simultaneous heat waves scorched land areas all over the Northern Hemisphere last summer, killing hundreds and hospitalizing thousands while intensifying destructive and deadly wildfires.
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"Disaster At Doorstep": Hurricane Florence Rapidly Advances To US Coast
Hurricane Florence, a large and dangerous Category 2 storm, is about a day away from crashing into the coast of the Carolinas, where conditions will begin to rapidly deteriorate Thursday. It marks the beginning of a prolonged assault from wind and water, which - by the time its over - is likely to bring devastating damage and flooding to millions o...
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Hurricane Warnings As "Life-Threatening" Florence Gets Closer To US Coast
Expanding in size and strengthening yet again, violent Hurricane Florence is on a beeline toward the East Coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane.
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All-Time Heat Records Set All Over The World During The Past Week
From the normally mild summer climes of Ireland, Scotland and Canada to the scorching Middle East, numerous locations in the Northern Hemisphere have witnessed their hottest weather ever recorded over the past week.
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Towering, Unreal 'Mushroom Cloud' In Alabama Is A Textbook Summer Storm
A towering thundershower shot up off the coast of Gulf Shores, Alabama, on July 17, 2016. Rick Geiss was sitting on the beach in front of his condominium at Crystal Shores West when he snapped a photo with his iPhone.
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While The US Shivered, The Rest Of The World Simmered In Planet's Third-Hottest April
What happened in the back yard of many Americans last month was not at all representative of the experience elsewhere in the world.
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North Pole Surges Above Freezing In The Dead Of Winter, Stunning Scientists
The sun won't rise at the North Pole until March 20, and it's normally close to the coldest time of year, but an extraordinary and possibly historic thaw swelled over the tip of the planet this weekend. Analyses show that the temperature warmed to the melting point as an enormous storm pumped an intense pulse of heat through the Greenland Sea.
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Sea Level Rise Is Accelerating And Its Rate Could Double In Next Century
Global warming has caused the world's oceans to rise over the past 150 years. Warming seas expand and water from melting glaciers and ice sheets have had nowhere to go but into the oceans. The rising seas have slowly and steadily eaten away at the coast.
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'Bomb Cyclone' To Blast US East Coast, Could Be Most Intense In Decades
Unforgiving cold has punished the eastern third of the United States for the past 10 days. But the most severe winter weather conditions yet will assault the area late this week.
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Irma's Spiral Bands Thrashing Florida, Its Dangerous Brunt Targeting The Keys To Tampa
Large and extremely powerful, Hurricane Irma is sweeping toward Florida, its rainbands and strong winds slamming the Keys and southern peninsula with hurricane-force winds. The storm, which strengthened to Category 4 intensity early Sunday, is likely to be among the worst hurricanes in the state's history.
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San Francisco Smashes All-Time Record High Temperature
When you think of San Francisco, you think of clammy, foggy weather stuck forever in the 50s and 60s. But on Friday, the City By the Bay soared to an astonishing 106 degrees, its hottest temperature in recorded history.
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Hurricane Dorian Inches Closer To Florida After Pounding Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian is beginning a much-advertised turn to the north-northwest, away from the Bahamas but toward the U.S. mainland, where it is expected to bring significant impacts.
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Watch: Greenland Ice Sheet Turns Into 10 Billion Tonnes Of Water In Hours
When one thinks of Greenland, images of an icebound, harsh and forbidding landscape probably come to mind, not a landscape of ice pocked with melt ponds and streams transformed into raging rivers. And almost certainly not one that features wildfires.
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Greenland Ice Sheet Sees One Of Its Greatest Melting Events Ever Recorded
The same heat dome that roasted Europe and broke national temperature records in five countries last week has shifted to Greenland, where it is causing one of the biggest melt events ever observed on the fragile ice sheet.
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Earth Just Had Its Hottest June On Record, On Track For Warmest July
Boosted by a historic heat wave in Europe and unusually warm conditions across the Arctic and Eurasia, the average temperature of the planet soared to its highest level ever recorded in June.
-
Delhi, San Francisco Set Heat Records. Such Spells May Be The New Norm
Simultaneous heat waves scorched land areas all over the Northern Hemisphere last summer, killing hundreds and hospitalizing thousands while intensifying destructive and deadly wildfires.
-
"Disaster At Doorstep": Hurricane Florence Rapidly Advances To US Coast
Hurricane Florence, a large and dangerous Category 2 storm, is about a day away from crashing into the coast of the Carolinas, where conditions will begin to rapidly deteriorate Thursday. It marks the beginning of a prolonged assault from wind and water, which - by the time its over - is likely to bring devastating damage and flooding to millions o...
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Hurricane Warnings As "Life-Threatening" Florence Gets Closer To US Coast
Expanding in size and strengthening yet again, violent Hurricane Florence is on a beeline toward the East Coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane.
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All-Time Heat Records Set All Over The World During The Past Week
From the normally mild summer climes of Ireland, Scotland and Canada to the scorching Middle East, numerous locations in the Northern Hemisphere have witnessed their hottest weather ever recorded over the past week.
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Towering, Unreal 'Mushroom Cloud' In Alabama Is A Textbook Summer Storm
A towering thundershower shot up off the coast of Gulf Shores, Alabama, on July 17, 2016. Rick Geiss was sitting on the beach in front of his condominium at Crystal Shores West when he snapped a photo with his iPhone.
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While The US Shivered, The Rest Of The World Simmered In Planet's Third-Hottest April
What happened in the back yard of many Americans last month was not at all representative of the experience elsewhere in the world.
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North Pole Surges Above Freezing In The Dead Of Winter, Stunning Scientists
The sun won't rise at the North Pole until March 20, and it's normally close to the coldest time of year, but an extraordinary and possibly historic thaw swelled over the tip of the planet this weekend. Analyses show that the temperature warmed to the melting point as an enormous storm pumped an intense pulse of heat through the Greenland Sea.
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Sea Level Rise Is Accelerating And Its Rate Could Double In Next Century
Global warming has caused the world's oceans to rise over the past 150 years. Warming seas expand and water from melting glaciers and ice sheets have had nowhere to go but into the oceans. The rising seas have slowly and steadily eaten away at the coast.
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'Bomb Cyclone' To Blast US East Coast, Could Be Most Intense In Decades
Unforgiving cold has punished the eastern third of the United States for the past 10 days. But the most severe winter weather conditions yet will assault the area late this week.
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Irma's Spiral Bands Thrashing Florida, Its Dangerous Brunt Targeting The Keys To Tampa
Large and extremely powerful, Hurricane Irma is sweeping toward Florida, its rainbands and strong winds slamming the Keys and southern peninsula with hurricane-force winds. The storm, which strengthened to Category 4 intensity early Sunday, is likely to be among the worst hurricanes in the state's history.
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San Francisco Smashes All-Time Record High Temperature
When you think of San Francisco, you think of clammy, foggy weather stuck forever in the 50s and 60s. But on Friday, the City By the Bay soared to an astonishing 106 degrees, its hottest temperature in recorded history.
