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This Crater in Siberia Reveals the Future of a Globally Warmed Planet

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Damian Carrington - May. 10 (News Report) - This story originally appeared in The Guardian . The future of a globally warmed world has been revealed in a remote meteorite crater in Siberia, where lake sediments recorded the strikingly balmy climate of the Arctic during the last period when greenhouse gas levels were as high as today. Unchecked burning of fossil fuels has driven carbon dioxide to levels not seen for 3 million years when, the sediments show, temperatures were 46 degrees higher than today, lush forests covered the tundra and sea levels were up to 40 meters higher than today. "It's like deja vu," said Prof Julie Brigham-Grette, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who led the new research analyzing a core of sediment to see what temperatures in the region were between 3.6 and 2.2 million years ago. "We have seen these warm periods before. Many people now agree this is where we are heading." Continue Reading ...

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After Sandy, Government Lends to Rebuild in Flood Zones

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

ProPublica - By Robert Lewis, Special to ProPublica, Al Shaw, ProPublica - Mar. 06 (Investigative Report) - If Staten Island’s Great Kills Marina Café is able to reopen this spring after Sandy ripped apart its interior – blowing out windows and punching through walls – it will be thanks to assistance from the federal government. Interactive Map See where the SBA is lending to rebuild The Small Business Administration has approved the restaurant for a disaster loan of almost $1 million. There’s just one problem: Newly drawn FEMA flood maps show the cafe is at high risk of flooding again, raising the question of whether it makes sense to rebuild there or move elsewhere.

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1.5C rise in temperature enough to start permafrost melt, scientists warn

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Fiona Harvey - Feb. 22 (News) - A global temperature rise of 1.5C would be enough to start the melting of permafrost in Siberia, scientists warned on Thursday. Any widespread thaw in Siberia's permanently frozen ground could have severe consequences for climate change. Permafrost covers about 24% of the land surface of the northern hemisphere, and widespread melting could eventually trigger the release of hundreds of gigatonnes of carbon dioxide and methane, which would have a massive warming effect. However, any such melting would be likely to take many decades, so the initial release of greenhouse gas would probably be on a much smaller scale.

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Obama Administration Moves Forward on Climate Change Without Congress

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

U.S. News & World Report - By Rebekah Metzler - Feb. 22 (News Report) - President Barack Obama is tired of waiting for Congress to move on legislation to reduce carbon emissions, and his administration is poised to move forward on actions to do just that—including a move that will effectively eliminate the possibility of any new coal plant opening in the United States, experts say.

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Crews Work To Restore Power As Snow Blankets Northeast

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

All Things Considered - Feb. 10 (News Report) - A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books, with a potential for up to 3 feet of snow, clobbered the New York-to-Boston corridor overnight, grounding flights and knocking out power to more than half a million customers across the Northeast.

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Blizzard: 1 dead, hundreds of thousands left without power

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Chicago Tribune - By Reuters - Feb. 09 (News Report) - Blizzard: 1 dead, hundreds of thousands left without power

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Capital Ideas: It’s Not Easy Being Green

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By DAVID LEONHARDT - Feb. 09 (Opinion) - The strongest argument for a major government response to climate change is the obvious argument: climate change.

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Weather leaves 150 Northern Ireland homes without electricity

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Jan. 19 (Other) - Northern Ireland Electricity says about 900 homes remain without power this morning, mainly in the Newry and Downpatrick areas.

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U.S. Will Be 2-4 Degrees Hotter In Coming Decades, New Climate Report Says

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

All Things Considered - By Bill Chappell - Jan. 11 (News) - Temperatures will continue to rise in America, "with the next few decades projected to see another 2 degrees [Fahrenheit] to 4 degrees [Fahrenheit] of warming in most areas," according to the latest National Climate Assessment, which came out Friday afternoon.

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Australian heatwave puts south-east on alert as wildfires burn out of control

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Alison Rourke - Jan. 08 (News Report) - Fire service issues 'catastrophic' warnings in New South Wales with temperatures expected to breach 45C in coming days A record-breaking heatwave and high winds across south-eastern Australia have produced some of the worst fire conditions ever seen in the country, with blazes destroying thousands of hectares of land (video) and threatening properties, but – so far – sparing lives. Emergency teams battled more than 130 fires across New South Wales, the country's most populous state, on Tuesday, with at least 40 burning out of control. Fires also continued to burn in Tasmania, after blazes at the weekend destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of land and dozens of properties. Temperatures in some areas surpassed 45C (113F), while Monday's average high temperature across the country set a new record at 40.3C. Further record-breaking highs are expected in the coming days, with the heat so intense that Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has been forced to add new colours to its temperature map – ...

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Storms ground air travel in Northeast

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Josh Levs - Dec. 27 (News Report) - A powerful winter storm will again snarl air traffic in the Northeast on Thursday, canceling hundreds of flights as travelers try to get home after the Christmas holiday.

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Storm brings white Christmas, tornado threat to central U.S

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - Dec. 25 (News Report) - A major winter storm brought a rare white Christmas to the southern U.S. plains on Tuesday, contributing to a 21-vehicle pile-up that shut down a major highway in Oklahoma.

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Messy, dangerous Christmas weather turns deadly

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CBS News - Dec. 25 (News Report) -

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Blizzard warning issued for big chunk of Midwest

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Michael Pearson - Dec. 20 (News Report) - Tens of thousands of people lost power in Iowa as the huge storm blew in, bringing heavy snow and high winds.

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Climate Change Threatens Ski Industry, Leaving Slopes Bare

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Katharine Q. Seelye - Dec. 12 (News Analysis) - As temperatures rise, analysts predict that scores of the nation’s ski centers, especially those at lower elevations and latitudes, will eventually vanish.

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Video: Philippines typhoon survivors sort through wreckage

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - Dec. 10 (News) - With more than 600 dead and hundreds still missing, the death toll from Typhoon Bopha continues to rise as survivors seek food, water and shelter.

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Hurricane Sandy: The Aftermath - In Focus - The Atlantic

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Atlantic Monthly - By Alan Taylor - Nov. 04 (News Analysis) -

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Hurricane Sandy's aftermath is worse than you think

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Slate - By Juliana Jimenez Jaramillo - Nov. 04 (Special Report) - Photos of the devastation

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Sandy aftermath: Lights in lower Manhattan, misery in outer regions

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700

floridatoday.com - By Michael Rubinkam - Nov. 04 (News Report) - The lights were back on Saturday in lower Manhattan, prompting screams of sweet relief from residents who had been plunged into darkness for nearly five days by Superstorm Sandy. But that joy contrasted with deepening resentment in the city’s outer boroughs and suburbs over a continued lack of power and maddening gas shortages.

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Hurricane Sandy Aftermath - Photographs

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - Nov. 04 (News Report) -

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Sandy's aftermath: 33 dead, millions without power - CNN.com

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Matt Smith, Catherine E. Shoichet - Oct. 30 (News Report) - Rescuers plucked stranded New Jersey residents from flooded neighborhoods, workers pumped water from swamped Manhattan tunnels and stunned homeowners dug through the wreckage of their houses Tuesday after Superstorm Sandy ripped into the Northeast.

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Sandy now 'post-tropical,' still lethal

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:50:00 -0700

The Politico - By Andrew Restuccia - Oct. 29 (Breaking News) - Hurricane Sandy is now a post-tropical cyclone — but still as dangerous as ever, the National Hurricane Center said Monday night. “Satellite, radar and aircraft data indicate that Sandy has continued to lose tropical characteristics,” the center said in

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Two lost as storm sinks replica tall ship HMS Bounty

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By David Usborne - Oct. 29 (News) - One of the world's most picturesque paeans to sailing nostalgia was claimed by the sea as giant waves off the Carolinas sunk HMS Bounty, a replica tall ship which was built for the 1962 film Mutiny On The Bounty and, more recently, took a supporting role

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Hurricane Sandy's death toll rises to 65 as flooding continues in Haiti

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Associated Press - Oct. 28 (Breaking News) -

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Hurricane Sandy set to make history as it aims at US coast

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Caroline Humer - Oct. 28 (Breaking News) - Weather forecasters worked to pinpoint the likely landfall of the monstrous Hurricane Sandy as it closed in on the U.S. East Coast Sunday with the potential to be the biggest storm to hit the mainland.

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