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Poll: More Americans Link Global Warming with Extreme Weather Events
Wed,18 Apr 2012 02:00 PM PDT
Yahoo! Contributor Network - According to the New York Times, a poll shows a large majority of Americans attribute recent and unusual seasonal weather to global warming. The poll, conducted by Yale University and George Mason University, asked about extreme weather events that people were personally impacted by and their belief in the role of global warming in these events. The results indicate a correlation between individual's personal experience with an extreme weather event and an affirmative belief in global warming. Full Story | Top |
Most Americans Link Global Warming to Weather Madness
Wed,18 Apr 2012 09:00 AM PDT
LiveScience.com - Severe droughts in Texas and the Great Plains. Hurricane Irene sweeping the Eastern Seaboard. Tornadoes in the Midwest, and floods in Mississippi. Record-breaking temperatures across the U.S. With such widespread madness, it's no surprise that the majority of Americans say they have personally experienced an extreme weather event or natural disaster in the past year. Full Story | Top |
Shell Weighs $4B Onshore Nigeria Investment: Report
Wed,18 Apr 2012 08:40 AM PDT
Fox Business (RSS) - Shell is reportedly considering investing another $4 billion worth of onshore efficiency projects in Nigeria that would help it to cut down on gas fires, known as flaring, that contribute to global warming and can sicken people living nearby. Full Story | Top |
Shell looks at $4B in possible projects in Nigeria
Wed,18 Apr 2012 05:12 AM PDT
Associated Press - Royal Dutch Shell PLC is considering $4 billion worth of onshore projects in Nigeria to help capture natural gas currently burning at oil wells that contribute to global warming and can sicken those living nearby, the company's CEO said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
Global warming mystery: Why are some glaciers growing?
Tue,17 Apr 2012 11:38 AM PDT
The Week (RSS) - Glaciers around the world are slowly melting, and scientists are quick to point their fingers at manmade climate change. But new research suggests that a few glaciers aren't shrinking at all, and may even be growing. Here, a brief guide to this counterintuitive phenomenon: Full Story | Top |
Eyewitness to Tornadoes in Kansas
Tue,17 Apr 2012 08:21 AM PDT
Yahoo! Contributor Network - FIRST PERSON | BELLE PLAINE, Kan. -- Living in the Midwest, especially in Kansas, during severe weather is a bit terrifying for me. But considering that what happened this weekend, it's not as bad. Kansas weather is unpredictable most of the time. Full Story | Top |
US greenhouse gases back up after decline
Mon,16 Apr 2012 03:17 PM PDT
AFP -  US emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change rose in 2010, ending a brief downward turn as the world's largest economy gradually recovers from recession, official data showed Monday.
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Warm weather boosts SD fishing license sales
Mon,16 Apr 2012 10:58 AM PDT
Associated Press - The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department has sold more than twice as many annual resident fishing licenses than it did at this point last year thanks to an unseasonably warm spring. Full Story | Top |
Fire Weather Warning for New York
Mon,16 Apr 2012 10:36 AM PDT
Yahoo! Contributor Network - The lack of snow during the winter and the lack of rain in the spring is setting the stage for fire weather in much of southeastern New York as well as upstate. The National Weather Service issued a fire weather warning this morning for Orange, Putnam, Rockland and northern Westchester counties. An enhanced fire weather statement has been issued for Delaware and Sullivan counties. Full Story | Top |
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