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Friday, July 27, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Ecstasy Impairs Memory; Massive Stars Likened to Vampires Two dead, over 130,000 without power after fierce storms Deny This: Contested Himalayan Glaciers Really Are Melting, and Doing So at a Rapid Pace-Kind of Like Climate Change Analysis: Evidence for climate extremes, costs, gets more local Hot, dry weather heightens West Nile virus risk Northeast cleans up from intense storms; 2 dead The nation's weather NASA Greenland Ice Melt Report Sparks Global Warming Debate Midday weather update shows minor relief Elephants' move has to wait for cooler weather Mars Rover Curiosity to Double as Martian Weather Station Climate Change Deniers in the House of Representatives Targeted for Defeat Zoloft Treats Fungal Infections Too; Blind Mice See the Light Cavers find mass fossil deposit Down Under Drugmakers Lilly, Bristol weather patent cliffs Hot-Weather Workout Tips Parents Turn Blind Eye to Climate Change, Royally Screw Up Kids' Future Hot & Windy Weather For North Texas Kenya H1 tea output down 11 pct, earnings to remain Midwest cities see increase in dangerously hot weather: report Southern French worms wriggle as far north as Ireland Firefighters battling Neb. fires face hot weather Hot, dry weather affecting ND crops, pastures Want to Understand Climate Change? Try This Simple Book Science Says: Climate Change Could Give You Diarrhea Ecstasy Impairs Memory; Massive Stars Likened to Vampires Fri,27 Jul 2012 03:38 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Discovered: Tanzania might profit from global warming; massive stars suck their partners dry; it's hard to remember things on ecstasy; researching the benefits of barefoot running. Full Story Top Two dead, over 130,000 without power after fierce storms Fri,27 Jul 2012 10:49 AM PDT Reuters - ELMIRA, New York (Reuters) - Violent thunderstorms barreled through the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic regions of the eastern United States late on Thursday, killing two people and cutting power to more than 130,000 homes and businesses in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The storms spawned at least one tornado, which touched down in Elmira, New York, toppling trees and ripping off rooftops, the National Weather Service said. Officials in Pennsylvania and New York reported two storm-related deaths. ... Full Story Top Deny This: Contested Himalayan Glaciers Really Are Melting, and Doing So at a Rapid Pace-Kind of Like Climate Change Fri,27 Jul 2012 08:01 AM PDT Scientific American - Deny This: Contested Himalayan Glaciers Really Are Melting, and Doing So at a Rapid Pace-Kind of Like Climate Change Full Story Top Analysis: Evidence for climate extremes, costs, gets more local Fri,27 Jul 2012 07:23 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists are finding evidence that man-made climate change has raised the risks of individual weather events, such as floods or heatwaves, marking a big step towards pinpointing local costs and ways to adapt to freak conditions. "We're seeing a great deal of progress in attributing a human fingerprint to the probability of particular events or series of events," said Christopher Field, co-chairman of a U.N. report due in 2014 about the impacts of climate change. ... Full Story Top Hot, dry weather heightens West Nile virus risk Fri,27 Jul 2012 06:33 AM PDT Associated Press - Life's a picnic this year for the small, sneaky mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus and pose a deadly risk to humans. Hot, dry weather in the Midwest has created the perfect conditions in still-damp ditches and underground storm water basins where the Culex mosquito breeds. Full Story Top Northeast cleans up from intense storms; 2 dead Fri,27 Jul 2012 05:17 AM PDT Associated Press - Communities around the Northeast are cleaning up after strong thunderstorms swept from Ohio into upstate New York, knocking out power to tens of thousands and leaving at least two people dead. Full Story Top The nation's weather Fri,27 Jul 2012 03:44 AM PDT Associated Press - Weather Underground Forecast for Friday, July 27, 2012. Full Story Top NASA Greenland Ice Melt Report Sparks Global Warming Debate Thu,26 Jul 2012 02:32 PM PDT Yahoo! Contributor Network - A NASA report describing an "unprecedented" instance of ice melting in Greenland has sparked a new debate about global warming and has elicited accusations that the space agency has become politicized where climate science is concerned. Full Story Top Midday weather update shows minor relief Thu,26 Jul 2012 01:19 PM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Little change was noted in midday weather updates for the crop-growing areas of the Midwest, indicating drought stress on U.S. corn and soybean crops is likely to continue for at least the next couple of weeks, an agricultural meteorologist said on Thursday. "There are only minor changes, a little drier in Indiana and Ohio for the next couple of days, a little more rain for Illinois Sunday and Monday," said Andy Karst, meteorologist for World Weather Inc. Karst said weather maps early on Thursday had indicated 0.75 inch to 1. ... Full Story Top Elephants' move has to wait for cooler weather Thu,26 Jul 2012 09:55 AM PDT Associated Press - A trip to move three elephants from the Toronto Zoo to a Performing Animal Welfare Society sanctuary in Northern California has been delayed because of extreme heat expected in Canada in early August. Full Story Top Mars Rover Curiosity to Double as Martian Weather Station Thu,26 Jul 2012 07:48 AM PDT SPACE.com - When NASA's next Mars rover, Curiosity, arrives at the Red Planet next month, it will help pave the way for the humans who might one day follow. Full Story Top Climate Change Deniers in the House of Representatives Targeted for Defeat Wed,25 Jul 2012 02:48 PM PDT Takepart.com - The current House of Representatives has been called one of the most environmentally hostile in history. Part of the problem, according to leading environmental groups is that many members simply refuse to admit, for personal or political reasons, that humans are causing climate change. Full Story Top Zoloft Treats Fungal Infections Too; Blind Mice See the Light Wed,25 Jul 2012 02:28 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Discovered: Weird weather informs beliefs about global warming; sight brought to blind mice; encroachment on tropical reserves; the popular anti-depressive Zoloft can prevent fungal infections.  Full Story Top Cavers find mass fossil deposit Down Under Wed,25 Jul 2012 10:32 AM PDT AFP - Australian scientists said Wednesday cavers had stumbled upon a vast network of tunnels containing fossils that could offer key insights into species' adaptation to climate change. Full Story Top Drugmakers Lilly, Bristol weather patent cliffs Wed,25 Jul 2012 09:50 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co beat profit forecasts and vowed to bounce back by 2015 from its steep patent cliff due to cost cutting and new medicines, while rival U.S. drugmaker Bristol-Myers signaled it is weathering its own painful patent expirations as well as expected. But hopes for 2012 deteriorated at British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, which on Wednesday warned that full-year sales will be flat as pressure on drug prices intensifies in Europe due to government austerity measures aimed at curbing healthcare costs. Its shares fell 1.3 percent. ... Full Story Top Hot-Weather Workout Tips Wed,25 Jul 2012 09:45 AM PDT U.S.News & World Report LP - Going for your usual run or bike ride in hot temperatures can bring scary health hazards if you aren't adequately prepared. Heat can place strain on the cardiovascular system and cause serious illnesses such as dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion, or heat stroke. Heat exhaustion, when someone's body temperature skyrockets to 104 degrees or higher, can develop from enduring many days of extreme temperatures and failing to properly rehydrate. ... Full Story Top Parents Turn Blind Eye to Climate Change, Royally Screw Up Kids' Future Wed,25 Jul 2012 08:42 AM PDT Takepart.com - Discussions about climate change can sometimes get bogged down in rather wonky facts and figures, and the arguments between believers versus deniers. So it was interesting to come across a straightforward appeal this week from Mark Hertsgaard, author of the book Hot. Full Story Top Hot & Windy Weather For North Texas Wed,25 Jul 2012 06:06 AM PDT Full Story Top Kenya H1 tea output down 11 pct, earnings to remain Wed,25 Jul 2012 03:55 AM PDT Reuters - NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's tea output fell 11.4 percent in the first half of the year due to extreme weather conditions, the tea board said on Wednesday, with full-year production projected to decline 5 percent compared to 2011. The tea board said 2012 output was expected to fall to 360 million kg, down from 377 million kg recorded in 2011, mainly due to lower production in the first half of the year. But with average tea prices increasing to around $3 per kg at auctions, up from $2.97 in the first half of 2011, the loss of earnings is expected to be minimal. ... Full Story Top Midwest cities see increase in dangerously hot weather: report Tue,24 Jul 2012 09:01 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Dangerously hot summer days have become more common across the U.S. Midwest in the last 60 years, and the region will face more potentially deadly weather as the climate warms, according to a report issued by the Union of Concerned Scientists on Wednesday. The report looked at weather trends in five major urban areas - Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Minneapolis and St. Louis - along with weather in nearby smaller cities such as Peoria, Illinois, and Toledo, Ohio. ... Full Story Top Southern French worms wriggle as far north as Ireland Tue,24 Jul 2012 04:37 PM PDT AFP - A community of French earthworms has been discovered stealthily colonising a farm in Ireland, possibly aided by global warming to thrive so far north of their natural habitat, a study said. Full Story Top Firefighters battling Neb. fires face hot weather Tue,24 Jul 2012 11:36 AM PDT Associated Press - The firefighters battling wildfires in north-central Nebraska will again face temperatures above 100 degrees on Tuesday. Full Story Top Hot, dry weather affecting ND crops, pastures Tue,24 Jul 2012 10:37 AM PDT Associated Press - Hot, dry weather in North Dakota is hurting crops and grazing land in North Dakota. Full Story Top Want to Understand Climate Change? Try This Simple Book Tue,24 Jul 2012 07:31 AM PDT Scientific American - Want to Understand Climate Change? Try This Simple Book Full Story Top 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

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