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Lago Tuni in the foreground is one of several reservoirs that caption glacial an
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August 24, 2010 | Zack Guido | Comments (1)
Two days prior to leaving for the Andes Mountains of Bolivia, I had my vision tested by a testy optometrist. Once he found out I study the climate, I heard numerous vacuous arguments and twisted scientific facts about how... More
Average global temperature has been increasing since the late 1800s.
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August 11, 2010 | Julia Cole |
In a recent interview, I stated that a warming world is "scientific fact." Not surprisingly, this blunt characterization caught the attention of the [Tucson] Arizona Daily Star's ever-vigilant comment squad... More
Figure 1: August-October precipitation forecast from NOAA-CPC (Issued July 15).
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August 2, 2010 | Zack Guido | Comments (3)
Crackling thunder and pounding rain finally pelted my tin roof in downtown Tucson for the first time this summer on July 21, more than two weeks after the historical start date of the monsoon season in Tucson. More
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July 23, 2010 | Jonathan Overpeck |
January though June, 2010 has been the warmest January-June period since 1880 according NASA and NOAA (see my last post). And the first decade of the 21st century (2000-2009) has been the warmest decade since 1880. More

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