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
5 Must-See Charts From Major New U.S. Climate Report
The report, which is the first since 2009 to systematically examine the effects of global warming on the U.S., bolsters some of the conclusions of the previous report and comes to new conclusions, finding that the country is already experiencing a wide range disruptive impacts from global warming, primarily through the changing frequency and severi… Read More
Obama ‘Seriously Considering’ Hosting Climate Summit
Barack Obama may intervene directly on climate change by hosting a summit at the White House early in his second term, environmental groups say. They say the White House has given encouraging signals to a proposal for Obama to use the broad-based and bipartisan summit to launch a national climate action strategy. "What we talked about with the … Read More
U.S. Sets Record for Days Without a Deadly Tornado
In addition, the U.S. has broken a record for the longest streak of consecutive days without a tornado-related fatality. The last tornado death was recorded on June 24, which means that through Jan. 11, there have been 201 straight days without a tornado death.… 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
