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Coral reef growth is slowest ever
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-01.02.09- Coral growth in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has slowed to its most sluggish rate in the past 400 years. The decline endangers the species the reef supports, say researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Global warming and the increasing acidity of seawater are to blame, they write in Science journal.
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Floods kill five in central Vietnam
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-01.02.09- Unseasonable floods brought by rains this week have killed at least five people in central Vietnam while 10 others remained missing, the government and state-run media said Saturday.... (
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A deadly start to the avalanche season
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-01.02.09- Abundant snow from the Rockies to the Alps is leading to forecasts of a particularly active avalanche season this winter. In the northwest USA, early season snow fell during October and November, providing an unstable base for the heavy December snowfall. 19 people have been killed in avalanches in the northwest over the past two weeks alone.
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The heatwave continues in Perth
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-01.01.09- A heatwave continues to grip Western Australia with temperatures remaining above the seasonal average. For the past week temperatures have stayed higher than normal in Perth, the peak of the hot spell was recorded on Tuesday 30th December 2008 with a maximum of 39C, 11 degrees above normal.... (
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New England hit by New Year's Eve snowstorm
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-01.01.09- from a winter storm shut down a midnight fireworks display planned for Boston's annual New Year's Eve celebration, but revelers who braved the frigid weather got to see an earlier show. The National Weather Service reported about 6 inches of snow in the Boston area as the storm wound down, with up to 11 inches in the southeastern part of the state. Single-digit temperatures were reported in many areas Wednesday night, and no higher than the teens on Cape Cod and the islands.... (
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2008 one of wettest years ever in Mo.
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-01.01.09- Following nearly three years of sparse rainfall, 2008 is poised to go into the record books as the state's wettest year ever, eclipsing even the Great Flood year of 1993.
State Climatologist Pat Guinan said projections indicate the state will average just over 57 inches of precipitation, a fraction above the record of 56.9 inches set in 1993. But it will be a couple more months before the final, statewide numbers are official, he said.
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Snowy weather improves Wyoming's water outlook
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-01.01.09- Two weeks of snowy weather has significantly improved Wyoming's winter water outlook. The forecasters say Wyoming needs more wet winters before it can recover from several years of drought.... (
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ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change Forcing Penguins North?
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-12.31.08- Warm ocean currents may have confused some 2,500 penguins from Argentina's Patagonia region that washed up -- dead and alive -- on Brazil's northern coast.... (
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Winter storms continue to pound northern USA
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-12.31.08- Spokane residents were trying to dig out Tuesday after a record-breaking month of snow collapsed roofs and clogged streets. Bismarck, N.D., also set a snowfall record. The city's previous record of 56.9 inches was set in January 1950. Snowfall records in the area have been kept since 1893, Kelch said.... (
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Global warming affecting migratory birds, says Indian ornithologist
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-12.31.08- Indian ornithologist has said that global warming and the rising temperatures have brought about an imbalance in the timing of the winter arrival of migratory birds and the food stock available to them. ... (
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Waning wildlife
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-12.31.08- Changes to ocean and air temperatures, rising sea levels, loss of habitat, scarcity of food, altered precipitation patterns, environmental asynchronicity — these are the concerns of wildlife biologists who are watching the increased effects of climate change on the thousands of plant and animal species that share the earth with people. ... (
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Floods hit Mozambique
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-12.31.08- Torrential rain falling over consecutive days has led to floods across southern Mozambique. These floods are reported to have forced thousands from their homes and killed at least one person.... (
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Thousands still powerless in Midwest as flood fears rise
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-12.30.08- Utilities in Michigan scrambled Monday to restore power knocked out by a gusty weekend storm as rain and melting snow caused flooding there and in other parts of the Midwest. About 162,000 customers were without electricity in Michigan, down from more than 400,000 on Sunday, according to the state's utilities. Some could remain without power until Wednesday because of Sunday's storm, which carried winds gusting more than 60 mph.
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Records fall in North Dakota snowstorm
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-12.30.08- The National Weather Service said Garrison about 13 inches of new snow fell on Garrison, the most accumulation in the state from the latest storm. But it's been a record month for snow in North Dakota.... (
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Perth set for a sizzling start to the New Year
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-12.29.08- Perth, Western Australia, is currently experiencing a spell of hot weather which looks set to bring a sizzling start to the New Year. ... (
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'Huge year for natural disasters'
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-12.29.08- The past year has been one of the most devastating ever in terms of natural disasters, one of the world's biggest re-insurance companies has said. Munich Re said the impact of the disasters was greater than in 2007 in both human and economic terms.
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Flooding in Wheatland
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-12.29.08- After the area's big melt, there's nowhere for all the water to go. It is causing rivers to swell.
It's near perfect conditions for flooding. Lots of snow, followed by warm temperatures and a big rainfall.
That's just what happened here along the Root River in Racine County and the Fox River in Kenosha County, where some homes are partially submerged in the water.
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Floods to follow freeze in Midwest USA
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-12.28.08- Rain, hail and high winds hit the Midwest on Saturday, helping to thaw ice and snow after days of freezing conditions. This heavy rain combined with melting snow could cause damaging floods.... (
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NASA Study Links Severe Storm Increases, Global Warming
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-12.28.08- The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth's tropics -- the type associated with severe storms and rainfall -- is increasing as a result of global warming, according to a study by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.... (
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Hot Southern Summer Threatens Coral With Massive Bleaching Event
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-12.28.08- A widespread and severe coral bleaching episode is predicted to cause immense damage to some of the world’s most important marine environments over the next few months.... (
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61-degree weather floods Chicago area
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-12.28.08- Melting ice and heavy thunderstorms delivered a nasty one-two punch to the Chicago area Saturday, resulting in widespread flooding in low-lying areas and power outages throughout the city and suburbs. Things could get worse, if temperatures drop as expected and water on roads and sidewalks turns to ice.
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Floods could follow ice in Midwest
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-12.27.08- Rain and rapidly rising temperatures accompanied by thick fog threatened to cause flooding Saturday in the Midwest after days of Arctic cold, heavy snow and ice. Thick ice on roads that contributed to dozens of deaths had thawed and mountains of snow turned into pools and streams of water.
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Ecosystem Changes In Temperate Lakes Linked To Climate Warming
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-12.27.08- Unparalleled warming over the last few decades has triggered widespread ecosystem changes in many temperate North American and Western European lakes, say researchers at Queen's University and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.... (
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Minnesota's iconic moose are dying off
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-12.27.08- The primary culprit in what is known as the moose mystery, scientists say, is climate change, which has systematically reduced the Midwest's already dwindling moose population and provoked alarm in Minnesota, where wildlife specialists gathered for a "moose summit" this month in Duluth. Temperatures tell much of the story. Over the last 40 years in northwest Minnesota, the average winter temperature has risen significantly — 12 degrees — while summers are 4 degrees warmer.... (
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Erratic weather 'harms wildlife'
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-12.27.08 UK wildlife is struggling to cope as erratic and unseasonal weather has taken its toll for a second consecutive year, the National Trust says.
It says birds, mammals and particularly insects have all suffered from a cold, late spring, a wet summer with little sunshine and a long, dry autumn.
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Flooding in Bolivia
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-12.27.08- Several rain swollen rivers in central and eastern Bolivia have burst their banks, leaving roads closed and homes damaged. Last year, the rainy season was especially active, and flooding caused more than 60 deaths.... (
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Floods could follow ice in Illinois
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-12.26.08- Mother Nature on Friday continued to mix it up in Illinois by following snow storms and blasts of Arctic air earlier in the week with freezing rain, then fog and rapidly rising temperatures that threatened flash flooding.
Roadways lacquered with ice during early morning commutes thawed quickly, but mountains of melting snow began to create hazardous pools of water on those same roads later in the day.
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Winter storm pounds West as ice wreaks havoc in Midwest
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-12.26.08- Yet another snowstorm closed highways in parts of the West on Friday, the latest in a tiring week of bad weather, and a dangerous sheet of ice in parts of the Midwest contributed to a looming flood problem... (
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Sierra Warming: Later snow, earlier melt: High anxiety
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-12.26.08- Finally, snow. After weeks of waiting, mountain residents awoke to their first glimpse of winter on Dec. 13, a few fluffy inches of powder that clung to the tops of boulders like chefs' hats.... (
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Climate Change Threatens Livelihoods
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-12.26.08- Climate change will affect the Zambezi River basin more severely than any other river system in the world, according to Kenneth Msibi, Water Policy and Strategy Expert for the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Increased floods, drought and increased levels of disease threaten lives and livelihoods all along the river’s length. ... (
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Snow storm batters Japan
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-12.26.08- A powerful winter storm hit Japan on Thursday, covering much of the country in a thick blanket of snow.... (
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The United States are preparing for a white Christmas
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-12.24.08- The United States are preparing for some wintry weather this Christmas, as two different storm systems head towards the west and eastern coasts. Further west, more than 10 days of wintry weather has culminated in the arrival of a storm which dumped more than 10 inches (25cm) in Portland, Oregon. The last storm of such significance was in 1980, which brought 16 inches (41cm) to the state. ... (
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Does Global Warming Lead To A Change In Upper Atmospheric Transport?
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-12.24.08- Most atmospheric models predict that the rate of transport of air from the troposphere to the above lying stratosphere should be increasing due to climate change. Surprisingly, Dr. Andreas Engel together with an international group of researchers has now found that this does not seem to be happening. On the contrary, it seems that the air air masses are moving more slowly than predicted. This could also imply that recovery of the ozone layer may be somewhat slower.... (
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Flash floods hit Sao Paulo
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-12.23.08- Heavy rain and hail pounded Sao Paulo on Monday, triggering flash floods and widespread disruption. ... (
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Stronger Coastal Winds Due To Climate Change May Have Far-reaching Effects
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-12.22.08- Future increases in wind strength along the California coast may have far-reaching effects, including more intense upwelling of cold water along the coast early in the season and increased fire danger in Southern California, according to researchers at the Climate Change and Impacts Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz.... (
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Melting Yosemite glacier an omen
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-12.22.08- As melting water gushed off the ice in a tinseled maze of rivulets and tumbled through a gaping chasm, the hikers watched, wondered and worried. "All across the Sierra, glaciers are transitioning into ice patches. Ice patches are transitioning to snow fields. And snow fields are transitioning into bedrock," said Greg Stock, a geologist with Yosemite National Park who joined Devine this fall on an annual survey of the Lyell glacier.... (
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Cold weather sweeps south across China
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-12.22.08- Weather fronts originating from Siberia and Mongolia swept south across China over the weekend, sending temperatures plummeting and bringing heavy snow falls across parts of the country.... (
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Winter visits with a vengeance from East to West
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-12.22.08- The weather outside was frightful from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Ore., on Monday, with last-minute holiday shoppers shivering and stranded travelers hoping for the best as Christmas rapidly approached. The 14.5-inch snowfall Sunday in Portland, Maine, surpassed the old record for Dec. 21 of 12.4 inches, set in 1933. ... (
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Arctic Greening Linked To Retreating Sea Ice
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-12.22.08- An interdisciplinary group of scientists led by Donald “Skip” Walker of the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has strongly linked sea ice changes to changes in Arctic land-surface temperatures and increased tundra greenness.... (
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Wildfire Danger Growing
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-12.22.08- The National Weather Service has replaced fog advisories with warnings about wildfires.
Lower humidity levels have eliminated the fog that has plagued Central Florida for the last several mornings. However, those humidity levels, and northeast winds forecast to be 10 to 13 miles per hour Monday, have increased the chances of wildfires.
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Solar Activity Between 1250-1850 Linked To Temperature Changes In Siberia
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-12.22.08- The scientists discovered a strong link between regional temperatures and the solar activity in the period 1250-1850, concluding that the sun was an important driver of preindustrial temperature changes in the Altai. The strong rise in temperature in the Altai between 1850 and 2000 can not be explained by solar activity changes, but rather by the increased concentration of the greenhouse gas CO2 in the atmosphere.... (
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Science picks signal global warming policy shift
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-12.21.08- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named Harvard physicist John Holdren and marine biologist Jane Lubchenco to top science posts, signaling a change from Bush administration policies on global warming that were criticized for putting politics over science.... (
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'Forgotten' lake shows South's stubborn drought
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-12.21.08- A decaying highway, plunged deep underwater after Lake Hartwell was dammed in the 1950s, sits exposed once again across what remains of the bay outside Big Water Marina.... (
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Floods drown hectares of rice, corn fields in Lampung
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-12.21.08- Hundreds of hectares of corn and rice fields have been destroyed by floodwaters in East and South Lampung Regencies, following heavy downpours over the past three days.... (
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Cyclone Billy heads to Australia
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-12.20.08- Tropical cyclones Billy and Cinda continue to churn out in the Indian Ocean, with Billy tracking towards Western Australia; packing winds of 81mph (130kph). Cinda continues to travel out into the Indian Ocean, with wind speeds of 46mph (73kph) but is not expected to make landfall. ... (
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NASA: Global warming to increase severe storms, rainfall
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-12.20.08- The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth's tropics — the type associated with severe storms and rainfall — is increasing as a result of global warming, according to a study by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. For every 1.8-degree (F) increase in average ocean surface temperature, the team observed a 45-percent increase in the frequency of the very high clouds.... (
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More snow in store as storms barrel east
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-12.19.08- Wintry weather is working its way across the nation from the west, delivering continued cold, wet and snowy conditions this weekend and into next week, weather forecasters say. "This is like storm after storm after storm — it's never ending," says Tom Moore, lead meteorologist with the Weather Channel. "It's going to go right through Christmas."
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Flash floods close major routes
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-12.19.08- Central Scotland Police said torrential rain had caused many of the area's main routes to become flooded or blocked with stranded cars. ... (
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Wet December eases drought in the South
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-12.19.08- A soggy December has helped much of the South recover from a drought that dried up reservoirs and turned crops and lawns to straw for the past two years, according to a federal report released Thursday.
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Winter storm pounds Midwest, heads East
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