Weird Weather

El Nino Conditions Return to Affect Weather

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — El Nino is back. Government scientists said Thursday that the periodic warming of water in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which can a...

SNOW IN NEW ORLEANS: Rare Snow Blankets South Louisiana

AP | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green


From AP: NEW ORLEANS - A rare snowfall blanketed south Louisiana and parts of Mississippi Thursday, closing schools, government offices and bridges, t...

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,...

NYT's Front Pages Focus Away From Fires

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media


The NYT front page relegated the fires to the bottom of the page — almost a news blip, let alone below the fold. Er, hello? California is on fire.

Drought Wilts The American South, Cripples Farms

New York Times | Posted 07.30.2008 | Home


Northern Alabama has become acre after acre of shriveled cornstalks, cracked red dirt for miles and days of unrelenting white heat. The region's most ...

Alabama Governor Drought Solution: "Pray For Rain"

The Birmingham News | STAN DIEL | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


With the state's weather forecasters not delivering much-needed rain, Gov. Bob Riley on Thursday turned to a higher power. The governor issued a procl...