Natural Climate Changes Can Intensify Hurricanes More Efficiently Than Global Warming (Science Daily: Thu, 13 Dec) Natural climate variations, which tend to involve localized changes in sea surface temperature, may have a larger effect on hurricane activity than the more uniform patterns of global warming. In the debate over the effect of global warming on hurricanes, it is generally assumed that warmer oceans provide a more favorable environment for hurricane development and intensification. However, ...
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U.S. says 'no' at global warming talks (Chicago Sun-Times: Wed, 12 Dec) BALI, Indonesia — As the U.N. climate conference entered its last days, the United States encountered — and rejected — fresh demands Wednesday that it accept ambitious guidelines for negotiating future cuts in emissions of global-warming gases.
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