Aug 02 2011
Forty-One Percent of U.S. Abnormally Dry
Conditions are the driest they have been in 12 years since the Drought Monitor began keeping tabs on parched regions around the United States.
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Jul 29 2011
Multiyear Drought in East Africa
Refugees seeking food security from drought and civil-war ravaged Somalia find floods instead.
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Jul 29 2011
When the Arctic Catches Fire
Wildfires in the tundra of Alaska's North Slope pose a severe feedback threat to a warming climate.
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Jul 28 2011
Antarctica: A ‘Scary’ Source for Rising Seas
A new study of ocean sediments indicates West Antarctica as well as Greenland must have contributed to oceans that were 15 to 20 feet higher than their current levels.
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Jul 28 2011
Dirty Dozen Pollutants Ride Again
Pollutants banned from use and imprisoned in the Arctic ice are finding freedom again as the ice melts.
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Jul 22 2011
Searching for Rain Under the Radar
Missing the rain? Meteorologists are too.
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Jul 20 2011
Getting the Dirt on Dust
Airborne dust has so many different influences on basic Earth processes large and small that no single science has a clear understanding of it.
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Jul 15 2011
Why It’s So Hot — and Getting Hotter
Meteorologists warn that another week of intense heat awaits the eastern half of the United States, and no relief is in sight.
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Jul 12 2011
Hot Now? Torch of 2011 Approaches
A large, stubborn heat wave -- what meteorologists are calling the "Torch of 2011" -- appears to be settling in east of the Rocky Mountains.
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Jul 12 2011
Arctic Warming: ‘One Way Trip’
The Arctic Ocean may be ice-free in the summer as early as 2030.
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