By Mike Schneider26 May 2011 ORLANDO, Florida — A marine researcher says the BP oil spill may be playing an indirect role in the unusually high number of young dolphins dying in the Gulf of Mexico recently. University of Central Florida researcher Graham Worthy says in a report he is presenting today that the oil and […]
By Tamino25 May 2011 Shortly after it became clear that April 2011 broke the U.S. record for the most April tornados, the Washington Post reported that it was not a “legitimate” record … yet. That’s because earlier years’ counts are adjusted upward in an attempt to compensate for our increasing ability to detect tornados in […]
By Betsy Blaney, Associated Press writer25 May 2011 LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A historic drought has already cost Texas farmers and ranchers an estimated $1.5 billion, and the cost is growing daily as parched conditions persist in much of the state. May is typically the wettest month in Texas, but parts of the state haven’t […]
By Bill McKibben23 May 2011 Caution: It is vitally important not to make connections. When you see pictures of rubble like this week’s shots from Joplin, Mo., you should not wonder: Is this somehow related to the tornado outbreak three weeks ago in Tuscaloosa, Ala., or the enormous outbreak a couple of weeks before that […]
Note that the previous record level was 58 feet. Mississippi River at Natchez Technorati Tags: flood,North America,global warming,climate change,agriculture,infrastructure failure
[“Dilution is the solution”.] By Kevin Cooper4 May 2011 PORT GIBSON — An unknown amount of radioactive water was released accidentally into the Mississippi River late last week at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is investigating the incident, but suggests the release poses no public health hazard. Entergy Nuclear, which operates […]
By Jerry Lackey21 May 2011 Weather disasters across the nation already have wreaked havoc on 2011 agriculture, maybe worse than millions of feral hogs are doing to livestock, irrigated crops, city parks and golf courses. But hold onto your hat, more is ahead as meteorologists predict an active hurricane season from June through November. Croplands […]
By Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca 20 May 2011 Wildfires ripping through Alberta’s boreal forest or what government officials call “freakish” firestorms are really a snapshot of how warming global temperatures and intensified insect infestations will change the nation’s boreal forest, say scientists. In the last week nearly 100 wildfires, battled by 1,000 forest fighters, have shut […]
By Mark Thompson 24 April 2011 … While working on a recent piece on how to cut $1 trillion from the $7-trillion-plus U.S. defense budget over the coming decade, I stumbled upon a provocative analysis by Roger Stern, an economic geographer at Princeton University. He says the U.S. has “mis-allocated” — others might say “wasted” […]
By Elizabeth Crisp, USA TODAY17 May 2011 JACKSON, Miss. – Addie Mae Payton waits every Thursday for the Meals On Wheels man to bring her lunch. “It’s things like chicken, rice and vegetables that I can heat up in the microwave,” says Payton, 85. “You get full off of it, you sure do.” Even with […]
