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Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Feds: 'Meterological March madness' mostly random Warm March weather was more freak occurrence than global warming Warm spring weather will mean early crops in SC Weather Service to test more graphic tornado warnings Arcadia Biosciences Takes Next Step to Enable Farmers to Receive Carbon Credits for Reduced Nitrogen Fertilizer Use The nation's weather Weather Service to test more graphic tornado warnings Coast Guard waits for better weather before rescue Sunday Weather Update General Motors Separates Itself from Heartland Institute US coastguards scramble to injured Britons on yacht Lights go off around globe for Earth Hour Lights go off around globe for Earth Hour World landmarks dimmed for Earth Hour Lights go off for Earth Hour At a glance: New look tornado warnings from NWS 'UNSURVIVABLE!' New tornado warnings aim to scare Lights go off for Earth Hour Sydney Opera House in the dark over Earth Hour Lights out for Sydney Harbor Bridge and Opera House as Earth Hour kicks off Greece on track to weather debt crisis: Merkel Space the latest frontier for Earth Hour Warm Weather Triggers Early Allergy Season Fantastic Weekend Weather For North Texas Colorado wildfire 70 percent contained, no sign of missing woman Feds: 'Meterological March madness' mostly random Mon,2 Apr 2012 11:28 AM PDT Associated Press - Freak chance was mostly to blame for the record warm March weather that gripped two-thirds of the country, with man-made global warming providing only a tiny assist, a quick federal analysis shows. Full Story Top Warm March weather was more freak occurrence than global warming Mon,2 Apr 2012 10:43 AM PDT Associated Press - WASHINGTON - Freak chance was mostly to blame for the record warm March weather that gripped two-thirds of the United States, with man-made global warming getting only a tiny assist, a quick federal analysis shows. Full Story Top Warm spring weather will mean early crops in SC Mon,2 Apr 2012 08:18 AM PDT Associated Press - The warm winter and spring weather this year is bringing earlier harvests for crops in South Carolina. Full Story Top Weather Service to test more graphic tornado warnings Mon,2 Apr 2012 07:30 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The National Weather Service on Monday plans to begin a new initiative in Kansas and Missouri designed to make people in Tornado Alley sit up and take notice when potentially devastating twisters are headed their way. Under the new system, tornado warnings will be accompanied by stark language like, "mass devastation is highly likely, making the area unrecognizable to survivors," according to the National Weather Service. Or even: "This storm is not survivable. ... Full Story Top Arcadia Biosciences Takes Next Step to Enable Farmers to Receive Carbon Credits for Reduced Nitrogen Fertilizer Use Mon,2 Apr 2012 06:00 AM PDT Business Wire - Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, today announced that the company has submitted a carbon credit methodology to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The methodology would allow farmers to claim carbon credits from reduced fertilizer use in conjunction with Arcadia's Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) technology. ... Full Story Top The nation's weather Mon,2 Apr 2012 01:52 AM PDT Associated Press - Weather Underground Forecast for Monday, April 02, 2012. Full Story Top Weather Service to test more graphic tornado warnings Sun,1 Apr 2012 04:27 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The National Weather Service on Monday plans to begin a new initiative in Kansas and Missouri designed to make people in Tornado Alley sit up and take notice when potentially devastating twisters are headed their way. Under the new system, tornado warnings will be accompanied by stark language like, "mass devastation is highly likely, making the area unrecognizable to survivors," according to the National Weather Service. Or even: "This storm is not survivable. ... Full Story Top Coast Guard waits for better weather before rescue Sun,1 Apr 2012 01:49 PM PDT Associated Press - U.S. Coast Guard crews were waiting for the weather to improve before sending a helicopter to take three sailors injured in a storm from a yacht about 400 miles off the California coast, a Coast Guard spokesman said Sunday. Full Story Top Sunday Weather Update Sun,1 Apr 2012 08:17 AM PDT CBS Dallas Fort Worth (RSS) - Full Story Top General Motors Separates Itself from Heartland Institute Sun,1 Apr 2012 06:38 AM PDT Yahoo! Contributor Network - The Huffington Post reports the General Motors Foundation, the charitable arm of the American automaker, has pulled its support for a nonprofit think tank that argues against man-made global warming. The Heartland Institute was the beneficiary of $30,000 from the auto giant since 2010. The environmental group Forecast the Facts delivered a message from 10,000 GM owners to the car company proclaiming they were against the donation to the Heartland Institute. Full Story Top US coastguards scramble to injured Britons on yacht Sun,1 Apr 2012 04:34 AM PDT AFP - US coastguards scrambled to help Sunday a yacht hit by severe weather in the Pacific, and bring medical assistance to at least two Britons and one Australian who have been injured, officials said. Full Story Top Lights go off around globe for Earth Hour Sun,1 Apr 2012 12:30 AM PDT AFP Relax News - New York's Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and the Sydney Opera House were plunged into darkness on Saturday for the annual Earth Hour campaign, leading a global effort to raise awareness about climate change. Full Story Top Lights go off around globe for Earth Hour Sat,31 Mar 2012 10:47 PM PDT AFP - New York's Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and the Sydney Opera House were plunged into darkness for the annual Earth Hour campaign, leading a global effort to raise awareness about climate change. Full Story Top World landmarks dimmed for Earth Hour Sat,31 Mar 2012 06:04 PM PDT Associated Press - Hundreds of world landmarks from Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to the Great Wall of China went dark Saturday, part of a global effort to highlight climate change. Full Story Top Lights go off for Earth Hour Sat,31 Mar 2012 03:41 PM PDT AFP Relax News - The Eiffel Tower, the Acropolis and the Sydney Opera House were plunged into darkness on Saturday for the annual Earth Hour campaign, leading a global effort to raise awareness about climate change. Full Story Top At a glance: New look tornado warnings from NWS Sat,31 Mar 2012 02:51 PM PDT Associated Press - Starting Monday, five National Weather Service offices in Missouri and Kansas will begin a test of a new kind of severe weather warning that's based on the severity of a storm's expected impact. Full Story Top 'UNSURVIVABLE!' New tornado warnings aim to scare Sat,31 Mar 2012 02:48 PM PDT Associated Press - Even expert storm chases would have struggled to decipher the difference between the tornado warnings sent last May before severe weather hit Joplin and, a few days later, headed again toward downtown Kansas City. Full Story Top Lights go off for Earth Hour Sat,31 Mar 2012 01:14 PM PDT AFP - The Eiffel Tower, the Acropolis and the Sydney Opera House were plunged into darkness on Saturday for the annual Earth Hour campaign, leading a global effort to raise awareness about climate change. Full Story Top Sydney Opera House in the dark over Earth Hour Sat,31 Mar 2012 10:43 AM PDT Associated Press - Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge and Opera House went dark on Saturday as Australians switched off lights around the country for an hour as part of a global effort to shine a spotlight on climate change. Full Story Top Lights out for Sydney Harbor Bridge and Opera House as Earth Hour kicks off Sat,31 Mar 2012 03:15 AM PDT Associated Press - SYDNEY - Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge and Opera House went dark on Saturday as Australians switched off lights around the country for an hour as part of a global effort to shine a spotlight on climate change. Full Story Top Greece on track to weather debt crisis: Merkel Sat,31 Mar 2012 12:45 AM PDT AFP - Greece has a chance to weather its crisis after the eurozone and private creditors agreed to restructure its debt, but has "a long way to go," German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a Czech daily Saturday. Full Story Top Space the latest frontier for Earth Hour Sat,31 Mar 2012 12:40 AM PDT AFP - Millions of people are expected to switch off their lights for Earth Hour Saturday in a global effort to raise awareness about climate change that will even be monitored from space. Full Story Top Warm Weather Triggers Early Allergy Season Fri,30 Mar 2012 08:48 PM PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- While unseasonably warm weather delights many people, those with allergies may not be as thrilled with the early arrival of spring. Full Story Top Fantastic Weekend Weather For North Texas Fri,30 Mar 2012 05:30 PM PDT CBS Dallas Fort Worth (RSS) - Full Story Top Colorado wildfire 70 percent contained, no sign of missing woman Fri,30 Mar 2012 04:47 PM PDT Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - A wildfire burning in rugged terrain west of Denver that killed two people and left a woman missing, ignited by windblown embers from a prescribed burn, was 70 percent contained on Friday, fire officials said. "That's the good news," incident commander Rich Harvey said of the containment figure. "The bad news is that over the weekend we're looking at the same weather conditions that started the fire in the first place. ... Full Story Top

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