Why Was July 2011 So Hot Across The US?

image: Mr. T in DC / CC BY-ND There’s likely no need to remind most TreeHugger readers how hot the summer of 2011 has been in the United States. We’re still in the sweaty middle of it in many places. Even so, let’s take stock a bit: How unusually hot has it really been, what’s causing this meteorologically, and how hot will it likely get due to our changing climate? Is this sort of summer really just becoming the new normal?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Kenyan Refugee Camp For Victims of Record-Breaking Drought Now As Big As Kansas City

photo: Oxfam East Africa / CC BY 2.0 Some updates on the ongoing situation in the Horn of Africa, where thousands of people are being forced to flee from record-breaking drought and, in certain places, outright famine–all of which is, at least in part, made worse by our changing climate. According to Germany’s Africa polic… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Route of 13,000 Year Old Mini Ice Age Inducing Mega-Flood Determined

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Route of 13,000 Year Old Mini Ice Age Inducing Mega-Flood Determined