ClimateCentral: Climate scientists have been saying for years that one of the many downsides of a warming planet is that…
RTT: The journal Nature Climate Change contends that factors such as market policies or oil prices have comparatively little effect…
NRDC: Across the U.S., the impacts of climate change on water resources are already being seen. Warmer temperatures, changes in…
ClimateSignals: Widespread and potentially catastrophic areal flooding and river flooding is expected this afternoon through Wednesday morning in Eastern Oklahoma,…
Tropical cyclones will cause $109 billion in damages by 2100, according to Yale and MIT researchers in a paper published in…
Climate Central: Texas, Alabama and Missouri topped the list of states hardest hit by the unrelenting assault of extreme weather…
IPS: Tlapa, one of the poorest places in Mexico, is ravaged by deforestation, intermittent drought and torrential rains, so that…
The blistering heat experienced by the nation during August, as well as…
For as long as people have been taking weather measurements in Texas, there has never been a summer hotter than…
Guardian: Ever since a massive blizzard causing $2bn of damage paralysed cities from Chicago to the north-east in January, nearly…
NOAA is launching a comprehensive initiative to build a “Weather-ready” nation to make America safer by saving more lives and protecting…
There has been a 0.5°F (0.25°C) rise in average 1980-2010 temperatures compared to the 1971-2000 period in the US, according…
ClimateCentral: The heat this summer has been extraordinarily intense in many Central and Southern states, and triple-digit temperatures continue to…
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — In 2007, the largest recorded tundra fire in the Arctic released approximately as much carbon into the…
NASA: By July 2011, Texas and New Mexico had completed the driest six-month period on record. Average rain…
Mapping Extreme Weather
Extreme weather map helps you understand the extent of weather disasters the U.S. has experienced from 1995 to 2011.…
Starting Earth Day 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners are sharing stories about how accelerating climate…
Several large-scale climate patterns influenced climate conditions and weather patterns across the globe during 2010. The transition from a warm…
The continuously rising Souris River has already reached a record high, set in 1881, in Minot, N.D., and it’s still…
The Wallow Fire continues to burn in Arizona and New Mexico, consuming 487,016 acres. The U.S. Forest Service reports the…
Lake Buchanan in Central Texas and Lake Travis:
These two lakes serve as key water sources for dozens of cities and…
Individual weather events are not “caused” by any single phenomenon—and climate change’s contribution to individual events will not be resolved…
YouTube: an op-ed by Bill McKibben, author and founder of 350.org, narrated and illustrated by Stephen Thomson of Plomomedia.com
Bill McKibben…
The Global Fire Information Management System (GFIMS) integrates remote sensing and GIS technologies to deliver MODIS hotspot/fire locations and burned…
Update: NOAA Storm Prediction Center
ESRI: Map: US tornado and severe weather watch, This map allows you to view continuously updated…
The current drought in the Southwest is partly an extension of a decade-long span of parched conditions across the region.…
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The Army Corps of Engineers is engaged in the flood fight throughout the Mississippi River watershed.
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“Great Texas Drought” drives record wildfires as record deluge drives Mississippi floods
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The Mississippi River is expected to produce record flooding this week through parts of Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. Historic flood…
Crews are measuring the amount of water spilling into the New Madrid floodway after the intentional breaching of the Birds…
By Andrew Freedman
In order for tornadoes to form, several factors have to combine in just the right way.…
(Reuters) – Tornadoes and violent storms ripped through seven southern U.S. states, killing at least 259 people in the country’s…
Fierce winds fanned raging fires across eastern New Mexico and Western Texas yesterday, thanks to a powerful flow of air…
The nation’s unprecedented April tornado-fest continued full force last night, with NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center logging 57 tornado reports, 295…
The report, which responds to requirements under the SECURE Water Act of 2009, shows several increased risks to western United…
