Yes, The Summer Of 2013 Did Break Records
Heavy rains in the Southeast this summer made harvesting difficult. CREDIT: AP/Bruce Smith It may not have been as bad as summers past, but this summer was still one for the record books in much of...
View ArticleHow Climate Change Threatens Fall Colors
CREDIT: Shutterstock First sweaters, now leaves? It’s the beginning of fall, which traditionally signifies the coming of brilliant fall colors. But as climate change drives major shifts — such as...
View ArticleWhile Austin Still Waters Its Lawns, Texas Considers Cutting Off Water To A...
CREDIT: AP/Betsy Blaney The record-breaking drought that’s gripped Texas for the last five years has prompted the state’s public utility to call for a halt of freshwater flow to its second-largest...
View ArticleTiny Beetles Are Killing Off Huge Swaths Of Spruce Forests Because Of...
Spruce trees killed by spruce beetles. CREDIT: AP/Rick Bowmer A massive spruce beetle outbreak that’s been decimating coniferous forests in the northern Colorado mountains has been caused mainly by...
View ArticleAnother Dry Winter Could Mean More Water Cutbacks For Californians
An aqueduct in Southern California. CREDIT: AP Photo / MWD of Southern California Another round of water shortages will likely come to California next year, if this winter sees less precipitation than...
View ArticleAmazonian Smokestack? The Rainforest’s Dry Season Is Three Weeks Longer Now...
A severe drought in 2005 caused water levels in the Amazon River to drop by several feet. CREDIT: AP/Luiz Vasconcelos The Amazon rain forest’s dry season lasts three weeks longer than it did three...
View ArticleThe Dead Tree That’s Bringing Drought To Life
THIRST at night. CREDIT: Ben Aqua, Women & Their Work AUSTIN, TEXAS — The ghost of Robert Rauschenberg, the late American painter, has appeared hovering over a lake in Austin, Texas, in the form...
View ArticleNebraska Scientists Refuse To Conduct Climate-Denying Study
Climate denier language added to a Nebraska bill may force scientists to neglect the role humans play in a state-commissioned study. That’s because the bill that created the study limits its scope to...
View ArticleEven If Your State Has No Wildfires, Don’t Expect To Escape The Smoke
Smoke from wildfires in 2011 affected many parts of the United States CREDIT: Natural Resources Defense Council The tragic loss this summer of the 19 elite firefighters, known as the Granite Mountain...
View ArticleA New Water Proposal So Important That Even Rick Perry Supports It
Gov. Rick Perry, center, speaks during a ceremonial signing of a water fund bill, in Austin, Texas on May 28, 2013. CREDIT: AP / Eric Gay Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) is an unabashed ideologue. But...
View ArticleStudy: Arctic Sea Ice Loss Shifts Jet Stream, Driving Deluges In NW Europe,...
Yet another study finds Arctic sea ice loss can shift the jet stream and alter the climate. Arctic sea ice volume in 1000s of cubic kilometers (via Robinson). A new study links recent ice loss to...
View ArticleOfficials Search For Plan As California Reservoirs Drop Below Half Capacity
A Sierra Nevada reservoir. CREDIT: Shutterstock: Katarish California is known for its massive water infrastructure in which northern reservoirs, which fill up from the Sierra Nevada snowpack, supply...
View ArticleDust Storm In Arizona Kills Three
The epic dust storm the swallowed Phoenix in July, 2011. A 19-vehicle pileup on Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Tucson is being blamed on a sudden dust storm that wiped out visibility. Three people...
View ArticleFloods In Central Texas Kill Two And Force Evacuations
CREDIT: Deborah Cannon/AP More than a foot of rain fell across Central Texas Thursday, killing two and prompting dozens of rescues. The rains caused widespread flooding, with one region southwest of...
View ArticleEating More With Less: Leaked IPCC Report Confirms Climate Change Will Shrink...
CREDIT: AP/Hassan Ammar Climate change will seriously damage the world’s ability to feed itself in the coming decades, according to a leaked report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change....
View ArticleCalifornia Headed For Driest Year On Record
Farmer David Schwabauer checks an irrigation sprinkler in Moorpark, Calif. His trees rely on irrigation supplies drawn from a depleted aquifer, and the county is already in drought. CREDIT: AP...
View ArticleClimate Change Is Messing With Rainfall Across The Entire Planet
CREDIT: Shutterstock The redistribution of rainfall predicted by climate change modeling is playing out in real life, a new study by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has found. The research,...
View ArticleMore Than 4.5 Million U.S Homes Are At ‘High Or Extreme Risk’ From Wildfires
More than 4.5 million homes in the U.S. are at high or extreme risk from wildfires, and nearly half of them are in California, according to data from an analytics company. Two million homes in...
View ArticleFirst Wine, Now Lavender? Another Iconic French Industry Threatened By...
Lavender field, Provence, France CREDIT: LLShutterstock It’s known as “blue gold” and it has been cultivated in Provence, France since the Middle Ages. But now, a tiny bacteria-infected cicada is...
View ArticleClimate Change Disproportionately Hurting Pakistan’s Women, Report Finds
CREDIT: Shutterstock If Pakistan’s coastal region of Sindh is any indication, the adverse effects of climate change in developing countries will not be gender neutral. The women in Sindh — a province...
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