Tag: climate change
On Monday, a letter to the editor stated global warming is a bunch of hooey and that decrying its dangers is like Chicken Little telling us that the sky is falling. The contributor is a…
NEW YORK (AP) Due to climate change, the worlds oceans are getting warmer, rising higher, losing oxygen and becoming more acidic at an ever-faster pace and melting even more ice and snow, a grim…
WICHITA, Kansas Large industrial operations think electrical power plants, oil refineries, ethanol facilities cough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by the ton. That, in turn, warms the planet. But now some researchers think…
WASHINGTON Five months after devastating spring flooding across the Midwest, farms along the Missouri River remain under water. This summer, severe drought has hit patches of Texas and Oklahoma. Areas of the West and Southeast…
Flames are spreading across the Amazon rainforest this summer, spewing millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each day. But scientists say thats not their biggest concern. Theyre far more worried about what…
As scientists watch the worlds ice melt away, predict sea level rises, and sound the alarm about climate change, they have been struggled to demonstrate a direct link between that and human activity, at least…
DETROIT (AP) The heat wave that has been roasting much of the U.S. in recent days is just getting warmed up, with temperatures expected to soar to dangerous levels through the weekend. Communities are…
MIAMI Miamians are already used to stifling heat waves that leave them sprinting from air-conditioned cars to air-conditioned buildings or flocking to the beach to cool off. Or so they think. But if a…
As a journalist, I always bow in appreciation to the July 4 holiday in that it means I live in a country that cherishes democracy and protects our freedom of speech. As an American, I…
BERLIN (AP) Large parts of western and central Europe sweltered in scorching weather Wednesday, with German authorities imposing autobahn speed limits amid fears of buckling road surfaces and some French schools staying closed as…
