A new study suggests official flood risk plans for the San Francisco Bay Area may underestimate inundation due to sea level rise over the next century by nearly 4 to 91 percent.
Other coastal cities could face similar effects, even under best-case scenarios.
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ASU Scientist: Sinking Ground Will Worsen Rising Seas In San Francisco Bay Area
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) this week filed to sue the Environmental Protection Agency in federal court.
The lawsuit is over an EPA policy that changes who can serve on its advisory boards.
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Scientists Sue EPA Over Who Can Serve On Advisory Boards
Alternative energy sources like wind offer a way to lessen a country’s carbon footprint. But global warming trends could soon change the way the wind blows.
As rapid arctic warming shrinks the heat gap between the North Pole and equator, Northern Hemisphere winds could lose some oomph — up to 40 percent over the next century, depending on region.
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Winds Of Climate Change: How Global Warming Could Alter The Wind Power Landscape
Between the heat, dehydration, air quality and July 4 fireworks, many Arizonans shrug off headaches as just another symptom of summer.
But Kerry Knievel, director of headache neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute, said we need to start taking headaches more seriously.
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Neurologist: Don’t Shrug Off Summer Headaches
Parents tell their kids, “Shut the front door, I’m not paying to cool the entire neighborhood.”
But research shows that, during Phoenix summers, we do pay to heat the neighborhood — to the tune of 1 to 2 degrees Fahrenheit — thanks to waste heat vented by our air conditioners.
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Air Conditioners Heat Up Metro Phoenix Nights