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The planet is undergoing one of the largest changes in climate since the dinosaurs went extinct. But what might be even more troubling for humans, plants and animals is the speed of the change.

http://is.gd/58Qgyi



The Worst Drought In The History Of California Is Happening Right Now

Just check out the current conditions on the U.S. Drought Monitor. About two-thirds of the state is experiencing *extreme drought* at the moment, and Governor Jerry Brown says that it is *not likely to rain for several weeks*.

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/the-worst-drought-in-the-history-of-california-is-happening-right-now



The Great Lakes Go Dry: How One-Fifth Of The World s Fresh Water Is Dwindling Away

For the past 15 years, islanders have watched Lake Michigan slowly disappear. Last January, the lake hit a record low, 29 inches below the long-term average as measured since 1918.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/28/3193301/climate-change-draining-great-lakes/



California drought: 17 communities could run out of water within 60 to 120 days, state says

In some communities, wells are running dry. In others, reservoirs are nearly empty.

http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_25013388/california-drought-17-communities-could-run-out-water


From Information Clearing House

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Multifold increase in heat extremes by 2040

Extremes such as the severe heat wave last year in the US or the one 2010 in Russia are likely to be seen much more often in the near future. A few decades ago, they were practically absent. Today, due to man-made climate change monthly heat extremes in summer are already observed on 5 percent of the land area. This is projected to double by 2020 and quadruple by 2040, according to a study by scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). A further increase of heat extremes in the second half of our century could be stopped if global greenhouse-gas emissions would be reduced substantially.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/r/d87416819174ms386.html



Heat waves, ice-storms, droughts and hurricanes, their impact on the carbon cycle

How do climate extremes affect the carbon cycle of land ecosystems? How do the resulting carbon cycle changes in turn affect the climate? These questions will be discussed during the international 'Open Science Conference on Climate Extremes and Biogeochemical Cycles in the Terrestrial Biosphere: impacts and feedbacks across scales' in Seefeld, Austria, from 2nd to 5th April 2013, hosted by the University of Innsbruck.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/r/d87416819175ms386.html



Quantifying the Influence of Climate on Human Conflict

A rapidly growing body of research examines whether human conflict can be affected by climatic changes.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/r/d87416819181ms386.html

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Climate Change Is Happening Faster Than You Think

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Why are scientists being conservative in their climate change projections? When going up against a well-funded, ruthlessly powerful special interest like the fossil fuel industry, they know that if they rock the boat too much, they might be targeted and discredited.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/18301-climate-change-is-happening-faster-than-you-think



Things to Know as Collapse Becomes Hip

Jan Lundberg, Truthout: Economists never seem to connect the eco in economy to the eco in ecosystem; but as financial, economic, and climate collapse continues, people must rise to change our world s direction.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/18217-things-to-know-as-collapse-becomes-hip

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Trade Unions and Extending Solidarity to the Ecosystem
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/12/11

'Mega-Drought' Panic Sweeps California
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/05-5



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