Research suggests that emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than CO2, far exceed current estimates for gas drilling and production.
Weeks after Barack Obama promoted natural gas as a key part of U.S. energy policy in his State of...
Feb 9, 2012
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Temperature data shows the Texas heat wave wouldn't have occurred without warming, Hansen claims. Others aren't ready to draw such a definitive conclusion.
For three months last summer, temperatures in Texas soared higher than at any time in recorded...
Jan 31, 2012
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The world's leading science panel studied the link between man-made warming and wild weather for the first time. InsideClimate News examines its results.
Record heat waves, drought, floods, thunderstorms, tornado outbreaks—extreme weather battered much...
Nov 22, 2011
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NOAA and DOE have deployed more than a dozen wind detection instruments across the Midwest to measure the economic value of improved forecasting.
If the weather report says it's supposed to be sunny and breezy tomorrow, do you trust that...
Oct 7, 2011
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It's unlikely the new climate data will have an impact on Congress, which failed to pass climate legislation in 2010 and is now looking to derail EPA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that 2010 tied 2005 as the...
Jan 13, 2011
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Jason Box is pretty certain his cameras captured the dramatic fracture of the Petermann Glacier in Greenland. He'll be able to retrieve them in 2011.
You’ll forgive Jason Box for being a little impatient these days. After all, you would be too if...
Nov 12, 2010
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100% mortality reported in some oyster beds as operations assess damage
HOUMA, LA.--- A mucky pile of oysters rattles onto a metal table as captain Jesus Zarraga guides...
Aug 5, 2010
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Best evidence yet from 11 different indicators measured by multiple data sets stretching back to 1850s
Global temperatures in the first half of the year were the hottest since records began more than a...
Jul 28, 2010
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NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center has records that go back to 1880
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today released its monthly global temperature...
Jul 15, 2010
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Concern that contaminants will be insidious and persistent in ecosystems
Scientists and ocean advocates stepped up warnings this week of potential dangers from chemical...
May 13, 2010
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