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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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Clinton: Arctic Cooperation Essential

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday ventured north of the Arctic Circle and urged international cooperation in a region that could become a new battleground for natural resources.

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Oklahoma Recorded Hottest Summer Ever Last Year, Experts Say

TULSA, Okla. Oklahoma and Texas have argued for years about which has the best college football team, whose oil fields produce better crude, even where the state border should run.

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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.

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06/03/12 Smells Like Horseshit to Me Source: Daily Pundit Does anybody know of a shred of actual evidence that supports this assertion?
06/03/12 Spring set heat record for Mid-Ohio Valley Source: The Parkersburg News and Sentinel - Parkersburg WV On the heels of a warmer than usual winter, Spring 2012 has been recorded as the warmest in the history of the Mid-Ohio Valley.
06/03/12 Oklahoma not cool with heat-wave record Source: Portland Press Herald - Portland ME Oklahoma and Texas have argued for years about which has the best college football team, whose oil fields produce better crude, even where the state border should run.
06/02/12 Typhoon holds up monsoon - No worry on delay, eye on... Source: Kashmir News A water shortage in northern India is looming.
06/02/12 Another Beauty Sunday Source: NBC - WITN 7 - Washington NC The second half of the weekend will be very similar to the first half with beautiful conditions expected once again.

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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