By JOSEPHINE MARCOTTY, Star Tribune 16 March 2012 Genetically engineered corn and soybeans make it easy for farmers to eradicate weeds, including the long-lived and unruly milkweed. But they might be putting the monarch butterfly in peril. The rapid spread of herbicide-resistant crops has coincided with — and may explain — the dramatic decline in […]
By Juliet Eilperin18 March 2012 GOLDEN MEADOW, Louisiana – Here on the side of Louisiana’s Highway 1, next to Raymond’s Bait Shop, a spindly pole with Global Positioning System equipment and a cellphone stuck on top charts the water’s gradual encroachment on dry land. In 1991 this stretch of road through the marshlands of southern […]
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer17 March 2012 WASHINGTON — America’s weather is stuck on extreme. Nearly 11 feet of snow has fallen on Anchorage, Alaska, this winter. That’s almost a record, and it’s forcing the city to haul away at least 250,000 tons of snow. Yet not much snow has dropped on the Lower […]
15 March 2012 (CBC News) – An extremely small number of grey seals were killed during the annual hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this year. Sealers said no animals were killed on Hay Island, off Cape Breton, during a hunt that has harvested more than 1,000 animals in past years, and about eight […]
By JUSTIN GILLIS 13 March 2012 About 3.7 million Americans live within a few feet of high tide and risk being hit by more frequent coastal flooding in coming decades because of the sea level rise caused by global warming, according to new research. If the pace of the rise accelerates as much as expected, […]
By Deanna Conners 8 Mar 2012 Ice cover on the Great Lakes has decreased by 71% over the past four decades according to a new study published in February 2012 in the Journal of Climate. The Great Lakes, located in eastern North America, contain about 20% of the world’s surface supply of freshwater. The ice […]
By CORNELIA DEAN5 March 2012 RODANTHE, N.C. — Last August, when Hurricane Irene sliced across the Outer Banks, it cut Highway 12, Hatteras Island’s lifeline, in two places. Engineers rushed to repair the damage, filling and repaving a washed-out stretch of roadway here and building a bridge over a newly formed inlet a few miles […]
WASHINGTON, 29 February 2012 (AP) – Americans’ belief in global warming is on the rise, along with temperatures and surprising weather changes, according to a new university poll. The survey by the University of Michigan and Muhlenberg College says 62 percent of those asked in December think the Earth is getting warmer. That’s up from […]
WASHINGTON, 4 March 2012 (CNHI) – National Weather Service officials said Saturday this week’s tornado outbreaks in the South and Midwest set records for twisters in March, and that tornado alley should brace for more of the same in the weeks ahead. Tuesday’s series of more than 50 tornadoes in Kansas, Missouri and Illinois combined […]
28 February 2012 (Brookings) – As 2012 begins, a growing number of Americans believe global warming is occurring. This is one of the key findings from the latest National Survey of American Public Opinion on Climate Change (NSAPOCC). Other highlights include: More Americans than ever are pointing to experiences with warmer temperatures as the main […]
