- US drought to continue through winter, may spread Reuters - 12 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The drought that ravaged theUnited States this year does not appear to be abating and mayspread through the winter, government forecasters … More »US drought to continue through winter, may spread
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The drought that ravaged theUnited States this year does not appear to be abating and mayspread through the winter, government forecasters said onThursday. "The large majority of that drought we expect to persist,"said Mike Halpert, deputy director of the National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration. …
- Overnight storms swat Southeast; 7 hurt in Miss. AP - 2 hours 34 minutes ago
The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least four tornadoes were part of the storm system that raked northern and central Mississippi on Wednesday night … More »Overnight storms swat Southeast; 7 hurt in Miss.
- Computer models of Earth's climate change confirmed on Mars Reuters - Wed, Oct 17, 2012 8:57 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Computer models have accurately forecast conditions on Mars and are valid predictors of climate change on Earth, U.S. and French astronomers said … More »Computer models of Earth's climate change confirmed on Mars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Computer models have accurately forecast conditions on Mars and are valid predictors of climate change on Earth, U.S. and French astronomers said on Tuesday. These computer programs predicted Martian glaciers and other features on Earth's planetary neighbor, scientists found. ...
- Weakening Tropical Storm Paul brushes along Baja AP - Tue, Oct 16, 2012 11:19 PM EDT
A weakening Tropical Storm Paul swerved away from a landfall on a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's southern Baja peninsula Tuesday night, brushing the coast with … More »Weakening Tropical Storm Paul brushes along Baja
- Hurricane Paul weakens to Cat 2 storm in Pacific AP - Tue, Oct 16, 2012 8:53 AM EDT
It was raining, but that didn't scare tourists on Mexico's southern Baja peninsula who saw the impending arrival of Hurricane Paul as a minor inconvenience. More »Hurricane Paul weakens to Cat 2 storm in Pacific
- Earth Climate Change Models Work for Mars, Too SPACE.com - Tue, Oct 16, 2012 3:40 PM EDT
Climate change models used to analyze changing conditions on Earth can be applied to at least one other planet in our solar system — Mars, a new study reveals. More »Earth Climate Change Models Work for Mars, Too
- Did Global Warming Really Stop in 1997? LiveScience.com - Tue, Oct 16, 2012 11:16 AM EDT
Claims global warming stopped 15 years ago are based on "cherry-picked" data and don't account for natural fluctuations in climate, according to climate scientists responding … More »Did Global Warming Really Stop in 1997?
- Deadly Tornado Outbreaks Linked to Climate Pattern LiveScience.com - Tue, Oct 16, 2012 8:21 AM EDT
Some of the deadliest outbreaks of tornadoes in recent years have been linked to a particular type of climate pattern by a new study. The findings could help forecasters … More »Deadly Tornado Outbreaks Linked to Climate Pattern
- Did global warming stop 16 years ago? The Week - Mon, Oct 15, 2012 8:22 AM EDT
A British newspaper ignites a new fight over climate change with its interpretation of new temperature data released by the U.K. government More »Did global warming stop 16 years ago?
- September tied global heat record - U.S. government scientists Reuters - Mon, Oct 15, 2012 1:42 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last month tied for the warmest September in the global modern record, scientists at the U.S. government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration … More »September tied global heat record - U.S. government scientists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last month tied for the warmest September in the global modern record, scientists at the U.S. government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported on Monday. This September tied with the same month in 2005 for the record. The land-and-sea global average temperature was 60.21 F (15.67 …
- Forecasters say Rafael has become a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean south of Bermuda AP - Mon, Oct 15, 2012 7:09 PM EDT
Forecasters say Rafael has become a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean south of Bermuda. More »Forecasters say Rafael has become a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean south of Bermuda
Forecasters say Rafael has become a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean south of Bermuda.
- Hurricane Paul forms in the Pacific off Mexico's coast AP - Mon, Oct 15, 2012 5:04 AM EDT
Hurricane Paul forms in the Pacific off Mexico's coast. More »Hurricane Paul forms in the Pacific off Mexico's coast
Hurricane Paul forms in the Pacific off Mexico's coast.
- Tropical Storm Rafael tracks toward Bermuda AP - Sun, Oct 14, 2012 11:13 PM EDT
The outer bands of Tropical Storm Rafael drenched the Caribbean's Northern Leeward Islands on Sunday as its center steadily moved over open ocean on a possible track … More »Tropical Storm Rafael tracks toward Bermuda
- Tropical Storm Patty Forms, Not Expected to Stick Around LiveScience.com - Thu, Oct 11, 2012 5:51 PM EDT
Tropical depression 16 has strengthened into Tropical Storm Patty, the 16th named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. More »Tropical Storm Patty Forms, Not Expected to Stick Around
- Drought holds steady, clouding winter crop outlook AP - Thu, Oct 11, 2012 10:56 AM EDT
The nation's worst drought in decades showed no signs of improvement last week in parts of the Midwest and Plains where the corn harvest is about two-thirds complete, … More »Drought holds steady, clouding winter crop outlook
The nation's worst drought in decades showed no signs of improvement last week in parts of the Midwest and Plains where the corn harvest is about two-thirds complete, clouding the prospects for the winter wheat crop, according to a drought report released Thursday.