By Michael Slezak29 January 2013 The east coast of Australia has been drenched by floods and torrential rains, even as recent bush fires affecting much of the country continued to burn. Four people are known to have died as Australians get a further taste of extreme weather that is predicted to become more common as […]
By Sam Nelson, with additional reporting by Carey Gillam in Kansas City; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe28 January 2013 CHICAGO (Reuters) – Dry weather continues to plague the drought-stricken U.S. Plains and western Midwest with only light showers and snowfall expected this week, an agricultural meteorologist said on Monday. “The Plains and the northwest Midwest will […]
By Judy Keen27 January 2013 (USA TODAY) – Thousands of trees died in the historic drought of 2012, and many more will succumb in the next few years. Communities that have lost trees are hesitant to replant now. Hundreds of thousands of trees died in the historic drought of 2012, and many more will succumb […]
By Tim Barlass21 January 2013 (Sydney Morning Herald) – Red Valentino, through the miracle of artificial insemination, has thousands of his progeny in South Africa, North America, Nicaragua, Colombia, Paraguay … and beyond. Described as one of the most genetically influential bulls of his breed, Red Valentino is, in common parlance, a super stud, one […]
19 January 2013 (10 News / Sydney Morning Herald) – Bushfires in Victoria’s east blaze out of control as one man dies, homes are lost, and thousands of hectares are burnt through. The blaze expanded from 950 to 20,000 hectares around Lake Glenmaggie and Coongulla. On Victoria’s bushfire front Technorati Tags: Australia,heat wave,drought,global warming,climate change,wildfire,forest […]
By Valerie Volcovici and Patrick Rucker 18 January 2013 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Reeling from an historic drought, the hottest year on record and more frequent wild weather, mayors from a number of U.S. cities urged the White House this week to take the lead on setting an agenda to address climate change. City leaders said […]
Contact: Alan Buis, Alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov, 818-354-0474 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California17 January 2013 PASADENA, California (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) – An area of the Amazon rainforest twice the size of California continues to suffer from the effects of a megadrought that began in 2005, finds a new NASA-led study. These results, together with observed recurrences of droughts […]
By Sam Nelson, with additional reporting by Carey Gillam in Kansas City; Editing by Dale Hudson18 January 2013 CHICAGO (Reuters) – Dry weather should continue through at least the end of January in the drought-stricken U.S. Plains and a blast of Arctic cold air in the Midwest early next week poses a threat to unprotected […]
By Mike Pearson14 January 2013 (CNN) – Chris Berkey makes his living plying the often treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, delivering staples like cement to industries nestled in the myriad harbors that dot a coastline that’s equal to nearly half of the circumference of the globe. It’s not glamorous work, but it is critical […]
By MANNY FERNANDEZ12 January 2013 AUSTIN, Texas (The New York Times) – There is usually no shortage of controversial and politically divisive issues for lawmakers to address in the opening days of a state legislative session, from abortion to immigration to gun rights. But throughout the opening of the 83rd Texas Legislature last week, one […]
