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2012 To Take Hottest Year Record?

Posted by Tim Wall Thu May 10, 2012 05:26 AM ET | 0

The summer Olympics may be a few months away, but the climate in the U.S. is already breaking records. Read more

Most Americans Link Global Warming to Weather Madness

Posted Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:35 PM ET | 0

The unseasonably warm weather this winter and spring, have many believing climate change is upon us. Read more

Climate Change Loads Disaster Dice

Posted by Tim Wall Tue Mar 27, 2012 05:37 AM ET | 0

A warmer climate is indeed associated with more intense storms and extreme droughts. Read more

A Perfect Firestorm Threatens West Coast

Posted by Sarah Simpson Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:44 AM ET | 0

Despite the massive wildfires that have swept the western U.S. in recent years, the region has barely begun paying down the huge fire deficit it has accumulated over the last 100 years. Read more

A Perfect Firestorm Threatens West Coast

Satellites Track Cattle Loss

Posted by Tim Wall Tue Oct 25, 2011 03:09 AM ET | 0

Satellite images are helping Kenyan herders receive payouts from their livestock insurance due to drought. Read more

Belizean Barrier Reef Sunk by Quake

Posted by Tim Wall Mon Sep 12, 2011 06:56 PM ET | 0

The quake caused landslides on the undersea slopes where the corals grew. Read more

Gore Plans 24 Hours of 'Climate Reality'

Posted by Kieran Mulvaney Thu Sep 8, 2011 08:17 AM ET | 0

The former Vice President is leading an international 24-hour climate change reality check on Sept. 14. Read more

Gore Plans 24 Hours of 'Climate Reality'

Fires and Floods From Same Phenomenon

Posted by Tim Wall Fri Sep 2, 2011 12:23 PM ET | 0

A split in the jet stream resulted in northern fires and southern floods last year. But the original cause for the blockage that produced the split remains a mystery. Read more

Tropical Civil War Correlated to El Niño

Posted by Tim Wall Thu Aug 25, 2011 03:04 PM ET | 0

El Niño can act as a catalyst for civil war in countries already strained with conflict. Read more

Tropical Civil War Correlated to El Niño

Forty-One Percent of U.S. Abnormally Dry

Posted by Tim Wall Tue Aug 2, 2011 02:53 PM ET | 0

Conditions are the driest they have been in 12 years since the Drought Monitor began keeping tabs on parched regions around the United States. Read more

Forty-One Percent of U.S. Abnormally Dry

Multiyear Drought in East Africa

Posted by Tim Wall Fri Jul 29, 2011 05:57 AM ET | 0

Refugees seeking food security from drought and civil-war ravaged Somalia find floods instead. Read more

More Than Half of U.S. States Broil in Deadly Heat Wave

Posted Fri Jul 22, 2011 01:28 PM ET | 0

U.S. weather experts Friday issued heat alerts for more than half of the 50 states as a blanket of hot air and humidity smothered the country. Read more

Why It's So Hot -- and Getting Hotter

Posted by John D. Cox Fri Jul 15, 2011 06:14 AM ET | 0

Meteorologists warn that another week of intense heat awaits the eastern half of the United States, and no relief is in sight. Read more

Hot Now? Torch of 2011 Approaches

Posted by John D. Cox Tue Jul 12, 2011 02:51 PM ET | 0

A large, stubborn heat wave -- what meteorologists are calling the "Torch of 2011" -- appears to be settling in east of the Rocky Mountains. Read more