weather
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La Nina forecast should warm the hearts of skiers and snowboarders alike [VIDEO]
The La Nina winter forecast in the Pacific Northwest has ski resort owners smiling. Heidi Cullen explains why, and gives us the latest temp analysis.
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What can one person do, when 6.8 billion are frying the planet?
Climate change got you down? Don't despair. Here's a visual exploration of what you can do to make a difference, featuring art, video, and dinosaurs.
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What La Nina means for winter weather [VIDEO]
The cooler ocean temperatures of La Nina this year could have a significant effect on our winter weather. Learn more in this Climate Central video.
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Global temperatures and the hurricane season [VIDEO]
New numbers released by NOAA's National Climatic Data Center confirm what residents of countries around the world already may have suspected: 2010 has been no average year.
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If killer weather is in our future, can we get better at predicting it?
NOAA reports that the planet has just been through the warmest January-to-July period on record.
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2010's extreme heat: A window on our future
According to a new National Wildlife Federation report, the sweltering summer of 2010 could be considered mild compared to the typical summers of the future.
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In today’s weather forecast, we’ll be seeing high-pressure areas of climate skepticism
Sure, Americans may trust scientists slightly more than weathercasters, but few people actually know a scientist. On the other hand, pretty much everyone knows their trusty TV weathercaster, that cheery presence who tells them whether or not to leave the umbrella at home this weekend. It’s too bad, then, that three-quarters of all weatherfolk don’t […]
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TV weathercasters and news directors are distorting climate coverage
Just a few months ago, we learned that one out of four weathercasters surveyed [PDF] thought global warming wasn’t really happening, and another 21 percent weren’t sure yet. Now a new survey [PDF] reveals that 21 percent of TV news directors don’t think climate change is real, and 26 percent are unsure. Bottom line: Almost […]
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Extreme warming in Arctic will cause colder winters — and political gridlock
The political (or at least the Senatorial) tides are running strongly against a muscular policy response to climate change. Now a top NOAA scientist tells us that even the winds are blowing in the wrong direction — actual winds, mind you, not political. Via Science Daily: A warmer Arctic climate is influencing the air pressure […]