Warmest Summer on Record for DC and New York
It's official: Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y. both sweated through their warmest summers on record this year.… Read More
A Tale of Two Coasts: The East Roasts While the West Shivers
During June and July, record heat gripped the eastern U.S., while cities along the West Coast from San Diego to Seattle shivered.… Read More
Climate in Context: August 24, 2010
La Nina to stick around a while; study finds no clear link between climate change and disaster losses; hurricane season heats up.… Read More
Climate in Context: August 17, 2010
A coal ash story that is hard not to be affected by; study points to irrigation canals as a weather modification mechanism; and a review of severe weather and climate change stories.… Read More
Why Can’t Scientists Say the Recent Extreme Weather Events Are ‘Proof’ of Climate Change?
The extreme weather events we are seeing today, such as flooding in Pakistan and the Russian heat wave, are theoretically possible with or without climate change. But climate change greatly increases the odds that extreme events will occur. … Read More
Scientist Explores Links Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change
In an interview, Dr. Peter Stott of the UK Met Office explains the complicated relationship between climate change and extreme weather events.… Read More
Connecting the Dots Between Russian Heat Wave and Asian Floods
The epic Russian heat wave, deadly flooding in Pakistan, and climate change may be related, but exactly how is unclear.… Read More
Greenland Sheds a ‘Mega-Berg
An iceberg four-times the size of Manhattan broke off a Greenland glacier late last week.… Read More
