Aug 02 2011

Forty-One Percent of U.S. Abnormally Dry

Tag: Food,Heat Waves,Maps,Meteorology,Summer — Tim Wall @ 6:53 pm
Conditions are the driest they have been in 12 years since the Drought Monitor began keeping tabs on parched regions around the United States.

Jul 29 2011

Multiyear Drought in East Africa

Tag: Climate Change,Deserts,Drought,Food,Global Warming,Heat Waves,Meteorology,Natural Disasters — Tim Wall @ 9:57 am
Refugees seeking food security from drought and civil-war ravaged Somalia find floods instead.

Jul 22 2011

More Than Half of U.S. States Broil in Deadly Heat Wave

Tag: Heat Waves,Outdoor Activities,Summer,Water Sports — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 5:28 pm
U.S. weather experts Friday issued heat alerts for more than half of the 50 states as a blanket of hot air and humidity smothered the country.

Jul 15 2011

Why It’s So Hot — and Getting Hotter

Tag: Heat Waves,Meteorology,Summer — John D. Cox @ 10:14 am
Meteorologists warn that another week of intense heat awaits the eastern half of the United States, and no relief is in sight.

Jul 12 2011

Hot Now? Torch of 2011 Approaches

Tag: Heat Waves,Meteorology,Summer — John D. Cox @ 6:51 pm
A large, stubborn heat wave -- what meteorologists are calling the "Torch of 2011" -- appears to be settling in east of the Rocky Mountains.

Jun 30 2011

Climate Change Good for Oregon Grapes – Not Napa

Tag: Carbon Emissions,Climate Change,Food,Food Chain,Global Warming,Heat Waves,Pollution — Tim Wall @ 7:31 pm
Climate change could halve California and Washington wine regions by 2040, but give Oregon vineyards a boost.

Jun 14 2011

Curb Soot and Smog to Keep Earth Cool, Says UN

Tag: Africa,Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing,Animals,Arctic Regions,Asia,Cars,Climate,Climate Change,Coal,Cooking,Death and Dying,Earth,Environment,Exhaust and Emissions,Fossil Fuels,Glaciers,Global Warming,Heat Waves,Heating,Lung Cancer,NASA,Organic,Parks and Forests,Particles,Pigs,Rice and Grains,Science,Scientists,The Sun,Vehicles,Video,Waste — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 1:21 pm
Sharply reducing emissions of soot and smog could play a critical role in preventing Earth from overheating.

Jun 08 2011

Extreme Heat the New Norm

Tag: Carbon Emissions,Climate Change,Global Warming,Heat Waves,Natural Disasters — Tim Wall @ 5:03 pm
A Stanford study forecasts that in 20 to 60 years the coolest summer will still be hotter than any summer experienced in the second half of the 20th century.

May 04 2011

Heat Wave Warning for the Windy City

Tag: Carbon Emissions,Carbon Footprint,Climate Change,Global Warming,Heat Waves,Natural Disasters,Pollution,Weather — Tim Wall @ 8:09 pm
Chicago is in for a hot time in the old town come 2100 - if no adaptation or mitigation for climate change is taken.

Apr 19 2011

Sugarcane Cools Climate, Heats Up Tax Debate

Tag: Carbon Emissions,Climate Change,Energy,Food,Global Warming,Heat Waves,Meteorology,Pollution,Renewable Energy,Weather — Tim Wall @ 2:20 pm
Sugarcane, already considered an ideal biofuel crop because its growth in tropical areas mean little freshwater is wasted on irrigation, is now shown to have climate cooling powers as well.
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