Drought, wildfires, and extreme weather — is this the new normal for Texas?
It’s the lunch rush on a warm November afternoon at the Hog Wild BBQ food trailer in Austin, and owner Mark Stimak says business is good. This time last year, he remembers, he was still recovering from the dry, hot summer. A summer that, in Austin, brought 90 days of triple-digit heat. “It was just unbearable, […]
Without the appearance of El Niño, the odds decrease that Texas will get above-normal rain to bring back lakes and reservoirs still suffering from drought.
A leading climate scientists says the size, the strength, and trajectory of the superstorm were influenced by climate change.
Some six million people were without power this morning because of Hurricane Sandy, and at least 33 are dead, many of them killed by falling trees. Travel and transportation has largely come to a standstill in many areas of the Northeast. In the photos above, you can see the impact of one of the most […]
As Hurricane Sandy approaches, many are wondering about the ‘Frankenstorm’ and whether there’s any connection to climate change.
The myriad issues of water and drought in Texas are often confusing. There’s the hundreds of pages in the Texas Water Plan, numerous surface water districts, and then the completely different set of rules that applies to water underground. Trying to sort through that confusion is Dr. Jay Famiglietti, a professor at UC Irvine. He […]
Stargazers are in for another treat this weekend. The Orionid meteor shower, an annual occurence, will make its way across the sky late Saturday night into early Sunday morning.
A California environmentalist is in hot water after dumping over a hundred tons of iron sulfate into the cold currents of the Pacific.
It’s been a tough couple of years for Texas ranchers, but as the rain falls, financial clouds are begining to clear. Increased rainfall has improved conditions for livestock production after ranches were devastated in the 2011 drought. But despite the improvement, ranchers remain hesitant to start replenishing their herds, according to the latest crop and […]
Map by NOAA From January to September the U.S. had the warmest first nine months of the year in its history, according to the latest ‘State of the Climate‘ report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). And there have been numerous other anomalies in the climate as of late, the report says. “The […]
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