150,000 more US heat deaths projected by 2100 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Killer heat fueled by climate change could cause an additional 150,000 deaths this century in the biggest U.S. cities if no steps are taken to curb carbon emissions and improve emergency services, according to a new report. The three cities with the highest projected heat death tolls are Louisville, with an estimated 19,000 heat-related fatalities by 2099; Detroit, with 17,900, and Cleveland, with 16,600, the Natural Resources Defense Council found in its analysis of peer-reviewed data, released on Wednesday. ... Read More...
Facebook Will Weather Lawsuits and IPO COMMENTARY | This has to be a land-speed record somewhere. Since its IPO on Friday, Facebook is facing its first maelstrom of investors angry enough over their losses to take Mark Zuckerberg and Morgan Stanley to court, according to Reuters. But are the plaintiffs justified? Its hard to tell. Read More...
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Corn prices plunge on moderating weather forecast Corn prices dropped nearly 6 percent Tuesday after forecasts predicted cooler weather and the potential for rain that could benefit crops in parts of the Corn Belt. Read More...
Nebraska: Hot, dry weather takes toll on soil Nebraska farmers are close to wrapping up planting the corn and soybean crops as hot, dry weather takes a toll on soil moisture. Read More...
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Feeding the Planet Without Destroying It Climate change is the environmental problem that obsesses us, the one thats the focus of high-flying international summits and hardcore national politics. But its not the only environmental problem -- and its not even the biggest one. That happens to be the crisis in agriculture and land use, the subject of what Jon Foley -- the head of the University of Minnesotas Institute on the Environment -- calls the other inconvenient truth. ... Read More...
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Rainy Cannes Weather Cause Cancellations, Roof Collapse Unseasonably wet, cool conditions are putting a serious damper on the legendary film festival Read More...
Emissions cut hiatus slows work to limit warming BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Reluctance to raise ambitions to cut greenhouse gas emissions due to economic constraints is threatening progress towards limiting global warming, delegates at United Nations climate talks in Germany warned on Monday. The talks in Bonn, which end on May 25, are partly to discuss ways of raising the level of ambition on cuts but the worsening eurozone crisis and battered global economy have increased reluctance to commit to more financially onerous cuts by the end of the decade, delegates told Reuters. Last years U.N. ... Read More...
Storm Chasers: Study Aims to Go Inside Tornadoes Come tornado season, meteorologist Joshua Wurman spends his life on the road, zooming down highways in search of thunderstorms. Read More...
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Protesters march through Chicago to NATO summit Thousands of protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday in one of the city's largest demonstrations in years, airing grievances about war, climate change and a wide range of other complaints as world leaders assembled for a NATO summit. Read More...
Thousands march through Chicago to NATO summit Thousands of protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday in one of the city's largest demonstrations in years, airing grievances about war, climate change and a wide range of other complaints as world leaders assembled for a NATO summit. Read More...
Thousands begin NATO protest march through Chicago Thousands of demonstrators upset with the war in Afghanistan, climate change and the erosion of union rights marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday, taking their discontent on a wide range of world issues to leaders assembled for a NATO summit. Read More...
Weather change delays departure of USS Iowa Read More...
Cool weather aids in fight against Colo. wildfire Lower temperatures and higher humidity Saturday were helping crews assigned to a wildfire that has scorched 12 square miles in northern Colorado, one of several burning across the West. Read More...
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Atlantic storm could bring early start to hurricane season MIAMI (Reuters) - A swirling mass of thunderstorms off the South Carolina coast has a 50-percent chance of developing into a tropical depression or a tropical storm and could bring an early start to the Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters said on Saturday. The weather disturbance was in the Atlantic Ocean about 120 miles southeast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Showers and thunderstorms have increased near the circulation center. ... Read More...
This Is Your Child's Brain on Exercise; How to Make Schools Healthier Discovered: Kids brains look different than adults brains when exercising, how to make schools healthier and how thunderclouds are contributing to climate change. This is your child's brain on exercise. It looks different than your adult brain, finds research. When kids exercise they change the way their brains work. "In the last several years there have been data suggesting that neurobiological changes are happening -- [there are] very brain-specific mechanisms at work here," explains researcher David Bucci. ... Read More...
Wheat jumps again on worries about dry weather Wheat futures soared again Friday as more concerns about dry weather hit the market. Read More...
Rocket, weather look good on eve of new space era NASA hasn't seen this much launch jitters since the space shuttle program ended last summer. Read More...
Crews at CO wildfire to face warm, stormy weather Firefighters at a wildfire burning about 12 square miles in northern Colorado expect warm stormy weather will make their work more difficult Friday, but they hope to be able to allow evacuated residents to return home soon. Read More...