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  Atmospheric Rivers Set to Increase UK Winter Flooding

  July 24, 2013 — The prolonged heat wave that has bathed the UK in sunshine over the past month has given the country an unexpected taste of summer that has seemed to be missing in recent years. However, a new study ... > full story
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  Climate Forecasts Shown to Warn of Crop Failures

  July 22, 2013 — Climate data can help predict some crop failures several months before harvest, according to a new study from an international team. Scientists found that in about one-third of global cropland, ... > full story
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  Loss of African Woodland May Impact on Climate, Study Shows

  July 22, 2013 — A more strategic approach to managing trees across Africa could have a positive impact on the changing climate, researchers ... > full story
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  Large Coronal Hole Near the Sun's North Pole

  July 19, 2013 — Astronomers captured an image of a gigantic coronal hole hovering over the sun's north pole on July 18, 2013, at 9:06 a.m. EDT. Coronal holes are dark, low density regions of the sun's outermost ... > full story
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  Nighttime Heat Waves Quadruple in Pacific Northwest

  July 19, 2013 — Nighttime heat waves -- events where the nighttime low is unusually hot for at least three days in a row -- are becoming more common in western Washington and ... > full story
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  The Best Defense Against Catastrophic Storms: Mother Nature, Researchers Say

  July 17, 2013 — Researchers say that natural habitats such as dunes and reefs are the best protection against storms and rising sea levels along the U.S. ... > full story
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  GOES-R Improvements to Provide Stunning, Continuous Full-Disk Imagery

  July 16, 2013 — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's next generation of GOES satellites, beginning with GOES-R, will have the ability to take full-disk images of Earth at five-minute ... > full story
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  'Brown Ocean' Can Fuel Inland Tropical Cyclones

  July 16, 2013 — In the summer of 2007, Tropical Storm Erin stumped meteorologists. Most tropical cyclones dissipate after making landfall, weakened by everything from friction and wind shear to loss of the ocean as ... > full story
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  Heart of Space Weather Observed in Action

  July 15, 2013 — Two NASA spacecraft have provided the most comprehensive movie ever of a mysterious process at the heart of all explosions on the sun: magnetic reconnection. Magnetic reconnection happens when ... > full story
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  Continuous Satellite Monitoring of Ice Sheets Needed to Better Predict Sea-Level Rise

  July 14, 2013 — The length of the satellite record for the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets is currently too short to tell if the recently reported speed-up of ice loss will be sustained in the future or if it ... > full story

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