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• AP-GfK Poll: Science doubters say world is warming

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 4 out of 5 Americans now think temperatures are rising and that global warming will be a serious problem for the United States if nothing is …

• California sees unusually high ‘king tides’

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Seawater spread into several low-lying communities along the California coast Thursday morning as unusually high “king tides” pulled the Pacific Ocean farther ashore than normal. …

• Report: Asian economies will surpass US, Europe

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States could see its standing as a superpower eroded and Asian economies will outstrip those of North America and Europe combined by 2030, according to …

• Carbon pollution up to 2 million pounds a second

  December 2, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The amount of heat-trapping pollution the world spewed rose again last year by 3 percent. So scientists say it’s now unlikely that global warming can be limited …

• Upon further review, giant sequoia tops a neighbor

  December 2, 2012 in Nation/World FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Deep in the Sierra Nevada, the famous General Grant giant sequoia tree is suffering its loss of stature in silence. What once was the world’s No. …

• Upon further review, giant sequoia tops a neighbor

  December 1, 2012 in Nation/World FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Deep in the Sierra Nevada, the famous General Grant giant sequoia tree is suffering its loss of stature in silence. What once was the world’s No. … 1

• 2012 hurricane season another for the record books

  November 30, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — The 2012 hurricane season has come to an end and it’s another one for the record books, above and beyond the destruction of Sandy. There were 19 …

• Ice sheets melting at poles faster than before

  November 29, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Fueled by global warming, polar ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are now melting three times faster than they did in the 1990s, a new scientific study … 1

• US defends ‘enormous’ climate efforts at UN talks

  November 26, 2012 in Nation/World DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Anticipating an onslaught of criticism from poor nations, the United States claimed “enormous” strides in reducing greenhouse emissions at the opening of U.N. climate talks Monday, …

• Extreme weather tough on transportation system

  November 21, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Wild weather is taking a toll on roads, airports, railways and transit systems across the country. That’s leaving states and cities searching for ways to brace for …

• US roads, airports unready for extreme weather

  November 21, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s lifelines — its roads, airports, railways and transit systems — are getting hammered by extreme weather beyond what their builders imagined, leaving states and cities …

• Obama wants ‘conversation’ on climate change

  November 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that his administration has not done enough to combat global warming but said he hopes to begin his second term by opening … 1

• Global warming talk heats up, revisits carbon tax

  November 13, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate change is suddenly a hot topic again. The issue is resurfacing in talks about a once radical idea: a possible carbon tax. On Tuesday, a conservative …

• Ignored on campaign, global warming talk heats up

  November 13, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate change is suddenly a hot topic again. The issue is resurfacing in talks about a possible new tax. Superstorm Sandy, the rare and devastating Northeast storm, … 3

• Scientists look at climate change, the superstorm

  October 30, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer stood along the Hudson River and watched his research come to life as Hurricane Sandy blew through New York. Just eight months earlier, …

• World matched record for hottest September _ again

  October 15, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Something about September keeps bringing out the record heat in the world. The globe last month matched a record for the hottest September, set in 2005. It …

• Experts: Global warming means more Antarctic ice

  October 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The ice goes on seemingly forever in a white pancake-flat landscape, stretching farther than ever before. And yet in this confounding region of the world, that spreading … 1

• Arctic ice shrinks to all-time low; half 1980 size

  September 19, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — In a critical climate indicator showing an ever warming world, the amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank to an all-time low this year, obliterating old …

• Studies continue to prove Earth’s climate changes often

  August 6, 2012 in Features on Page C1 We’re used to thinking that the weather changes – from day to day and week to week. But it’s also a fact that Earth’s climate is always changing, and it … 2

• Winter severity may hinge on Southern Hemisphere

  September 8, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V9 With the first day of fall about two weeks away, I’ve been getting questions about our upcoming winter. At Harris-Mann Climatology, we watch the winter’s weather in the Southern Hemisphere … 1

• Too early to determine fallout from volcanoes

  November 11, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N9 Last week, I talked about the increased volcanic eruptions in Indonesia and Russia. Mount Merapi, located on the central Java Island in Indonesia, began erupting on Oct. 26 and continues …

• Expect more tropical storms to form with La Niña

  September 2, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S4 The 2010 tropical storm and hurricane season is picking up speed. Since the season began on June 1, there have been six named storms in the Atlantic and Caribbean waters. …

• Obama unveils emissions rules

  May 20, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 DETROIT – Some soccer moms will have to give up hulking SUVs. Carpenters will still haul materials around in pickup trucks, but they will cost more. Nearly everybody else will …

• Gregoire outlines green-jobs plan

  January 29, 2009 in Green Breaking News, Region More than 47,000 Washington workers have “green jobs,” far more than estimated and twice the goal set by state officials for 2020. But Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday that Washington …

• 2008 joins warmest years on record, NASA reports

  December 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The year 2008 was the ninth-warmest year since instrumental temperature measurements began in 1880, and all of the nine warmest years have occurred in the past 11 years, …

• Climate of change

  February 7, 2007 in City on Page A1 Expert forecaster Art Douglas gave several hundred farmers a good-news-bad-news weather report with a twist. The next two years should be wet and warm enough to deliver a good wheat …

• Temperature Expert Says 1995 Sizzled The Record Books

  July 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A15 How hot was it? Last year was the hottest year on record, according NASA’s top world temperature taker. The globe’s average temperature for 1995 was an estimated 59.8 degrees Fahrenheit, …

• Despite Bad Winter, World Warming Up Experts On Greenhouse Effect Foresee More Floods, Droughts

  March 16, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Despite this winter’s record-breaking cold, global warming theorists insist that in the long run, the planet is still heating up. In fact, while the eastern two-thirds of the United States …