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New Study: "Climate Change 'Causes Wild Weather'"

"LONDON -- The cause of much of the recent extreme weather across the world is climate change triggered by human activities, scientists say. The paper suggests that man-made climate change is repeatedly disturbing the patterns of airflow around the northern hemisphere."

Source: Climate News Network, 02/27/2013

"Official: Gas Leak Caused Mexico Oil Company Blast"

"MEXICO CITY -- A gas buildup under a building in the headquarters of Mexico's state oil company caused a blast that killed 37 people and wounded dozens, the attorney-general said Monday, ending days of near-total silence by authorities about the petroleum giant's worst disaster in more than a decade."

Source: AP, 02/06/2013

"Study: Distant Rural Areas May Feel Cities' Heat"

"Heat rising up from cities such as New York, Paris and Tokyo might be remotely warming up winters far away in some rural parts of Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, a surprising study theorizes."

Source: AP, 01/29/2013

"Green Desert: Climate Changes To Disrupt Southwest"

"On Jan. 11, the National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee -- a consortium of 13 federal agencies -- released its third draft report on the impact of climate change on the U.S. As seems to be the rule with federal documents, it’s monstrously long, but fairly readable and the online table of contents is easy to navigate."

Source: Palm Springs Desert Sun, 01/21/2013

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