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Scientists and birders watching the extraordinary and disturbing midwinter migration of hundreds of snowy owls from the Arctic admit that they don’t know why so many of the birds are departing their natural wintering grounds. One observer used the word “unbelievable.” Another said that it was the “most significant ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this week, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Weather (2 comments)
Russian scientists have drilled into the vast, dark and unknown Lake Vostok, 2.2 miles below the surface of Antarctica, Russian news agency RIA Novosti said Monday. “Yesterday, our scientists stopped drilling at the depth of 3,768 meters and reached the surface of the subglacial lake,” the news agency ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this week, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Weather (3 comments)
Look back on 2011 and you’ll notice a destructive trail of extreme weather slashing through the year. In Texas, it was the driest year ever recorded. An epic drought there killed half a billion trees, touched off wildfires that burned four million acres and destroyed or damaged thousands of ... keep reading
Written by Christian Parenti-via The Nation this week, about Climate Change, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Weather (1 comment)
2012 is expected to be around 0.48 °C warmer than the long-term (1961-1990) global average of 14.0 °C, with a predicted likely range of between 0.34 °C and 0.62 °C, according to the Met Office annual global temperature forecast. The middle of this range would place ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Climate Change, Food, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Weather
The findings come from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, and they confirm what seasoned weather observers like farmers, fishermen and ranchers have long suspected; weather can cause earthquakes, if it is extreme enough. One of the severe weather patterns identified are tropical cyclones, or ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts last month, about Climate Change, Education, Environmental Disasters, Weather
Rena has finally broken up in the weekend's heavy seas. There was still oil on the ship which has now formed a slick and is expected to wash up on the shores of the beaches soon. Some containers are floating and some have sunk leaving their contents to come ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Weather
In a scenario that is becoming all too frequent for Australians, Southwestern parts of the Australian state of Victoria and South Australia both face an extreme risk of bush and grassfires as temperatures surge as high as 40 degrees in a heatwave that creates extreme fire risk. Paramedics have treated ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Water, Weather
As Ban Ki Moon said in September 2007 “ Given the nature and magnitude of the challenge, national action alone is insufficient. No nation can address this challenge on its own. No region can insulate itself from these climate changes. That is why we need to confront climate change within a ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh in December 2011, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Population, Poverty & Development, Weather
In 2011, there were at least 2,941 monthly weather records broken in communities throughout the US., as detailed in a new interactive extreme weather mapping tool and year-end review released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The powerful web-based tool allows Americans to draw the connections between climate ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Lifestyle & Behavior, Weather
Tropical storm Washi has wreaked havoc in the Philippines and more than 600 people are feared dead as the floods reach across huge areas of the country. The major ports of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan were worst hit. About 20,000 soldiers had been mobilised in a huge rescue ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Events, Weather
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