By Miguel Llanos, msnbc.com19 April 2012 Most of the Southwest as well as parts of California and the Southeast can expect drought conditions to worsen through July, federal forecasters said Thursday. “Overall, the current Drought Outlook is not optimistic,” the National Weather Service said in summarizing its forecast. Besides affecting farmers and ranchers, drought means […]
By greenman361016 April 2012 Join the conversation and support this series at http://www.climatecrocks.com. For these and more videos, check out the Glimpse Science Network. This extraordinary mild winter in North America, followed by an unprecedentedly warm March, has shocked a lot of people who formerly dismissed the reality of climate change. In addition, several years […]
By JUDY FAHYS, The Salt Lake Tribune 14 April 2012 What Bruce Tremper saw when he ventured into the Wasatch backcountry this spring surprised him. Bare patches littered the winter landscape where he was used to seeing snow — even on high-elevation ridge tops. In one of his last forecasts of the season for the […]
Number of hottest (above) and coldest (below) day-of-the-month (highest maximum) records at 43 Australian climate reference stations with daily data from 1910; for each year (orange line) and each decade (grey boxes), and the 11-year average (black line). The average for the most recent 10-year period (2002-2011) is shown in darker grey. Australian annual-average overnight […]
[This result might be difficult to reconcile with recent Gallup poll results: U.S. worry about water, air pollution at historic lows – Concern about global warming dead last. Also, keep in mind recent research on characterizing the relationship of extreme weather to climate change, which may diverge greatly from naïve expectations.] By JUSTIN GILLIS17 April […]
By Luzi Ann Javier and Ranjeetha Pakiam17 April 2012 Demand for edible oils is climbing to a record as drought damages crops across South America, leaving buyers with the smallest stockpiles in three decades. The use of soy, palm, rapeseed and six other oils will rise 3.9 percent this year, reducing the ratio of reserves […]
(AP) YOKOSUKA, Japan – To the world’s military leaders, the debate over climate change is long over. They are preparing for a new kind of Cold War in the Arctic, anticipating that rising temperatures there will open up a treasure trove of resources, long-dreamed-of sea lanes and a slew of potential conflicts. By Arctic standards, […]
BOSTON, 16 April 2012 (Reuters) – The 116th Boston Marathon kicks off on Monday with as much focus on the potentially dangerous heat facing thousands of citizen runners as on the elite athletes who will scorch the course in a little over two hours. The temperature in Boston on Monday is forecast to hit 86 […]
Increase in annual-average daily mean temperature from 1960 to 2011 (in °C). Most of Australia has experienced warming over the past 50 years, with some areas experiencing warming since 1960 of up to 1°C. The warming trend has occurred against a backdrop of natural, year-to-year climate variability. Most notably, El Niño and La Niña events […]
By Jonathan Bamber, www.guardian.co.uk 15 April 2012 Glaciers are one of the natural environments most often used to illustrate the impacts of climate change. It is fairly indisputable that in a warming world, glaciers melt faster. Yet two recent studies published in top scientific journals (more here and here) suggest that in the Himalayas the […]
