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    The Economic Impact of Extreme Weather in the US

    Posted on May 4, 2012 | No Comments
    A team of social scientists and economists from Colorado and California recently completed a study on the United States economy’s sensitivity to weather variability: extreme heat, extreme cold, droughts, and floods. This study marked the first time that US economic susceptibility to extreme weather had...

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    Rwandan Drought; Ongoing Climate Concerns

    Posted on April 25, 2012 | No Comments
    by Aura Lawson La Niña has persisted longer than expected this year, and with it comes agricultural uncertainty for many countries across the globe. Rwanda is no exception. Anthony Twahirwa, head of Rwanda’s Meteorological Center, explains that their forecasting agency expected decreased rainfall as a...

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    Ozone Hero Leaves A Legacy, A Message

    Posted on March 15, 2012 | No Comments
    F. Sherwood Rowland, one of the world’s greatest environmental heroes, passed away last weekend at the age of 84. Rowland worked in the Physical Sciences Department at the University of California, Irvine, and was the first person to sound the alarm over the damaging effects...

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  • Figure 1: Annual Running Total of Reported Tornados in the U.S. from 2005 through 2012

    Are Tornados Becoming More Common?

    Posted on March 8, 2012 | No Comments
      We are only about two months into 2012, but already the United States has had 183 confirmed tornados and 49 associated fatalities as of March 7. With the debate about global warming and its consequences at the forefront of the nation’s attention, the public...

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    Review of Pew Charitable Trust Reports: Climate Change 101

    Posted on April 19, 2011 | No Comments
    Review of Pew Charitable Trust Reports: Climate Change 101 http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics/climate_change_101?utm_source=Pew+Center+on+Global+Climate+Change+newsletter+list&utm_campaign=9e30f90c8b-Pew_Center_February_2011_newsletter&utm_medium=email By Sara Avrams Climate Change 101 is a series of 10 brief reports on aspects of the threats posed by global climate change. Although each of the 10 chapters stands on its own merits, and...

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    IEDRO in the News

    Posted on February 19, 2011 | No Comments
    Frost Byte, Volume 5, Issue 4 Posted on January 29, 2008 by rgbrocs Last week Allaina attended the AMS/ASLI annual conference in New Orleans. As you might imagine, much of the AMS talk was about hurricanes. The ASLI conference was not so focused on the weather...

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    Extreme Environmental Events

    Posted on October 21, 2010 | 3 Comments
    European Science Foundation European Cooperation in Science and Technology High-Level Research Conference 13-17 December 2010 Selwyn College, Cambridge, United Kingdom Understanding the frequency and magnitude of extreme environmental events and their impacts is a critical aspect of climate prediction. This conference aims to bring together...

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