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Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News: New York, New Jersey put $71 billion price tag on Sandy Soybeans gain on forecast for dry spell in Brazil Like Cold Weather? You’ve Got Two Days Human Poop Helps Scientists Snoop on History Late rains, cooler weather save most Tenn. crops Foggy start to stormy weather week What Can Climate Talks in Doha Accomplish? UN climate talks open in Qatar Euro debt crisis saps EU's ability to lead climate debate Emissions, climate aid in focus as new round of UN climate talks opens in Qatar Sea snails show impact of more acidic ocean

New York, New Jersey put $71 billion price tag on Sandy  Monday, Nov 26, 2012 04:21 PM PST (Reuters) - New York state and New Jersey need at least $71.3 billion to recover from the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy and prevent similar damage from future storms, according to their latest estimates. The total, which could grow, came as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday the state will need $41.9 billion, including $32.8 billion to repair and restore damaged housing, parks and infrastructure and to cover lost revenue and other expenses. The figure also includes $9.1 billion to mitigate potential damage from future severe weather events, Cuomo said. ... Full Story	Top
Soybeans gain on forecast for dry spell in Brazil  Monday, Nov 26, 2012 01:53 PM PST Soybeans edged higher on concern that dry weather conditions in Brazil will harm this year's crop. Full Story	Top
Like Cold Weather? You’ve Got Two Days  Monday, Nov 26, 2012 01:19 PM PST Full Story	Top
Human Poop Helps Scientists Snoop on History  Monday, Nov 26, 2012 12:06 PM PST Human waste can map two millennia of history and climate change in a remote, Arctic settlement in Norway, according to a new study. Full Story	Top
Late rains, cooler weather save most Tenn. crops  Monday, Nov 26, 2012 08:46 AM PST With most of the harvest done in Tennessee, farmers are lamenting the loss of corn but say timely rains that began midsummer saved most other crops. Full Story	Top
Foggy start to stormy weather week  Monday, Nov 26, 2012 07:52 AM PST Full Story	Top
What Can Climate Talks in Doha Accomplish?  Monday, Nov 26, 2012 05:15 AM PST The international community's attempts to address global warming, and its potentially devastating consequences, resume in earnest today (Nov. 26), as delegates gather in Doha, Qatar. Full Story	Top
UN climate talks open in Qatar  Monday, Nov 26, 2012 03:42 AM PST U.N. talks on a new climate pact resumed Monday in oil and gas-rich Qatar, where negotiators from nearly 200 countries will discuss fighting global warming and helping poor nations adapt to it. Full Story	Top
Euro debt crisis saps EU's ability to lead climate debate  Monday, Nov 26, 2012 02:11 AM PST BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's debt crisis has sapped its ability to lead the way in global climate talks, which began in Doha on Monday, and build on a fragile victory it clinched a year ago. The European Union is one of the few to have promised to sign up to a second emissions-cutting period under the Kyoto process, the only international pact on tackling climate change. ... Full Story	Top
Emissions, climate aid in focus as new round of UN climate talks opens in Qatar  Monday, Nov 26, 2012 12:00 AM PST DOHA, Qatar - U.N. talks on a new climate pact have opened in oil and gas-rich Qatar, where negotiators from nearly 200 countries will discuss fighting global warming and helping poor nations adapt to it. Full Story	Top
Sea snails show impact of more acidic ocean  Sunday, Nov 25, 2012 08:31 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - The shells of some marine snails in the seas around Antarctica are dissolving as the water becomes more acidic, threatening the food chain, a study published in the journal Nature Geoscience said on Sunday. Oceans soak up about a quarter of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere each year and as CO2 levels in the atmosphere increase from burning fossil fuels, so do ocean levels, making seas more acidic. Ocean acidification is one of the effects of climate change and threatens coral reefs, marine ecosystems and wildlife. ... Full Story	Top

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