Global Fight For Natural Resources ‘Has Only Just Begun’
Business & academic leaders gathered at the Resource 2012 conference to discuss the growing battle for natural resources.… Read More
Waking up With Roker, Lemonick & ‘Global Weirdness’
Fans of Al Roker, or Climate Central, or both, take note! Climate Central’s Michael Lemonick will be on The Weather Channel’s “Wake Up With Al Wednesday morning between 6 and 6:30 a.m., and again on the show’s 8 to 8:30 a.m. half-hour. … Read More
U.S. Drought is Most Severe Since 1950s, Report Says
There is recent scientific evidence showing that global warming tilted the odds in favor of one of the most recent and costliest droughts on record in the U.S.. A report released on July 10 found that global warming boosted the odds that the 2011 Texas drought and heat wave would occur.… Read More
Record Numbers Grow; Fourth-Warmest June in History
June 2012 was not only the fourth warmest June in history, but also the 36th consecutive June and the 328th month in a row that global temperatures have risen above the 20th century average, reported the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Monday in the agency’s monthly State of the Climate report. The last time any month came … Read More
Midwest to Mid-Atlantic Bracing for Onslaught of Heat
Guy Walton at The Weather Channel, using data from the National Climatic Data Center, reports that during June and July to date there were 902 monthly record high temperatures set or tied — an extraordinary amount for such a short period of time. … Read More
Of Climate Change, Cows, and California Dreamin’
The California Milk Advisory Board has got to love this. The Board is the organization behind the “California cows are happy cows TV ads, which say California milk and cheese are better because the Golden State livestock enjoys such balmy weather — way better than, say, frigid, snowy Wisconsin, where cheese is so much a part of the local identity … Read More
Climate Change Fuels the Perfect Firestorm
The last time I chased wildfires across Colorado was in 2003, while serving as a seasonal wildland firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service. I was part of a crew of 20, bouncing through the Rocky Mountains in a battered school bus to put out fires with names like Crazy Woman and the Bluebird. It was a war fought with rakes, spades, axes, and … Read More
Climate Change and How the West Was Lost
For many people, global warming is merely a threat they hear about on TV, a headline they read in the paper, or news from a summit in a foreign city where bureaucrats bicker over parts per million. But where I live, it is a sound, a drone, real and seasonal, embedded in the same mix as the buzz of spring’s calliope hummingbirds, the bugle of bull … Read More
