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The nation's weather
Tue,24 Jul 2012 01:57 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Weather Underground Forecast for Tuesday, July 24, 2012. A storm will move out of the Rockies and into the Plains on Tuesday, bringing another round of scattered showers and thunderstorms through the Rockies and Dakotas. Much of this precipitation will fall in the afternoon and evening. This precipitation will do very little to bring relief to drought stricken areas of the middle of the country, but any precipitation does help.
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Science Says: Climate Change Could Give You Diarrhea
Mon,23 Jul 2012 03:16 PM PDT
Takepart.com - Pervasive jellyfish and increasingly acidic waters are two anticipated effects of climate change on the world's oceans. Research published yesterday in Nature Climate Change unveiled yet another threat: waterborne bacteria that can cause serious stomach trouble. Full Story | Top |
Va. seeking storm assistance from FEMA
Mon,23 Jul 2012 10:47 AM PDT
Associated Press - Virginia is seeking federal disaster assistance for the estimated $27.5 million spent by the state and local governments to respond to late June wind and thunderstorms that left 15 dead and 1.3 million utility customers without power. Full Story | Top |
Heat, humidity building in Kentucky
Mon,23 Jul 2012 08:25 AM PDT
Associated Press - Heat and humidity are again building in Kentucky and the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for western counties in the commonwealth. Full Story | Top |
Factbox - Regions where water disputes are fuelling tensions
Mon,23 Jul 2012 03:25 AM PDT
Reuters - July 23 (AlertNet) - Disputes over water are common around the world, exacerbated by climate change, growing populations, rapid urbanisation, increased irrigation and a rising demand for alternative energy sources such as hydroelectricity. Following are a few of the regions where competition for water from major rivers systems is fuelling tension. SOUTH ASIA India is home to three major river systems -- the Ganges, Brahmaputra and the Indus -- which support 700 million people. As an upstream nation, it controls water flows to Bangladesh to the east and Pakistan to the west. ... Full Story | Top |
Farmers Suffer Shocking Rates of Amputation From Workplace Injuries
Sun,22 Jul 2012 09:52 PM PDT
Takepart.com - Climbing ladders and silos, operating heavy machinery, and lifting heavy bags of feed in extreme weather conditions are routine tasks for farmers. They're also costing farmers their limbs, at a rate that's 2.5 times higher than people in other industries, reports Eureka Alert!. Full Story | Top |
Bacteria outbreak in Northern Europe due to ocean warming, study says
Sun,22 Jul 2012 10:02 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Manmade climate change is the main driver behind the unexpected emergence of a group of bacteria in northern Europe which can cause gastroenteritis, new research by a group of international experts shows. The paper, published in the journal Nature Climate Change on Sunday, provided some of the first firm evidence that the warming patterns of the Baltic Sea have coincided with the emergence of Vibrio infections in northern Europe. Vibrios is a group of bacteria which usually grow in warm and tropical marine environments. ... Full Story | Top |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue to Climb in 2011
Fri,20 Jul 2012 10:49 AM PDT
LiveScience.com - International talks to address human-caused global warming began 20 years ago in Rio de Janeiro. But despite attempts to curb emissions of the greenhouse gases responsible, they have continued to pour into the atmosphere since then. Full Story | Top |
Leaders say climate is changing Native way of life
Thu,19 Jul 2012 08:40 PM PDT
Associated Press - Native American and Alaska Native leaders told of their villages being under water because of coastal erosion, droughts and more on Thursday during a Senate hearing intended to draw attention to how climate change is affecting tribal communities. Full Story | Top |
Climate change affecting native communities
Thu,19 Jul 2012 04:22 PM PDT
Associated Press - Native American and Alaska Native leaders told of their villages being under water because of coastal erosion, droughts and more on Thursday during a Senate hearing intended to draw attention to how climate change is affecting tribal communities. Full Story | Top |
Why doesn't Generation X care about climate change?
Thu,19 Jul 2012 04:24 AM PDT
The Week (RSS) - Over the past several years, the U.S. has seen temperatures soar during the summer months, and several Obama administration officials have linked recent severe weather patterns to climate change. The perceived effects of global warming are clearly worrying to many Americans. And yet, a new survey suggests that Generation X — generally Americans born between 1961 and 1981 — is growing increasingly unconcerned about climate change. Here, a guide to the survey: Full Story | Top |
How to Be Cold: Weather is a State of Mind
Wed,18 Jul 2012 10:31 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire -  It has come to our attention that it is hot. Really hot. How does one make him or herself otherwise? How does one become, internally and externally, through and through, back-to-front-and-front-to-back cold?
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