Tornado season likely to expand due to climate change

Arctic warms to highest level yet as researchers fear tipping points (02/13/2012) Last year the Arctic, which is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth due to global climate change, experienced its warmest twelve months yet. According to recent data by NASA, average Arctic temperatures in 2011 were 2.28 degrees Celsius (4.1 degrees Fahrenheit) above those recorded from 1951-1980. As the Arctic warms, imperiling its biodiversity and indigenous people, researchers are increasingly concerned that the region will hit climatic tipping points that could severely impact the rest of the world. A recent commentary in Nature Climate Change highlighted a number of tipping points that keep scientists awake at night. Targeting methane, black carbon could buy world a little time on climate change (01/12/2012) A new study in Science argues that reducing methane and black carbon emiss...

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