Weather Extremes Now Clearly Due to Climate Change
February 22, 2012 by Michael Mountain
While scientists have been leery of attributing specific droughts, heat waves and other weather events to climate change, you can now definitely draw the connection. The big Texas and Oklahoma droughts, for example, are indeed a direct result of climate change.
Santorum: "Radical Environmentalists Have It Upside Down"
February 21, 2012 by Michael Mountain
Rick Santorum defended his earlier remarks that President Obama’s policies – specifically about the enormous changes that are taking place to the planet and our climate – are not “based on the Bible” but rather in “some phony theology.”
The Week That Was: What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been
February 17, 2012 by Zoe
As the Grateful Dead would say, What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been. Or in our case, what a long, strange week it’s been.
The Week That Was: Floods, Steroids & Hollywood Stars
February 14, 2012 by Zoe
Our Week That Was at Climate Central. It’s all here for you, the best of the best in a week that featured floods, but not snow, the climate on steroids and a few Hollywood stars.
The Week That Was: Hockey, Tornadoes and Furry Critters
February 6, 2012 by Michael Mountain
We know you’ve been busy this week. Maybe you’re a political hound and were hanging on every chad in the Florida GOP primary (if you were DVR-ing, spoiler alert: Mitt Romney won big). Or perhaps business is your bag and you’re trying to scare up some loose change to get a piece of Facebook’s upcoming IPO. Or maybe you’re a sports junkie and have been reveling in pre-Super Bowl hype.
Does Hunting Save Endangered Animals?
January 31, 2012 by Michael Mountain
These are game-hunting ranches – also known as breeding ranches, where endangered species are being “protected.” (I’m not sure that the animals I saw being shot felt that the protection was wholly adequate.)
Top Climate Scientist Arrested at White House
January 25, 2012 by Michael Mountain
NASA’s chief climate scientist used to present his research inside the White House. But nobody took any notice. Now he stands outside in the cold, protesting the lack of action – and getting arrested for it.
A Graphical Tour Through the Climate of 2011
January 25, 2012 by Michael Mountain
New data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA show that for the 35th year in a row, the globe was warmer than average during 2011, and about the 10th-warmest year on record since 1880.
Who’s the ‘Invasive’ Species?
January 25, 2012 by Michael Mountain
Who exactly has been invading whose territory? A slideshow in Huffington Post presents 10 of “the invasive species threatening North America.”
Looking Back from the Space Station
January 23, 2012 by Michael Mountain
Time lapse photography onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011.
