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| Being outdoors perilous during thunderstorms Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 05:35 PM PDT  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The deaths of two people at a scenic overlook in northern Arizona this week bring to 14 the number of people killed by lightning strikes in the U.S. this year, according to the National Weather Service. Many of the victims were enjoying summertime activities like sightseeing, boating, camping and fishing. Weather experts say when thunderstorms roar, you should get out of the water, drop the sporting equipment and flee to a safe area inside a building or a vehicle. Full Story | Top |
| Weird Weather: Dry Seasons Start Earlier, Are Wetter Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 03:13 PM PDT  Call it weird, call it extreme, maybe even call it the new normal. Wild weather in the United States in the past decade has amassed a long list of toppled records and financial disasters. Full Story | Top |
| Why the Price Tag for Global Warming Just Went Up by $60 Trillion Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 09:20 AM PDT  $60 trillion dollars is enough money that you could spend $1 million every minute for a century and still have about $7.5 trillion (roughly the GDP of China) left over. The world will end up spending it a lot faster than that, though, according to new research published in Nature. If the melting in the Arctic remains unchecked, the resulting release of greenhouse gasses from just one region of the world will make addressing climate change $60 trillion more expensive. Full Story | Top |
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