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Study finds frog decline could be related water warming, copper pollution
Posted by KTVA: Sierra Starks on June 1st, 2015
KTVA: New evidence supports theories that water pollution from road runoff may increase mortality and abnormalities in frogs.
Scientists at Alaska Pacific University, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of California, Davis, found that wood frog tadpoles were attacked by dragonfly larvae sooner and more often in warmer water with increased copper pollution - as opposed to cooler, copper-free water.
Fish and Wildlife says in cool, clean water, tadpoles have a "fighting chance" to...
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Comments Off on Study finds frog decline could be related water warming, copper pollutionDrought scourges Utah farms
Posted by LA Times: John M. Glionna on June 1st, 2015
LA Times: This year, the state suffered its warmest and least-snowy winter since the late 1800s, when Utah was still a territory. The lowest-elevation snowpack has melted, and most of the higher altitudes will be quick to follow.
"This is one of those years farmers will tell their grandkids about," said Utah state hydrologist Randall Julander. "About just how dry it was and how bad it was."
This is how bad it is: Drought now grips 40% of the West, with no end in sight: globally, nine of the 10 warmest...
The heat and the death toll are rising in India. Is this glimpse of Earth’s future?
Posted by Guardian: Catherine de Lange on June 1st, 2015
Guardian: Roads have twisted in the heat. Hospitals are overwhelmed by thousands of dehydrated people, the poor, the elderly and children among the worst hit. Urgent instructions to wear wide-brimmed hats and light-coloured cotton clothes, use umbrellas and drink lots of fluid have been issued by the government.
India is struggling to cope with one of the deadliest heatwaves to hit the subcontinent. And its attempt to do so is raising a question for the whole planet – how can humans cope with the kinds...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on The heat and the death toll are rising in India. Is this glimpse of Earth’s future?Rapid Arctic ice loss linked extreme weather changes in Europe and US
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 1st, 2015
Guardian: The string of massive snowstorms and bone-chilling cold on the US east coast, as well as flooding in Britain and record temperatures in Europe, are linked to rapid ice loss in the Arctic, new research appears to confirm.
While the rapidly-thawing Arctic cannot be held responsible for specific weather events like the “snowmageddon” in 2009, Hurricane Sandy, or European heatwaves, researchers at Rutgers university said it appears to be a prime reason why the polar jet stream – a ribbon of winds...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 1st, 2015
Reuters: Sunshine and drier weather were forecast for most of flood-weary Texas after days of heavy rain, giving swollen rivers a chance to recede and relief workers and residents time for assess the damage and start a massive clean-up, officials said on Sunday.
Severe flooding has killed at least 25 people and prompted U.S. President Barack Obama to declare a disaster in the state, which has endured record rainfall in May.
Flooding this week turned streets into rivers, ripped homes off foundations,...
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