A storm system is brewing in the North Pacific, which will help to usher in an “Autumn-like” air mass to the Northwest later this week, and the High Plains for Labor Day weekend. … [Read more...]
The Invisible Victims Of California’s Drought
Irrigation water in California. A 17 year-old pregnant farmworker died in a vineyard of heat exhaustion in the summer of 2008 in triple-digit temperatures. The nearest water cooler was a 10-minute walk and a foreman allegedly wouldn’t let her take a break to get a drink of water. … [Read more...]
Carbon Pollution Is Expanding Global Dry Zones, as Predicted
A landmark study in the journal Nature documents an expansion of the world’s dry and semi-arid climate regions since 1950 — and attributes it to human-caused global warming. This expansion of the world’s dry zones is a basic prediction of climate science. … [Read more...]
Four Hurricanes Churning in the Oceans with More Dangerous Weather Coming
Forecasters are keeping a wary eye on four hurricanes -- two of which are Category 4 -- feeding off the warm waters of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Hurricane triplets Kilo, Ignacio and Jimena have simultaneously formed in the central Pacific. … [Read more...]
Deadly Landslides and Rare Severe Thunderstorms Rock Alaska
A string of landslides turned deadly in the Alaskan panhandle on Tuesday, with three presumed dead in the southeastern city of Sitka. Over three inches of rain fell between late Monday night and Tuesday in the city of 9,000 people in the southern portion of the state’s panhandle, leading to a search-and-rescue operation for three missing men, according to the Alaska Daily News. … [Read more...]
Report Says Deforestation Trends Point To Increasing Losses, Bad News for Climate
By 2050, an area of forests the size of India is set to be wiped off the planet if humans continue on their current path of deforestation, according to a new report. That’s bad news for the creatures that depend on these forest ecosystems for survival, but it’s also bad news for the climate, as the loss of these forests will release more than 100 gigatons of carbon dioxide into … [Read more...]
Why Did 7 Big Oil Companies Submit Climate Pledges To The United Nations?
Earlier this week, seven oil and gas companies proposed methane emissions cuts as part of their contribution to a global climate deal ahead of the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris later this year. … [Read more...]
Weakening Tropical Depression Danny Crosses into Caribbean
Tropical Storm Danny brought rain and strong winds Monday to the islands of the eastern edge of the Caribbean and then quickly dissipated as it headed west. The system weakened into a tropical depression and then degenerated to a trough of low pressure, with maximum sustained winds of 30 mph (45 kph) as it passed through the Leeward Islands and crossed into the Caribbean Sea. … [Read more...]
Fall 2015 Temperature Forecast from the Weather Channel
A warm fall may be ahead for those east of the Mississippi river and in the Northwest, according to the temperature forecast released by The Weather Channel Professional Division on Friday. … [Read more...]
Myanmar Flood Death Toll Over 100, with 1 Million Affected
Myanmar, one of Asia's most impoverished countries, has been hit incredibly hard by weeks of torrential rain with 12 out of 14 states and regions suffering flooding. The death toll from severe flooding across Myanmar has grown to over 100, with nearly one million people affected. Fear intensifies for the country's crucial rice bowl region. … [Read more...]