Climatic and Environmental Convulsions
Worst Megadroughts in 1,000 Years Threaten US
02/12/2015 20:54
Before this century ends, the Southwest and Central Plains states are likely to shrivel under a decades-long megadrought worse than those that ended the Ancestral Pueblo civilization in the last millennia, a new study finds.
Based on tree-ring records, scientists know that severe droughts...
Pope to Address US Congress During Blood Moon
02/06/2015 19:53
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday that Pope Francis will address a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Sept. 24, marking the first time a pope has delivered such a speech.
The pope is expected to visit Washington, New York and Philadelphia during his trip to the...
Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight
01/24/2015 20:02
The world is closer to doomsday.
That's the message from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which moved its iconic Doomsday Clock up two minutes on Thursday. The clock now stands at three minutes to midnight, the "latest" it's been since 1984, when the Cold War between the U.S. and Soviet Union...
Radioactive Water From Japan Nears U.S.
12/09/2014 21:02
Radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown site in Japan is approaching the U.S.
"A plume of water containing small amounts of radiation from the 2011 explosion at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant has been detected 100 miles off the coast from [Eureka, CA, researchers said...
California's Worst Drought Ever Is 1st Taste of Future
12/08/2014 20:46
The drought now plaguing California is the worst to parch the central and southern parts of the state in the last 1,200 years, a new study finds.
The 2012 to 2014 drought's lack of rain isn't remarkable on its own, according to tree-ring records reported in the study. There have been...
California’s 'Hot Drought' Ranks Worst in at Least 1,200 Years
12/08/2014 07:38
Record rains fell in California this week. They’re not enough to change the course of what scientists are now calling the region’s worst drought in at least 1,200 years.
Just how bad has California’s drought been? Modern measurements already showed it’s been drier than the 1930s dustbowl, worse...
Earth has its own 'Star Trek'-like force field, study suggests
12/01/2014 07:43
The University of Colorado Boulder has announced a discovery 7,200 miles above Earth of a protective shield similar to the force fields you might see in "Star Trek."
The discovery of this barrier in the Van Allen radiation belts suggests a new explanation for how "killer electrons" are held at...
Dazzling Fireball Over Japan Is Latest Magnificent Meteor
11/06/2014 07:10
Monday, it turns out, was a busy night for fireballs. A brilliant fireball streaked over Japan and was captured on video by several observers, making it only the latest fiery display of space rocks from the heavens.
The Japanese dispay followed three other fireball reports from across the...
Hagel: ‘Climate Change Presents Security Issues for Us’
10/30/2014 06:09
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel expressed hope Wednesday that next week’s midterm election would deliver an outcome that enables Congress to “work together,” in order to deal with critical security issues, including “global warming.”
Hagel, speaking at the the Washington Ideas Forum, argued that...
Weather Channel co-founder blasts global warming theorists
10/29/2014 09:32
Less than a week after penning a letter calling manmade global warming science invalid, meteorologist and Weather Channel co-founder John Coleman joined Fox News host Megyn Kelly to reiterate his disdain for what has long been the consensus among the vast majority of climate scientists.
"There is...
3-D Image of Joplin's 2011-05-22 Tornado
