Global warming models predict continued warming, and evidence is building that methane release in the arctic is going to cause a temperature spike, but now a new study by scientists from the University of Southampton and UK National Oceanography Centre (NOC), implies that global climate is on the verge of cooling that could last for a number of decades.
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The spring of 2015 is on track to be one of the most violent ever recorded in the US. While there were more violent events overall in 2014, there were fewer tornadoes and less flooding. Through May 24, there have been 499 tornadoes recorded in the US. Through the end of May in 2015 there have been 499 tornadoes. On February 20, 2015, Unknowncountry’s Climate Watch correctly predicted a violent spring in the US. This is because the jet stream has not yet moved off its typical early spring track, with the result that the center of the country is caught between warm air moving up from the Gulf Stream and arctic circulation that remains unusually powerful for the season.
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Climate change. Energy scarcity. Economic collapse. Bodily harm from a lifetime of dieting on synthetic foods. Given that these are only some of the dark clouds hanging over our heads, is it possible that what humanity is going through–what Visitors have been warning us about for decades–is nothing short of a cultural near-death experience? That’s what Jesse, an experiencer and scientist who teaches sustainable living, proposes. And on this episode, he also provides some solutions.
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The US West Coast is suffering a catastrophic drought. The eastern half of the country has just experienced one of the worst winters ever recorded. Now scientists at think they have at least a partial answer that explains both situations: a huge mass of unusually warm water that has formed in the Pacific Ocean off the West Coast. It prevents winter storms from moving south from the arctic as they normally do, and thus there is no rain along the west coast and, most importantly, no snow in the mountains. So, is it permanent or temporary?
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