Peanut prices jump as hot, dry weather reduces US production By Whitney McFerron, from Bloomberg News Peanut prices are surging, sending retail peanut butter to all-time highs, after hot, dry weather reduced production in the southern U.S. this year and farmers cut planting in favor of other crops. Farmers received an average 28.5 cents per [...]
STUDY LINKS TROPICAL STORMS TO EARTHQUAKES From Yahoo News U.S researchers said Thursday they have found evidence that tropical cyclones in Haiti and Taiwan were followed by earthquakes, suggesting that heavy rains and landslides may unleash temblors. “Very wet rain events are the trigger,” said University of Miami scientist Shimon Wdowinski, an associate research professor [...]
WILD FIRES From The Guardian Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have increased by half in the last 20 years, giving the world much less chance of avoiding dangerous climate change, according to new data. The research was published as lead negotiators were arriving at the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa, where [...]
Sea Ice Loss ‘Unprecedented’ in 1,450 Years By Elizabeth Lopatto, from Bloomberg The loss of sea ice in the Arctic at the end of the 20th Century is “unprecedented†in the past 1,450 years in its duration and magnitude, an indication of human-influenced climate change, a study said. So-called greenhouse gases may be contributing to [...]
Today, October 23, 2011, an earthquake struck in turkey killing 127 people so far! People have asked me: “WHY?” It is very simple! Read this article… The series of earthquakes is opened by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Pakistan on the 19th January 2011. Soon after, another 6.3 earthquake hit New Zealand on February 21st, [...]
Global warming ‘confirmed’ by independent study By Richard Black, from BBC News The Earth’s surface really is getting warmer, a new analysis by a US scientific group set up in the wake of the “Climategate” affair has concluded. The Berkeley Earth Project has used new methods and some new data, but finds the same warming [...]
The era of the High Winds is here. When you go out during a storm feel the wind.
Winds come from heavy pressure and increased water vapor.
Deforestation is the last nail in the coffin.
Global Warming Impact? Arctic Ice Cap Hits Historic Low This Week By IBTimes Staff Reporter The North Pole’s ice skull cap shrank to an historic low this week. Shrinking to its lowest point since satellite observations began in 1972, the area covered by the Arctic sea ice shrank to 4.24 million square kilometers (1.637 square [...]
