Here comes Sandy! State of emergency declared across New York as Halloween ‘Frankenstorm’ roars towards East Coast

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223047/Hurricane-Sandy-Forecasters-warn-pre-Halloween-perfect-storm-strike-East-Coast.html Weather forecasters predict the storm could hit in the days before Halloween as a ‘Perfect Storm’ Up to 400,000 New Yorkers could be evacuated State of emergency means the state will have access to federal funding and national guard Subways facing possible shutdown – the second in history Sandy could be ‘worst case’ superstorm, […]

NOAA to East: Beware of coming ‘Frankenstorm’

http://news.yahoo.com/noaa-east-beware-coming-frankenstorm-171317994.html By SETH BORENSTEIN | Associated Press – 3 hrs ago Enlarge PhotoAssociated Press – This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 1:45 PM EDT shows Hurricane Sandy across the central Caribbean moving northward toward Jamaica and Cuba. Tropical Storm Tony …more WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusual nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter […]

Now there’s more ice at South Pole than ever (So much for global warming thawing Antarctica!)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2216238/Now-theres-ice-South-Pole-So-global-warming-thawing-Antarctica.html Sea ice extended over 19.44 million square kilometers (7.51 million square miles) Experts say record is ‘suggestive of changes in atmospheric circulation’ By David Derbyshire PUBLISHED: 09:38 EST, 11 October 2012 | UPDATED: 10:37 EST, 12 October 2012 Ice around the South Pole has expanded to cover a record area, scientists revealed yesterday – […]

Powerful 7.6 magnitude quake hits Costa Rica

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2198769/Costa-Rica-Earthquake-Powerful-7-6-magnitude-quake-hits-country.html A powerful, magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and a wide swath of Central America on Wednesday, collapsing some houses, blocking highways and causing panic, but officials said there was only one reported death, from a heart attack. The USGS said the 8:42am quake struck about 38 miles from the town of Liberia. The magnitude […]

Navy stumbles across two foot rock ‘ice-shelf’ floating in the Pacific as far as the eye can see

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2186631/New-Zealand-Navy-floating-rock-shelf-Pacific.html ‘Weirdest thing I’ve seen in 18 years at sea’ says a ship lieutenant Rocks spotted floating 1000km off coast of New Zealand PUBLISHED: 11:36 EST, 10 August 2012 | UPDATED: 11:37 EST, 10 August 2012 A huge cluster of floating volcanic rocks covering almost 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 square miles) has been found drifting […]

Price of corn surges by 20 per cent amid fears of huge hike in food bills in wake of Midwest drought

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2182110/America-drought-Price-corn-surges-20-cent-July-drought-continues-afflict-Midwest.html Food price inflation could rise by as much as 3.5% this year, says US Agriculture Department Percentage of crop rated ‘very poor’ or ‘poor’ rose to 48% – the worst rating since the 1988 drought Many ranchers send animals to slaughter early to save costs Global grain trading firm Cargill joins chorus of critics […]

July on course to be the hottest month EVER in history of America beating as it’s expected to beat out 1936 Dust Bowl record

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180105/July-course-hottest-month-EVER-history-America-beating-expected-beat-1936-Dust-Bowl-record.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:37 EST, 27 July 2012 | UPDATED: 17:46 EST, 27 July 2012 t’s official: it’s really getting hot in here. The United States is closing in on what could be the nation’s hottest month in recorded history. With just four days to go until the end of July, preliminary […]

Drought devastating U.S. is WORST since 1956 as more than half the country withers in unrelenting heat

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175071/Drought-devastating-U-S-WORST-1956-half-country-withers-unrelenting-heat.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:40 EST, 17 July 2012 | UPDATED: 06:26 EST, 18 July 2012 More than 55 per cent of the United States is suffering through ‘moderate to extreme drought,’ the likes unseen since 1956, according to a new report from the National Climatic Data Center.The sweltering and arid June of […]

Tree-rings prove climate was WARMER in Roman and Medieval times than it is now – and world has been cooling for 2,000 years

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2171973/Tree-ring-study-proves-climate-WARMER-Roman-Medieval-times-modern-industrial-age.html Tree ring study gives first accurate climate reading back to 138BC World has been slowly cooling for 2,000 years World was warmer in Roman and Medieval times than it is now Study of semi-fossilised trees in Finland By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 07:22 EST, 11 July 2012 | UPDATED: 07:22 EST, 11 July 2012 Rings […]

Satellite study of Asian mountains show that glaciers are NOT melting – and some are actually gaining new ice

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2171434/Satellite-study-Asian-mountains-glaciers-NOT-melting–actually-gaining-new-ice.html Glaciers between Pakistan and China have gained mass of ice since 1998 Survey using satellite data Area accounts for 3% of ice-covered area on Earth Gain in thickness between 1999 and 2008 Flies in face of predictions of climate activists By Rob Waugh UPDATED: 18:15 EST, 10 July 2012 Huge glaciers in the area […]