Tuesday, July 10, 2012

As U.S. sees record heat, extreme weather pummels 4 continents

Mongabay: It's not only the U.S. that has experienced record-breaking extreme weather events recently, in the last couple months extreme weather has struck around the world with startling ferocity. In addition to the much-covered heatwaves, wildfires, and droughts in the U.S., killer floods struck India, the worst drought yet recorded plagued South Korea, and massive forest fires swept through Siberia to name just a few. Fires in Siberia: Exceptionally dry and warm conditions have led to hundreds of wildfires...

URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0710-hance-extremes-worldwide-climate.html
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