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The death of 2 million fish in Chesapeake Bay isn’t a sign of apocalypse, historical or otherwise, but it does offer a chance to consider what could happen if colder winters become routine in the eastern United States.
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East Coast Fish Die-Offs Linked to Extreme Cold Snap
Australian floods now cover an area “the size of France and Germany combined.” Yesterday, their government’s Bureau of Meteorology released its “ Annual Australian Climate Statement 2010 ,” which helps explain why — record sea surface temperatures: Based on preliminary data (to November 30), sea surface temperatures in the Australian region during 2010 were +0.54 °C above the 1961 to 1990 average. This is the warmest value on record for the Australian region. Individual high monthly sea surface temperature records were also set during 2010 in March, April, June, September, October and November. Along with favourable hemispheric circulation associated with the 2010 La Niña, very warm sea surface temperatures contributed to the record rainfall and very high humidity across eastern Australia during winter and spring. The most recent decade (2001−2010) was also the warmest decade on record for sea surface temperatures following the pattern observed over land. Dr.
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Coal prices soar as warmest sea surface temperatures on record fuel ‘biblical’ Australian floods
The world’s oldest plant and seed bank, Pavlovsk Experimental Station, is facing the axe (or, more properly, the bulldozer) as Russian developers, under the guise of the Russian Housing Development Foundation, prepare to raze the site to build houses.
