Climate Change
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Manmade 'punch hole clouds' change the weather (PHOTO GALLERY)
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Airplanes diving into clouds can create holes in the clouds that produce extra snow and rain near airports, say scientists. So what do these weird holes look like?
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Airplane contrails are warming the planet, says new study
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Jets engines play a small but noticeable role in climate change, an effect that's expected to amplify in coming decades, according to U.S. and European scientists.
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Why is America's confidence in TV weather reporters dropping?
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The public trusts TV weather reporters for climate-change information far less today than they did just three years ago. Why are Americans so suspicious now?
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Friday weather news roundup: Al Gore loves pro wrestling edition
CommentAl Gore admits his love for Grave Digger, Stone Cold Steve Austin; rising flood waters knocking on the door of Nebraska nuclear plants; the ocean is doomed.
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More than 1M at risk of hurricane storm surge in Virginia: Report
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More than a million people in southeastern Virginia could suffer grievously if a major hurricane swept into town, a new report warns.
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2011 Alliance for Earth Observations climate meet: Live updates
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Live blogging the Forum on Earth Observations V climate-change conference on Capitol Hill, where the best and brightest discuss how to "save the world."
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Permanently hotter summers will begin in 20 years: Study
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By the middle of this century, “even the coolest summers will be hotter than the hottest summers of the past 50 years,” says scientists from Stanford University.
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Micronesia blames Czech power plant for rising sea-level danger
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Micronesia recently passed a milestone in environmental law by attempting to shut down the Czech Republic's biggest coal plant.
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NOAA: 7th warmest April on record; D.C. was above average, too
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Warmer global temperatures made April 2011 the seventh warmest April since record-keeping began two centuries ago. D.C. was 3 degrees above average for the month.
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Giant flying terror ants swarmed ancient Wyoming: Study
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Periods of climate change millions of years ago allowed a terrifying species of giant ant, Titanomyrma lubei, to march across the Arctic and colonize two continents.
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Does climate change mean more extreme, deadly weather and tornado outbreaks?
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If we keep getting "extreme" weather events with this frequency, we'll have to start calling them "routine."
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Washington D.C. trees blooming heavier in Northwest 'hoods
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Why is there a thicker, fuller tree canopy in residential neighborhoods in Northwest D.C., whereas Northeast and Southeast are relatively barren?
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