Drought Shrinks Slightly; NOAA Issues Gloomy Outlook
A new federal drought outlook issued on Thursday projects that the drought conditions are likely to remain entrenched through April, and that the drought may even worsen from the Plains to the Rockies and into the Southwest, along with another area of persistent and expanding drought in the Southeast, including southern Georgia and the Florida Panh… 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
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
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
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
Drought to Last Into 2013; Impacts Expected to Intensify
After another week of low rainfall and high temperatures in the Midwest and Great Plains, it is all but guaranteed that this year will end with more than half of the area in the lower 48 states still under drought conditions. Now, as the drought is poised to enter 2013, climatologists expect its impacts to worsen as it lasts through the winter. … Read More
NOAA: 2012 To Rank as Second Costliest Year Since 1980
While the total number of billion dollar natural disasters is down from 2011, when there were a record 14 such events, costing a total of about $60 billion, the economic losses this year are expected to exceed last year, largely due to the massive economic toll caused by Hurricane Sandy and the widespread drought… Read More
A Year After Flooding, Commerce on Mississippi Imperiled
It was only a year ago that there was record flooding along the Mississippi River and many of its tributaries. Heavy rainfall combined with spring snowmelt to cause the mighty Mississippi to overflow its banks, damaging towns and farmland that line the waterway.… Read More
