Energy, Water, Land Intertwined & Threatened, Says Report
Water resources, energy and land use are so mutually dependent that climate-related disruptions to any one of them could lead to economically devastating ripple effects — especially as a growing population puts increasing strains on all three. That’s one conclusion of a recent report issued by a federal advisory committee charged with assessing how… Read More
2012 Global Temps Rank in Top 10 Hottest On Record
NASA and NOAA independently keep track of Earth’s surface temperatures, and their records, along with other independent datasets generated in other countries, all show a clear warming trend during the latter half of the 20th century, which studies show is due in large part to manmade emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.… Read More
Southwest Faces Looming Threats From Climate Change
The American Southwest, which is already the hottest and driest region of the nation, is likely to become even hotter and drier in the next few decades thanks in part to the ongoing effects of human-generated greenhouse gases. That’s the verdict of the draft National Climate Assessment report, the product of a federal advisory committee charged … Read More
USDA Declares Winter Wheat Belt Drought Disaster Area
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) declared 597 counties across 14 states natural disaster areas as a result of the ongoing drought that threatens the winter wheat crop. These are the first drought-related natural disaster declarations of the year, and mark the second year in a row that such measures were necessary due to the d… Read More
NOAA: 2012 Hottest & 2nd-Most Extreme Year On Record
According to NOAA, 2012 was the warmest and second-most extreme year on record in the lower 48 states.… Read More
Aussie Heatwave Nears 122°F; Severe Fire Threat Declared
Australia is bracing for more potentially dangerous fires, with temperatures on Friday predicted to soar close to 122°F in the center of the continent and up to 115°F in parts of New South Wales. The return of the scorching heat follows two days of relative cool, during which fire crews tackled more than 100 blazes still burning in New South Wales… Read More
Epic Heat, Wildfires Are Scorching Australian Landscape
Temperatures were so hot this week that BOM meteorologists had to add two new colors to their weather maps, with deep purple now showing temperatures in excess of 50°C, or 122°F. The scale now extends up to 129 °F, according to the New York Times. … Read More
On ABC, Heidi Cullen Talks Climate & 2012’s Extremes
Heidi Cullen, Climate Central's chief climatologist, spoke with reporter Dan Harris of ABC News about the finding that 2012 was the warmest year on record in the contiguous U.S. The news segment also focused on the many extreme weather events of 2012, and the role that manmade global warming may have played.… Read More
