Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia caused ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 18, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

The economic costs of damaging weather events have an immense and increasing impact on the U.S. economy, and these costs could be anticipated and mitigated by improved weather and climate predictions, say a range of experts ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 20, 2013 not rated yet 1

New Zealand declared a drought across its entire North Island for the first time in at least 30 years on Friday, with low river levels in the capital Wellington also worrying officials.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

Lake Michigan has officially sunk to an all-time low.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 08, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 3

A decline in April-May rainfall over south-east Australia is associated with a southward expansion of the subtropical dry-zone according to research published today in Scientific Reports, a primary research journal from t ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Oct 03, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 5

(Phys.org)—This year's weather threw several curve balls to New York growers—an early, warm spring, a sudden cold snap in April, and a hot, dry summer. But while some vineyards report a reduced crop, ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 02, 2012 not rated yet 0

Dust and aerosol pollution from Asia travels across the ocean and sullies the air in the United States and Canada, possibly worsening the effects of climate change, a study showed Thursday.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Aug 02, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 2

Tanzania is one developing country that could actually benefit from climate change by increasing exports of corn to the U.S. and other nations, according to a study by researchers at Stanford University, the World Bank and ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Jul 27, 2012 not rated yet 2

Haze caused by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia blanketed parts of Malaysia including the capital, causing air pollution to hit unhealthy levels.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 16, 2012 not rated yet 0

Grasshopper populations increased dramatically in Montana from 2007 to 2010, from one million acres with more than 15 grasshoppers per square yard in 2007, to 17 million acres with more than 15 grasshoppers per square yard ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 08, 2011 not rated yet 0

Central China's worst drought in more than 50 years is drying reservoirs, stalling rice planting, and threatens crippling power shortages as hydroelectric output slows, state media said Wednesday.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 25, 2011 not rated yet 4

The weather in North Carolina may be warm today, but some areas of the state saw snow less than a week ago. And we're likely to see more cold weather, maybe even more snow, before winter officially comes to ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Feb 17, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Intense heat and less than half of normal rainfall in many areas has left landscapes dry this summer.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 12, 2010 5 / 5 (2) 0

Australia has issued "catastrophic" alerts after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said Saturday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 21, 2009 4 / 5 (3) 0