Record temps dominate western U.S. in July
Last month there were record and near-record high temperatures in the western United States, but there were cooler-than-average temperatures in most of the eastern and southern United States, according...
View ArticleHeat wave sets more than 2,000 records
A heat wave across the United States during June, July and August set more than 2,000 daily high temperature records, according to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s...
View ArticleSame agency, new name
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s Space Environment Center will have a new name beginning Monday. Space Weather Prediction Center reflects the rapidly-growing importance of solar...
View ArticleHeat wave sets more than 1,000 records
A heat wave across the United States during September set more than 1,000 daily high temperature records, according to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)...
View ArticleDrought leaves tons of extra carbon dioxide in Atmosphere
A study, recently released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, states that a prolonged drought during 2002 in North America cut in half the continent’s natural uptake of carbon...
View ArticleWinter Not-So-Wonderland
There’s nothing like a disaster to bring out the spirit of cooperation and the chainsaws. On Monday morning, crumpled parts of once beautiful trees blocked five of the six roads leading out of my...
View ArticleOklahoma is No. 1
This week’s winter storm was record-setting for Oklahoma. And not for the right reason. When President Bush signed earlier this week an emergency disaster declaration for all 77 counties, it marked the...
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