-09.22.09- On a Tuesday finally filled with welcome sunshine, flood-ravaged Georgians returned home to survey the damage and begin wrestling with insurance issues. For some, homecoming was heartbreaking. Widespread flooding that killed at least 10 people in Georgia and Alabama left hundreds of homes inundated, thousands without power and millions of commuters flummoxed as closed roads and washed-out bridges created major traffic jams across the Atlanta region. もっと読む

-09.23.09- Tropical Storm Nora is expected to weaken in the next 24 hours as it spins far out in the Pacific. The storm’s maximum sustained winds had decreased to 50 mph on Thursday. Further weakening is expected in the next 24 hours because of upper-level winds. The storm is not expected to threaten land. もっと読む

-09.23.09- Scientists are surprised at how extensively coastal ice in Antarctica and Greenland is thinning, according to a study Wednesday that could help predict rising sea levels linked to climate change もっと読む

-09.23.09- New satellite information shows that ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica continue to shrink faster than scientists thought and in some places are already in runaway melt mode. もっと読む

-09.23.09- Declining rainfall levels in water scarce and debt-ridden Jordan, the population of which is growing rapidly, have given further urgency to the search for alternative water sources. Jordan captures and utilizes 90 percent of its rainfall, but climate change has led to decreasing levels of precipitation, particularly over the past two years, environmentalists say. もっと読む

-09.23.09- Global warming may have spawned a new type of El Nino in the central Pacific and this could worsen the droughts in Australia and India, a new study by researchers in South Korea and the United States has found. もっと読む

-09.23.09- Two Cobb County teenagers decided to make the most of their time out of school by helping people trapped in flooded homes. Kevin Broyles and Matt Palmer made it their mission to rescue people trapped by flood waters. もっと読む

-09.24.09- ホット, dry conditions feed California wildfireHot, dry weather worked against Southern California firefighters early Thursday as they battled a quickly expanding fire in the rugged terrain of Ventura County…Authorities estimate that the fire has cost $3.4 million to battle so far. もっと読む

-09.23.09- With whale fins splashing in the distance, Ruth Curry hauls up her catch from the blustery deck of an icebreaker… Curry and her colleagues from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts zigzagged between majestic icebergs in the Sermilik fjord last month in search of proof that waters from warmer latitudes, or subtropical waters, are flushing through this remote and frigid region. もっと読む

-09.21.09- 世界の主要河川のデルタのほとんどは沈んされています, 何億人もの人々が直面する洪水リスクを増加, 科学者のレポート. もっと読む