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Monday, July 30, 2012 8:30 PM PDT

Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Hot weather outlook again boosts natural gas Natural gas resumes 3-month surge on hot weather Midday US weather updates drier than before Weather service forecasts 110 degrees in Arkansas Global warming is due to humans: US ex-skeptic Greener Olympics Mean Cleaner Air The nation's weather N. Korea forecasts new storm damage after deadly floods Scientists find CO2-sucking funnels in Southern Ocean Scientists unlock ocean CO2 secrets key to climate: study 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 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 Hot weather outlook again boosts natural gas Mon,30 Jul 2012 01:07 PM PDT Associated Press - As the temperature keeps rising, so does the price of natural gas. Full Story Top Natural gas resumes 3-month surge on hot weather Mon,30 Jul 2012 10:42 AM PDT Associated Press - As the temperature keeps rising, so does the price of natural gas. Full Story Top Midday US weather updates drier than before Mon,30 Jul 2012 10:29 AM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Midday weather updates indicated even drier weather than earlier forecasts in the U.S. Midwest for the next week or two which will increase stress on corn and soybean crops that already have been slashed due to the worst drought in over 50 years, an agricultural meteorologist said on Monday. "It doesn't look good for crops at all, now it's a matter of just how bad it's going to get," said Andy Karst, meteorologist for World Weather Inc. ... Full Story Top Weather service forecasts 110 degrees in Arkansas Mon,30 Jul 2012 10:14 AM PDT Associated Press - The National Weather Service is forecasting temperatures as high as 110 degrees and a high danger of wildfire in Arkansas. Full Story Top Global warming is due to humans: US ex-skeptic Mon,30 Jul 2012 10:02 AM PDT AFP - A prominent US skeptic of the human causes of climate change, Richard Muller, has reversed course and said on Monday that he now believes greenhouse gases are responsible for global warming. Full Story Top Greener Olympics Mean Cleaner Air Mon,30 Jul 2012 06:16 AM PDT Scientific American - A new analysis shows how the summer Olympics helped clear the air in Beijing--and combat climate change. David Biello reports Full Story Top The nation's weather Mon,30 Jul 2012 03:08 AM PDT Associated Press - Weather Underground Forecast for Monday, July 30, 2012. Full Story Top N. Korea forecasts new storm damage after deadly floods Sun,29 Jul 2012 12:26 PM PDT AFP - North Korea said Sunday it was being lashed by severe thunderstorms that could cause major damage, just days after flooding that killed scores and left tens of thousands homeless. Full Story Top Scientists find CO2-sucking funnels in Southern Ocean Sun,29 Jul 2012 10:25 AM PDT AFP - Scientists said Sunday they had unraveled the mechanism by which Earth-warming carbon is sucked deep into the Southern Ocean to be safely locked away -- a process that may itself be threatened by climate change. Full Story Top Scientists unlock ocean CO2 secrets key to climate: study Sun,29 Jul 2012 10:07 AM PDT Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - From giant whirlpools to currents 1,000 km wide, scientists said on Monday they have uncovered how vast amounts of carbon are locked away in the depths of the Southern Ocean, boosting researchers ability to detect the impact of climate change. Oceans curb the pace of climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels. The Southern Ocean is the largest of these ocean carbon sinks, soaking up about 40 percent of mankind's CO2 absorbed by the seas. ... Full Story Top 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 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

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