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Up to 13% of the Earth's Surface Has Been Really Hot Recently
Tue,7 Aug 2012 02:39 PM PDT
The Atlantic Wire -  Stats in from a new paper show that between 2006 and 2011 between 4 percent and 13 percent of the earth's surface has been covered by extreme heat in the summer. That number, a big jump from the less than 1 percent of pre-1980, tells the scientists who wrote the paper that global warming is most certainly at work in major events like last year's heat wave in Texas, according to The New York Times' Justin Gillis. But other scientists aren't so sure.
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The nation's weather
Tue,7 Aug 2012 01:34 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Weather Underground Forecast for Tuesday, August 07, 2012. The heaviest rain and strongest thunderstorms in the country will be in the Southeast Tuesday as the tail end of a slow moving cold front moves through the region. These thunderstorms will generate areas of heavy rain that could produce some localized flooding from Alabama through the Carolinas.
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Climate Change's Role in Heat Waves Still Under Debate
Mon,6 Aug 2012 04:03 PM PDT
LiveScience.com -  It's no surprise to those who follow climate science that temperature patterns have shifted as the world has warmed up. But in a new study, outspoken climate scientist James Hansen goes a step further, saying devastating heat waves in recent years are the result of global warming.
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Ivory Coast poor weather, disease threaten cocoa main crop
Mon,6 Aug 2012 07:06 AM PDT
Reuters - ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Cloudy skies and cool temperatures across most of Ivory Coast's principal cocoa regions last week triggered the fungal black pod disease, a potential threat to early main crop production, farmers and analysts said on Monday. The 2011/2012 cocoa season, which wraps up at the end of September is expected to fall short of the previous year's record harvest due to poor rainfall. However, regular showers since the rainy season began in April had given a boost to cocoa development, and farmers say trees are currently producing more pods than during the same period last year. ... Full Story | Top |
The Mutant Strength of GMO Corn
Mon,6 Aug 2012 05:41 AM PDT
Takepart.com - Science really had nature beat with genetically modified (GMO) corn. Resistant to bugs and strong in the face of harsh weather conditions, it's been billed as the answer to farmers' woes. Then GMO corn started biting back—literally. Full Story | Top |
Space weather and the coming storm
Sun,5 Aug 2012 02:39 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The delicate threads that hold modern life together are dramatically cut by an unexpected threat from outer space, with disastrous effects. It's the stuff of science fiction usually associated with tales of rogue asteroids on a collision course with earth. But over the next two years, as the sun reaches a peak in its 10-year activity cycle, scientists say there is a heightened risk that a whopping solar storm could knock out the power grids, satellites and communications on which we all rely. ... Full Story | Top |
New study links current events to climate change
Sat,4 Aug 2012 05:53 PM PDT
Associated Press -  The relentless, weather-gone-crazy type of heat that has blistered the United States and other parts of the world in recent years is so rare that it can't be anything but man-made global warming, says a new statistical analysis from a top government scientist.
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New study ties global warming to recent year heat
Sat,4 Aug 2012 03:48 PM PDT
Associated Press - An analysis by a top government scientist says the extreme heat and drought seen in the U.S., Europe and other regions in recent years must be global warming. Specifically the study by NASA scientist James Hansen blames climate change for last year's drought in Texas and Oklahoma, the 2010 heat wave in Russia and the 2003 European heat wave that led to tens of thousands of deaths.
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Obama spends his 51st birthday on the golf course
Sat,4 Aug 2012 01:52 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama celebrated his 51st birthday on Saturday with a round of golf, then helicoptered to the Camp David presidential retreat for a quiet evening off the campaign trail. Obama, an avid golfer, played with colleagues and friends at the Andrews Air Force Base in hot, muggy weather conditions before taking Marine One to Maryland's Catoctin Mountains in the afternoon. The White House did not release details of the president's evening plans or share the menu for the birthday meal he was expected to share with wife, Michelle. ...
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UIL 2Q profit down on warm weather
Fri,3 Aug 2012 03:17 PM PDT
Associated Press - UIL Holdings Corp. reported Friday that its second-quarter profit fell as warm weather hurt demand for the utility company's gas business, but its full year-forecast was roughly in line with expectations. Full Story | Top |
Judge dismisses lawsuit over Wyoming coal leases
Fri,3 Aug 2012 07:44 AM PDT
Associated Press - A federal judge has dismissed a legal challenge from environmental groups that sought to block federal coal leases in Wyoming's Powder River Basin on the grounds that burning the coal would contribute to global warming. Full Story | Top |
MIA on Climate Change
Thu,2 Aug 2012 11:41 PM PDT
National Journal - This year's unremitting heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and freak storms have thrust climate change back into the spotlight. But even with the issue fresh in people's minds—not to mention in media coverage and Washington's echo chamber—climate change hasn't made it onto the priority list that matters most: the presidential campaign trail. Full Story | Top |
Dust from Asia pollutes US, Canada air: study
Thu,2 Aug 2012 12:51 PM PDT
AFP -  Dust and aerosol pollution from Asia travels across the ocean and sullies the air in the United States and Canada, possibly worsening the effects of climate change, a NASA-backed study showed Thursday.
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Light rain as weather system shifts
Thu,2 Aug 2012 12:16 PM PDT
Reuters -  CHICAGO (Reuters) - The drought-hit U.S. Midwest will be left high and dry as fresh weather updates indicate a tropical weather system now at the edge of the Caribbean Sea will not bring any moisture to the area when it makes landfall in about 10 days, an agricultural meteorologist said on Thursday. Known as tropical depression 5, the system initially was expected to reach landfall on August 11-12 near Beaumont, Texas near the Texas-Louisiana border and potentially bring rain into the drought-stricken U.S. Plains and Midwest, according to Drew Lerner, meteorologist for World Weather Inc. ...
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