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| CN Railway profit hurt by winter weather chill Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:31 PM PDT By Susan Taylor TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian National Railway Co took a big winter weather hit, the country's largest rail operator said on Monday, as extreme cold and heavy snow in Western Canada slowed operations and nipped into profits. CN said it has since turned the corner, returning to more efficient operations, but will bump up its capital spending plan by C$100 million ($97.39 million), to C$2 billion, to make its network more resilient and productive. ... Full Story | Top |
| Earthquake Weather? Hurricane Irene May Have Triggered Tiny Temblors Monday, Apr 22, 2013 02:21 PM PDT  Hot or cold, rain or snow, geoscientists say there's no evidence for earthquake weather. But the biggest storms are starting to prove them wrong. Full Story | Top |
| The Environment's New Math: How to Look at Earth Day, by the Numbers Monday, Apr 22, 2013 08:43 AM PDT  The story of the environment can largely be told in data, various numbers that detail how the Earth is warming and how much pollution you're inhaling. Math is newly central to environmental considerations. Last summer, writer and activist Bill McKibben wrote an essay for Rolling Stone in which he outlined the mathematical argument for taking action on climate change. In short: To prevent a global temperature increase of 2 degrees Celsius, we need to hold our carbon dioxide emissions to 565 gigatons of by 2050. Full Story | Top |
| Group kicks off planting of ancient tree clones Monday, Apr 22, 2013 07:08 AM PDT  COPEMISH, Mich. (AP) — A team led by a nurseryman from northern Michigan and his sons has raced against time for two decades, snipping branches from some of the world's biggest and most durable trees with plans to produce clones that could restore ancient forests and help fight climate change. Full Story | Top |
| Search ends for fishermen missing off Texas coast Monday, Apr 22, 2013 06:08 AM PDT John Reynolds and the four others aboard the Nite Owl weren't worried when the thunderstorms made it impossible for the commercial fishing boat to return back to shore. They'd seen this kind of weather ... Full Story | Top |
| Why the U.S. Should Give Its Fracking Technology to China Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:48 AM PDT Elizabeth Muller, who runs a California-based climate change monitoring group called Berkeley Earth, is urging environmentalists to help China help itself by developing its shale gas resources. Because China accounts for much of the world's future atmospheric increase in heat-trapping gases, Muller argues that it is in everyone's interests to help wean the country off of coal. And one of the best bets for doing that is the controversial technique of hydraulic fracturing (better known as "fracking"), says Muller. Full Story | Top |
| New iPhone apps worth downloading: Yahoo! Weather, Fish Out of Water!, Knight Storm Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:40 AM PDT We kick off this week with Yahoo! Weather, which brings you new weather features like heat maps and interactive satellite displays, as well as a prettier interface that features weather images relevant to your area. We've also got some new games: Fish Out of Water!, the latest from Halfbrick Studios, the minds behind Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, and Knight Storm, a 3-D medieval-themed games with lots of jousting. Full Story | Top |
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