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BP objects to $34 billion oil spill claims sought by states
Reuters: BP Plc has tallied up claims made by states and local governments on the U.S. Gulf Coast for economic and property damages from the Macondo oil spill, and come up with a figure of $34 billion, which it deems “substantially” overstated. Continue reading
Global food crisis will worsen as heatwaves damage crops, research finds
Guardian: The world’s food crisis, where 1 billion people are already going hungry and a further 2 billion people will be affected by 2050, is set to worsen as increasing heatwaves reverse the rising crop yields seen over the last 50 years, according to new research. Severe heatwaves, such as those currently seen in Australia, are expected to become many times more likely in coming decades due to climate change Continue reading
Global food crisis will worsen as heatwaves damage crops, research finds
Guardian: The world’s food crisis, where 1 billion people are already going hungry and a further 2 billion people will be affected by 2050, is set to worsen as increasing heatwaves reverse the rising crop yields seen over the last 50 years, according to new research. Severe heatwaves, such as those currently seen in Australia, are expected to become many times more likely in coming decades due to climate change Continue reading
Storm Brings Tornado Outbreak and Blizzard Conditions
Climate Central: A far-reaching storm system tore across the South on Tuesday, causing what is likely to go into the record books as the worst Christmas Day tornado outbreak on record. The storm responsible for the severe weather also spread a swath of snow and ice from Texas to Indiana, and the whole mess of extreme weather slid east on Wednesday, with a string of blizzard warnings that stretched at least 700 miles across seven states as of midday Wednesday. Continue reading
Forecasting Denial: Why Are TV Weathercasters Ignoring Climate Change?
Rolling Stone: It’s been a busy year for TV weathercasters: July was the hottest month ever recorded in the United States, unprecedented wildfires scorched the West, the worst drought in 50 years parched two-thirds of the county. Then, in October, Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York and New Jersey Continue reading
New York readies for Veterans Day as region struggles
Reuters: New York City was preparing to stage its first major event since cancelling its annual marathon as thousands of victims of Superstorm Sandy continued to struggle with power outages, gasoline shortages and freezing weather conditions. Sunday’s annual Veterans Day Parade is expected to attract crowds of over 600,000 people to central Manhattan and will be a test for a city still struggling to clean up after one of the worst natural disasters in the region’s history. Continue reading
It’s not just Sandy: U.S. hit by record droughts, fires, and heatwaves in 2012
Mongabay: As the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy-killing over 100 people and producing upwards of $50 billion in damage along the U.S. East Coast-has reignited a long-dormant conversation on climate change in the media, it’s important to note that this is not the only weird and wild weather the U.S Continue reading
It’s not just Sandy: U.S. hit by record droughts, fires, and heatwaves in 2012
Mongabay: As the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy-killing over 100 people and producing upwards of $50 billion in damage along the U.S. East Coast-has reignited a long-dormant conversation on climate change in the media, it’s important to note that this is not the only weird and wild weather the U.S Continue reading
Let it snow – U.S. farms need recharged soil moisture after drought
Reuters: Drought-struck areas of the U.S. Plains winter wheat belt need a deluge of rain and snow this winter to fully recharge parched farmland, an unlikely scenario that means wheat, corn and soybean crops could face a rough new season. While the worst drought in roughly half a century is slowly loosening its grip on the United States, meteorologists and agronomists warn that the threat has not passed Continue reading
A Record Lack of Rain in Drought-Stricken Nebraska
Climate Central: The 2012 drought has already set a slew of records, and is destined to go down in history as one of the worst droughts since the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s. The drought is not having the same impacts in every state, with recent improvements taking place in the lower Mississippi River Valley, parts of the Midwest, and the East. However, in the Plains and Upper Midwest, along with the West in general, the situation looks bleak Continue reading
