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Tropical Storm Fay To Threaten Florida Coast

Reuters | Manuel Jimenez | Posted 09.16.2008 | Home


Tropical Storm Fay threatened to strengthen into a hurricane as it moved toward Cuba after dousing Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday with t...

Maybe the Meek Really Will Inherit the Earth

Bob Ostertag | Posted 09.15.2008 | Green


Bob Ostertag

Today the journal Science published new research which shows that the number of marine "dead zones" around the world has doubled about every 10 years since the 1960s.

Ocean "Dead Zones" Become Worldwide Problem

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 09.14.2008 | Green


WASHINGTON — Like a chronic disease spreading through the body, "dead zones" with too little oxygen for life are expanding in the world's oceans...

California Thermal Hot Spot Reaches 812 Degrees

Fox News | Posted 09.07.2008 | Green


The ground is so hot in one part of Southern California it can melt the shoes right off your feet. An unexplained "thermal anomaly" caused a patch of...

Texas beach towns get back to normal after storm

AP | JUAN A. LOZANO | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green


GALVESTON, Texas — Surfers and joggers hit the beach Tuesday after Tropical Storm Edouard brushed past and caused little damage, while inland fa...

Texas, Louisiana Brace For Tropical Storm Edouard (VIDEO)

MSNBC | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green


Although tropical storm warnings are currently in effect, weatherman Al Roker does not anticipate that Edouard will transition to a hurricane. Watch t...

Tropical Storm Edouard Heads Toward Texas- Louisiana Coast

AP | Juan A. Lozano | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green


GALVESTON, TEXAS - Tropical Storm Edouard took aim at Texas' Gulf coast at the height of tourist season Monday, threatening to pick up strength from w...

Biofuel Future Threatened By Severe Weather

New York Times | Jad Mouawad | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green


The record storms and floods that swept through the Midwest last month struck at the heart of America's corn region, drowning fields and dashing hopes...

Cities' Green Building Catching On

Laurie David | Posted 06.28.2008 | Green


Laurie David

For those rebuilding green after the devastation of extreme weather and those who are looking for ways to protect their city's future by going green -- we salute you.

Global Warming Results In Extreme Weather: Federal Report

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 06.28.2008 | Green


The first thorough federal review of research on how global warming may affect extreme climate events in North America forecasts more drenching rains,...

Iowa Flooding Could Be An Act of Man

Washington Post | Joel Achenbach | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green


As the Cedar River rose higher and higher, and as he stacked sandbags along the levee protecting downtown Cedar Falls, Kamyar Enshayan, a college prof...

Typhoon Forces Evacuation Of 1.8 Million In China

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


A typhoon expected to be among the most powerful storms to hit China in years churned toward the densely populated coast on Tuesday with 165 mph wind ...