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This is how continents will look if all the ice on land has melted and drained into the sea, raising it 216 feet. Creating new shorelines, one of the effects of sea level rise.

According to BBC News Magazine, "Britain is under an area where five main air masses meet. An air mass is a large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture properties throughout.".

A NASA-led modeling study provides new evidence that global warming may increase the risk for extreme rainfall and drought.

Average annual precipitation in the US, 1971-2000.

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Data source: PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University. Map created by Jacob Morgan.

Map of climate in Europe.

The climate of Europe is of a temperate, continental nature, with a maritime climate prevailing on the western coasts and a Mediterranean climate in the south. The climate is strongly conditioned by the Gulf Stream, which keeps mild air over the high latitude northwestern region over the winter months, especially in Ireland, the UK and coastal Norway. (wp)

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Significant climate anomalies and events in June 2012. Average global land and ocean temperature was the fourth warmest June since records began in 1880.

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Global Highlights

• The average combined global land and ocean surface temperature for June 2012 was 0.63°C (1.13°F) above the 20^th century average of 15.5°C (59.9°F). This is the fourth warmest June since records began in 1880.


• The Northern Hemisphere land and ocean average surface temperature for June 2012 was the all-time warmest June on record, at 1.30°C (2.34°F) above average.


• The globally-averaged land surface temperature for June 2012 was also the all-time warmest June on record, at 1.07°C (1.93°F) above average.


• ENSO-neutral conditions continued in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean during June 2012 as sea surface temperature anomalies continued to rise. The June worldwide ocean surface temperatures ranked as the 10^th warmest June on record.


• The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for January–June 2012 was the 11^th warmest on record, at 0.52°C (0.94°F) above the 20^th century average.

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Map of climate zones.

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Source: Wikimedia Commons