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| March weather sets new records for cold in Ohio Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 07:05 PM PST Full Story | Top |
| Climate Study: Rising Seas Could Wipe Out Many Cultural Landmarks Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 06:10 PM PST If current trends in global warming continue unmitigated, some of the world's most well-known and historically significant cultural landmarks — including the Statue of Liberty in New York City, the Tower of London in the United Kingdom, and the archaeological sites of Pompeii in Italy — could be destroyed by rising global sea levels over the next 2,000 years, according to new research. A new study examining the long-term effects of sea-level rise on the 720 spots around the world that have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites found that roughly 20 percent of them could be ruined if temperatures rise 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit (3 degrees Celsius) above pre-industrial levels over the next two millennia, said study lead author Ben Marzeion, an assistant professor at the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. "I didn't expect that so many of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites would be affected," Marzeion told Live Science. Full Story | Top |
| Global warming may threaten World Heritage sites Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 06:00 PM PST  The sightseer of 4014 may have to pay a virtual visit to the Tower of London or Statue of Liberty, said a climate study Wednesday that warned of dramatic ocean encroachment on heritage sites. While modern civilisation is fascinated by the pyramids of Egypt, Rome's Colosseum and the Parthenon in Greece, much of this inheritance as well as our own cultural legacy may be lost to sea-levels rising as much as 1.8 metres (six feet) due to global warming, researchers said. Out of more than 700 listed UNESCO World Heritage sites, nearly 140 risk being flooded in 2,000 years' time, they projected in a study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. These also include the Sydney Opera House, Venice in Italy, Japan's Hiroshima Peace Memorial and Robben Island in South Africa where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years. Full Story | Top |
| Climate Change's Latest Casualty Could Be Chipotle's Guacamole, Salsa Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 05:39 PM PST  Bad news for upscale fast food and avocado lovers: Chipotle may stop offering guacamole and some of its salsas due to the increased cost of the ingredients. Chipotle blamed climate change for what is basically a living nightmare for us all. In its annual report, brought to our attention by Think Progress, Chipotle warns: Increasing weather volatility or other long-term changes in global weather patterns, including any changes associated with global climate change, could have a significant impact on the price or availability of some of our ingredients. Full Story | Top |
| Fairfax County Public Schools Makes Weather Announcement for Wednesday Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 03:59 PM PST  Here's the news: Full Story | Top |
| Chipotle's Climate Change Warning: Guacamole Could Be At Stake Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 03:33 PM PST  If you didn't care about climate change before, you definitely will now. Buried deep within Chipotle's most recent annual financial report lies a paragraph so horrifying it could lead an entire fan base to madness. In sum, it claims climate change has the power to one day suspend the sale of guacamole at Chipotle stores. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. payrolls improvement eyed, but weather still a drag Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 02:42 PM PST  By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely picked up enough in February to encourage the Federal Reserve to continue to scale back its monetary stimulus, although the gain is likely to be tepid given the unrelentingly harsh winter weather. "We cannot remember another year when inclement weather persisted for three consecutive payroll periods," said Peter D'Antonio, an economist at Citigroup in New York. Nonfarm payrolls averaged about 205,000 jobs per month in the first 11 months of in 2013. Economists estimate the weather could depress February payrolls by between 25,000 and 50,000 jobs. Full Story | Top |
| [$$] Bob Evans Sales Slip on Winter Weather Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 02:02 PM PST Bob Evans Farms posted a sharp decline in sales in its fiscal third quarter, hurt by severe winter weather, and outlined plans to cut jobs and cut additional costs. Full Story | Top |
| Chipotle warns of climate change guapocalypse Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 01:48 PM PST Via Emily Atikin at Climate Progress, word is that if climate change isn't halted, the burrito joint won't be able to afford certain ingredients:Chipotle Inc. is warning investors that extreme weather events "associated with global climate change" might eventually affect the availability of some of its ingredients. If availability is limited, prices will rise — and Chipotle isn't sure it's willing to pay... "In the event of cost increases with respect to one or more of our raw ingredients we may choose to temporarily suspend serving menu items, such as guacamole... Full Story | Top |
| Chipotle warns of climate change guacpocalypse Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 01:48 PM PST Via Emily Atikin at Climate Progress, word is that if climate change isn't halted, the burrito joint won't be able to afford certain ingredients:Chipotle Inc. is warning investors that extreme weather events "associated with global climate change" might eventually affect the availability of some of its ingredients. If availability is limited, prices will rise — and Chipotle isn't sure it's willing to pay..."In the event of cost increases with respect to one or more of our raw ingredients we may choose to temporarily suspend serving menu items, such as guacamole or one or more of our salsas... Full Story | Top |
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