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Decreasing Cloud Cover Explains the Last 2 Years of Record Heat 0225
Climate Scientists Baffled by Unexpected Pace of Heating 0824
Since 1979, Heat Waves Last Longer, Spike Hotter, Hurt More People 0324
The Weirdest Reason the Poles Are Warming So Fast? Invisible Clouds 1123
How a Heat Dome Can Push Temperatures to Dangerous Highs 0623
How Pesticides Intensify Global Warming 0123 - For starters, pesticides are very energy (emission) intensive to make.
The Surprising Reasons Parts of Earth Are Warming More Slowly 1222 - The ozone hole is a factor in rapid polar warming. Melting ice sheets off into the nearby ocean and industrial pollution screening out sunlight are other important factors.
Hotter Summer Nights Affect Everything from Death Rates to Crop Yields to Firefighting 0822
Climate Change Driving Multiple Extreme Weather Events Happening at Once 0622
How the Moon Influences Temperatures on Earth 0522.rtf - 18.6-year cycle of moon’s orbital plane around Earth. Effect is ±0.04°C.
Enter Winter, the Fastest-Warming Season 1221
Why We’re Experiencing So Many Unusually Hot Summer Nights 0921
Rising Tropopause to Dampen Cooling Effects of Moderate Volcanic Eruptions 0821
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Summer Swelter Trend - West Gets Hotter Days, East Hot Nights 0721
That Heat Dome? Yeah, It’s Climate Change. 0621
‘Heat Dome’ Explained - Why Pacific Northwest Faces Record Heat 0621
Earth Is Now Trapping an ‘Unprecedented’ Amount of Heat, NASA Says 0621
The Fundamental Climate Metric, Earth’s Energy Imbalance, Takes Worrying Turn 0621
What Do More & Earlier 90° Days, Rising Health Toll, Say about Climate Change? 0621
Earth Warmed as Virus Reduced CO2 and Sulfur Emissions 0221
Climate Change Is Turning the Heat Up Higher at Night 1020
Heat Waves Have Become Longer in Most of the World since 1950s 0720
Why Some Spots on Earth Are Heating Up Faster than Others 0520
Dangerous New Hot Zones Are Spreading around the World 0919 - 5 to 11% of the globe has alrady warmed by 2°C
As the Climate Warms, Cool Summer Evenings Are Becoming a Distant Memory 0819
Rising Humidity Makes Even Modest Heat Waves Unbearable as Climate Changes 0819
Slowing Gulf Stream Current to Boost Warming for 20 Years 0718 - perspective #1
Climate Change Is Beginning to Shift Planet’s Seasons 0718 - perspective #2
Why Cities Are Warmer than the Countryside, and Why That Should Concern Us 0718
2016 Extreme Arctic Heat Wave Wouldn't Have Occurred without Climate Change 0518
How Climate Change Is Driving Extreme Heat Waves 0118
Human Emissions Made Ocean Heat Wave 53 Times More Likely 0118
Global Warming Is Making It Harder to Get Truly Frigid Weather 0118
Abnormal Cold in the United States Doesn’t Disprove Global Warming 1217 - record heat in Europe, north Asia
La Niña Is Officially Here to Shape U.S. Winter Weather, and Global Climate 1117
It’s Like It Never Left - Another El Niño May Be on the Way 0417
U.S. Forecaster Sees Increasing Chances of El Niño Later in 2017 - 0317
Global Warming Made Australia's Record Sizzling Summer 50 x More Likely 0317
Tibetan Tree Rings Trace Climate Change to 1870s - 0117 - Before 1870, day-night temperature difference was widening. Since then, the reverse.
This Is How You Create a Record-Breaking Hurricane 1016
Why It’s Hotter Nights, More Than Hotter Days, That Make Heat Waves Dangerous 0816
Global Warming Could Deplete the Oceans’ Oxygen, with Severe Consequences 0416
Do Pacific Waters Give Early Warning of East Coast Heat Waves? 0316
The Mystery of the Expanding Tropics 0216 - Why are they AND sub-tropics spreading far faster than models predict?
Why the Sahel Rains Failed – and Why They May Return 0116
Warming Indian Ocean Weakens India’s Monsoon 0615
Globally, Lakes Warming at an Alarming Rate 1215
Concerns Deepen about a Climate-Change ‘Wild Card’ 0915
Global Warming Is Reversing 1,800 Years of Natural Ocean Cooling 0815
The Climate Context for India’s Deadly Heat Wave 0615
“Hot Spot” Confirms Tropic Troposphere Warms Faster Earth’s Tropic Surface 0515
'Substantial' El Niño Event Predicted 0515
El Niño Strengthens. Hope for Serious Drought Relief? 0515
75% of Heat Waves Are Attributable to Climate Change 0415
Changes in Water Vapor and Clouds Are Amplifying Global Warming 0415
Surprising Reason Why Arctic Warming Could Be Worse than We Thought 0415
Scientists Pore Over Warm West, Cold East Divide 0415
Pacific Winds Tied to Warming Slowdown, Dry West 0415
Welcome to the 'Double El Niño' — and More Extreme Weather 0315
Oceans May Be Lulling Us into a False Sense of Climate Security 0315
50-70 Year Ocean Oscillations Can Explain Global Warming ‘Hiatus' 0215
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Concern about Extremes, as Planet Gets Hotter and Colder 1214
IPCC Declares "Near Certainty" on Human-Driven Warming 914
Stronger Pacific Trade Winds Linked to Stable Air Temperatures 0214
Global Warming Will Increase Intensity of El Niño, Scientists Say 1013
Warming Slowdown? - Hansen 0114
Global Warming Pause Central to IPCC Climate Report 0913
IPCC Cites Global Temperature Rise over Last Century 0913
Climate Change Experts Pressed to Address Slowdown in Global Warming 0913
Human Fingerprints Visible in Atmospheric Changes 0913
‘Missing Heat’ Discovery Prompts New Estimate of Global Warming 1113
Tropical Ocean Key to Global Warming Hiatus 0813
Dutch Satellite Measurements Show Global Cooling Since 1982 0813
Climate Extremes Are Unprecedented 0713
El Niño Unusually Active in Late 20th Century 0613
Oceans May Explain Slowdown in Climate Change 0413
Climate Change Causes Extreme Weather 0812
Warming Confirmed after Climategate 1011
Global Warming Not Happening as Fast as Models Suggested 0711
Warming Troposphere Disproves Skeptics 1110
Warming Continues & Accelerates 0710
Earth & Oceans Heat Up 0.85 W:sq m 0505
Earth's Detailed Energy Budget Changes 1009
440M MW Heat Gain, 0.6°C in Pipeline - Hansen 0404
Loaded Temps Dice since 1980 - Hansen 0812
Slower Air Warming Doesn't Mean Climate Change Has Paused 0513
‘Missing Heat’ Discovery Prompts New Estimate of Global Warming 1113 - Diagram of typical urban heat island effect, Portland, Oregon, on a hot summer afternoon.
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