Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News: | | Boost for carbon capture from new non-toxic absorber Sun,23 Sep 2012 10:07 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers have created a new material that could solve some of the problems holding back projects to combat global warming by capturing and burying carbon emitted from power stations. The material, made from aluminum nitrate salt, cheap organic materials and water, is non-toxic and requires less energy to strip out the carbon when it becomes saturated, the scientists said. ... Full Story | Top | The nation's weather Sun,23 Sep 2012 01:56 AM PDT Associated Press - Wet weather will diminish across the East Coast on Sunday as a low pressure system in eastern Canada lifts northeastward and away from the region. Flow around the system will continue producing lake effect rain showers across the southeastern shores of the Great Lakes, but shower activity will be light and widespread. Full Story | Top | Senate votes to shield U.S. airlines from EU's carbon scheme Sat,22 Sep 2012 01:27 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate unanimously passed a bill on Saturday that would shield U.S. airlines from paying for their carbon emissions on European flights, pressuring the European Union to back down from applying its emissions law to foreign carriers. The European Commission has been enforcing its law since January to make all airlines take part in its Emissions Trading Scheme to combat global warming, prompting threats of a trade fight. ... Full Story | Top | 9th Circuit Court rules against Kivalina Fri,21 Sep 2012 06:02 PM PDT Associated Press - A federal appeals court has ruled against the northwest Alaska village of Kivalina, which sued energy companies over claims that greenhouse emissions contributed to global warming that is threatening the community's existence. Full Story | Top | Have You Been Chickified? Some Alternate Definitions of Chickification Fri,21 Sep 2012 08:48 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Alert! . (Why we continue to listen to him is unknown to this writer, but he said something and people are upset, so we will discuss it.) Limbaugh mentions a story out of that cites an Italian study determining that "the average size of a penis is roughly 10 percent smaller than it was 50 years ago." The researchers blame air pollution and global warming for this. Charming Rush says, no, clearly, it's due to feminism, feminazis, "the chickification," and "everything else."
Full Story | Top | New iPhone apps worth downloading: The Weather Channel MAX update, Cooking Planit, The Room Fri,21 Sep 2012 03:56 AM PDT Appolicious - Here are three great iPhone apps to take you into the weekend. The Weather Channel MAX is now compatible with iOS 6 and also features the beautiful redesign we wrote about a few months ago. Cooking Planit is an app aimed at people who enjoy cooking but have previously found trying new recipes a bit intimidating. Finally, we've got The Room, a 3-D puzzle game shrouded in mystery with stunning graphics to make your iPad 2 (and above) shine. Full Story | Top | Good day, bad day: September 19, 2012 Wed,19 Sep 2012 02:15 PM PDT The Week (RSS) - Profiting off global warming As the Arctic ice caps continue to melt at an alarming rate, countries start competing to mine the resources believed to be locked up in the newly-visible land. [Gawker]Striking something better than gold Russia declassifies the existence of one of the richest diamond fields in existence, a Siberian cache that may hold up to $1 quadrillion in diamonds. [Tecca]Big-city living A new study finds that rural residents are twice as likely as city-dwellers to get Alzheimer's. [Huffington Post] BAD DAY FOR:Big-city living A college student strolling through... Full Story | Top | Arctic sea ice thaw may be accelerated by oil, shipping Tue,18 Sep 2012 02:46 PM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Local pollution in the Arctic from shipping and oil and gas industries, which have expanded in the region due to a thawing of sea ice caused by global warming, could further accelerate that thaw, experts say. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said there was an urgent need to calculate risks of local pollutants such as soot, or "black carbon", in the Arctic. Soot darkens ice, making it soak up more of the sun's heat and quickening a melt. ...
Full Story | Top | Satellite Spies Dangerous East Coast Weather System Tue,18 Sep 2012 02:07 PM PDT LiveScience.com - Parts of the East Coast have experienced strong storms today and other parts of it are in for more extreme weather tonight (Sept. 18) — the GOES satellite caught a snapshot of the system bringing the winds and rain.
Full Story | Top | Weather delays last flight of space shuttle Endeavour to museum Mon,17 Sep 2012 06:00 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - The departure of the space shuttle Endeavour on its final flight to a Los Angeles museum has been delayed until Wednesday by bad weather, NASA said. Endeavour, which was retired last year, was scheduled to travel piggyback on top of a specially modified 747 jet, but storms along the planned flight path have pushed back its departure from the Kennedy Space Center until Wednesday. It was the second delay caused by weather in transporting the shuttle, which was originally intended to depart on Monday. ...
Full Story | Top | H&M August sales hit by warm weather Mon,17 Sep 2012 12:28 AM PDT Reuters - STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - World no.2 fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz on Monday posted an unexpected drop in like-for-like sales in August, blaming a heatwave in key European markets for keeping customers away from stores. The Swedish budget apparel firm, which trails Zara owner Inditex by value and turnover, as well as by the number of markets and stores, said sales at stores open a year or more shrank 4 percent in local currencies in August, well below a Reuters poll forecast for 1 percent growth. ... Full Story | Top |
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