By David Zucchino3 July 2012 Scientists with a state commission in North Carolina will not be permitted to issue formal predictions of sea level rise based on climate change – at least for the next four years. After enduring national ridicule for proposing a bill to outlaw any coastal sea level projections based on climate […]
4 July 2012 (MSNBC) – In the aftermath of violent storms that knocked out power to millions from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic, sweltering residents and elected officials are demanding to know why it’s taking so long to restring power lines and why they’re not more resilient in the first place. The answer, it turns […]
By Christopher C. Burt1 July 2012 After scorching portions of the West and Plains early last week, the amazing heat wave of June 2012 slid eastward on Thursday, June 28, continuing to astonish us with more all-time heat records. Below is a summary of those. […] ALL-TIME HEAT RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED JUNE 28-30 There […]
By SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press3 July 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks. Horrendous wildfires. Oppressive heat waves. Devastating droughts. Flooding from giant deluges. And a powerful freak wind storm called a derecho. These […]
3 July 2012 – With power, and air conditioning, still out in nearly 1.5 million homes and businesses — and many of those not likely to be reconnected for days — the National Weather Service warned that dangerously high temperatures would hit the Midwest on Tuesday and then spread into the eastern third of the […]
[Particularly doomy at 7:20.] By Steve Moraco – http://facebook.com/SMPhot29 June 2012 Please watch in full screen and in HD if at all possible! This is intended to be viewed full screen on monitors and screens with a 16:10 aspect ratio. You can find the Vimeo version here: http://vimeo.com/stevemoraco/waldocanyon My photography page: Facebook.com/SMPhot My website: SteveMoraco.com […]
By Dr. Jeff Masters30 June 2012 […] A historic heat wave on a scale and intensity not seen in the U.S. since the great heat waves of the 1930s Dust Bowl era set new all-time heat records for at least ten major cities Friday. According to wunderground’s weather historian Christopher C. Burt, fifteen of the […]
By BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press, with additional reporting by Jessica Gresko in Waldorf, Md., Stacy A. Anderson in Bethesda, Md., Steve Szkotak in Lakeside, Va., Jonathan Drew in Atlanta, and Dan Sewell in Cincinnati1 July 2012 FRANCONIA, Virginia – A day after seeking refuge at shopping malls and movie theaters, hoping the lights would be […]
[Click for podcast.] By David Biello1 July 2012 Another fire season is under way in the hot, dry western U.S. Wildfires are wreaking havoc in New Mexico and Colorado, where more than 32,000 people have been evacuated. And who knows where other fires will break out before summer ends. This is exactly the kind of […]
By Matt Peckham 29 June 2012 As an uncontrolled “super fire” near Colorado Springs rages, feeding off parched terrain and forcing tens of thousands from their homes and businesses, high-tech mapping tools are dishing up highly detailed, bird’s eye views of the fire’s scope. Such tools offer everything from perimeter reports and pictures of the […]
