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Al Gore: Blizzard of 2011 May Be So Fierce Because of Global Warming

It's the global warming denier's favorite "gotcha": If the planet is heating up, then why are we getting so much snow? (Remember the snickers when the 2009 Copenhagen climate-change summit was interrupted by snowfall?) But Al Gore, patron saint of global warming believers, isn't brooking any of that nonsense. Last week,...

Groundhog Day 2011: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Quick End to Winter

Bummed out by this winter's weather? Well, the worst of it will be over soon -- at least according to a rodent in Pennsylvania. It's the one day of the year when we ignore Doppler radar, mute the weather guy and put our trust in a marmot instead of the weather widgets on our computer screens. Today is Groundhog Day, a...

It's Cold Now, but 2010 Was Warmest on Record Globally

(Dec. 16) -- While much of the United States and parts of Europe have been shivering through intense early-season cold, NASA records show that this was the warmest climate year on record. The NASA statistics indicate that the overall global temperature during the climate year (December 2009 through November 2010) was 1.17...

Second Arctic Outbreak Hits US; Why Is It So Cold?

(Dec. 13) -- The second outbreak of Arctic cold in two weeks has hit the U.S., and residents in much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation will shiver again this week: Temperatures Tuesday morning will range from close to 30 below zero in International Falls, Minn., to near freezing in Miami. While weather extremes are...

The World's Lakes Are Heating Up, Study Finds

(Nov. 23) -- Scientists have long studied the effects of global warming on the world's oceans, showing that climate change could leave aquatic life gasping for air in oxygen-poor waters for thousands of years to come. Now, NASA researchers say a similarly grim future awaits the Earth's lakes, which have heated up an...

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Video Of The Day: Midnight Sun Shines In Iceland

The " midnight sun " is a natural phenomenon occurring north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle when the sun never fully sets and remains visible 24 hours a day.

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When It Rains, You Get Wet

According to the calendar, we're supposed to be past April's showers and into the sunny month of May. At least that's the conventional wisdom regarding the weather, but not perhaps for the seasons of the heart.

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Norfolk, Virginia's Rising Sea Levels And Sinking Ground Pose A Community Challenge (VIDEO)

Experts predict that the effects of climate change may have the greatest impact on low-lying, and often developing nations , but countries like the United States are not immune.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Great Smoky Mountains: Climate Change Could Affect Region

The shroud that envelopes the Great Smoky Mountains isn't actually smoke, it's a mist of water droplets that provides significant amounts of water to the area.

AOL HEALTHY LIVING

8 Ways To Be Great This Spring

If winter is the time to hunker down and be meditative, spring is the time to spring into action.

Climate News From the Web

05/27/12 Bundy shivers as temp plummets Source: The Daily Mercury THE first real taste of winter came to the Bundaberg region at the weekend, with temperatures dropping way below the average.
05/27/12 Fending off the climate attack. Source: Environmental Health News Global warming and climate change have gone beyond being just catchphrases in large parts of India.
05/27/12 Near Record Heat Expected Sunday in Tri-State Source: WBNS - 10 TV Ohio News Now - Columbus OH The Memorial Day weekend heat wave continues in Cincinnati on Sunday with near-record high temperatures expected.
05/27/12 Shimmering heat breaks 1911 record Source: Tennessean.com Record temperatures scorched Nashville on Saturday, and forecasters expect another blazing day today.
05/27/12 Indianapolis has heat advisory today Source: The Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis IN Indianapolis is under a heat advisory through 8 p.m. today, the National Weather Service announced Saturday.

Background on Climate

Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods.

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