1. Hazy skies in Los Angeles as viewed from the Getty Center, 3/18/08

    Climate change threatens to worsen U.S. ozone pollution

    Americans face the risk of a 70 percent increase in unhealthy summertime ozone events by 2050 because of factors related to climate change.

    • Climate,
    • Air Quality

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  2. Water: too much, too little - Image shows effects of major drought on plants across U.S. on June 24, 2011

    Water: too much, too little

    Climate change will reduce water availability during dry seasons and increase it during wet seasons around the globe, new research suggests. It also finds there will be large regional variations in water-related impacts.

    • Climate

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  3. NASA image of Earth from Visible/Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), 5/26/12

    Local experts available for climate discussions across country

    UCAR and the U.N. Foundation have assembled a network of experts who can discuss climate change in communities across the country.

    • Climate

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  4. Early snowmelt risk: Photo of daffodils amid late-winter snow in West Virginia

    Spring snow goes downhill

    In recent years, spring snow has vanished even more quickly than computer models and climate scientists had expected, posing a research challenge and a potentially serious risk for water supplies.

    • Climate

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  5. Damage from California mudslides during 1997–98 El Nino

    El Niño or La Nada?

    Why seasonal forecasting can’t tell us with certainty what to expect this summer—and why we might soon have a stronger sense of what late 2014 and early 2015 are likely to bring to large parts of the globe.

    • Climate,
    • Weather

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