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America's Cup team calls for changes to make regatta safer
ReutersALAMEDA, California (Reuters) - The head of the Italian sailing team in the America's Cup called on Friday for lowering limits on wind speeds and other safety measures to make the regatta less dangerous following a deadly accident last week. Prada...Tags: Sailing, Prada, Larry Ellison, Open-Wheel Racing
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Climate change may bring drought to temperate areas, study says
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — Climate change may increase the risk of extreme rainfall in the tropics and drought in the world's temperate zones, according to a new study led by NASA. "These results in many ways are the worst of all possible worlds," said Peter...Tags: Droughts, Science, Science and Technology, Guiberson Fire (2009), Global Warming
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Is This Progress?
Channel 2 WeatherWell, well, what have we here? A disappointing early spring perhaps? It just so happens that many are frustrated with what's been happening lately, but at least the gravel is getting picked up. Record snowfall in the winter of 2011-2012 was followed...Tags: Weather
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'May miracle' of above-average rainfall is a gift to firefighters
A "May miracle" of almost perfectly timed, above-average rainfall helped firefighters battling the large Springs fire in Ventura County and guaranteed that Los Angeles would not break a dubious record. The city was on track to having its fourth-driest...
Tags: Guiberson Fire (2009), Wildfires, Jerry Brown, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Fires
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March chill not expected to hamper Aberdeen-area farmers
The seventh coldest March on record and one of the drier ones was bad news for farmers, but it shouldn't set them back too far, an agronomist said. "Right now, we are just waiting for the snow to melt," said David Clark, agronomist and Northern sales...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, National Weather Service
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U.S. climate researchers predict heavier rains, snows as globe warms
A recently published study led by U.S. government climate researchers predicts warming global temperatures will mean more moisture in the air, and thus heavier precipitation extremes. The research, reported in the peer-reviewed academic journal...
Tags: Science and Technology, Global Warming, University of Wisconsin-Madison, North Carolina State University, Research
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March 2013 among coldest for U.S., but 10th warmest across the globe
March 2013 brought a chill to Maryland and much of the eastern U.S., but the global average temperature for the month was meanwhile 10th warmest on record, according to U.S. climate researchers. Around here, March temperatures were about 3 degrees below...
Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Weather
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'Wake-up call' sounded on stalled renewable energy initiatives
WASHINGTON -- The push to produce more energy from renewable sources has stalled, and “the average unit of energy produced today is basically as dirty as it was 20 years ago,” according to Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the...
Tags: Global Warming, International Energy, Environmental Issues, Weather, Energy
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Early spring climate forecast
BROOKINGS - What a difference a year makes. Statewide, March 2013 in South Dakota was cooler and wetter than a year ago, where extremely warm temperatures contributed to a record warm year nationally and eventual drought development in South Dakota. "In...Tags: Droughts, Weather Reports, Weather, National Weather Service, Natural Disasters
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Record heat forecast Wednesday, with highs around 90 degrees
Maryland skipped over spring and went straight to summer-like weather Tuesday, as a "Bermuda high" system more common to June or July created a chance for record-breaking heat on Wednesday. Temperatures reached 85 degrees at Baltimore-Washington...
Tags: Kennedy Krieger Institute, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Weather Reports, Weather, National Weather Service
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Winter colder than average
The state climatologist was right: This winter was slightly colder than average. The average temperature this winter, which runs from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28 as far as the National Weather Service is concerned, was about 14.5 degrees in Aberdeen, state...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, National Weather Service
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Arlington Heights approves weather sensors
Arlington Heights is installing high-tech weather sensors at two locations in the village. "You can't simply tell (the weather conditions) by looking out the window," said Mike Reynolds, the village's superintendent of maintenance. "We're trying to...Tags: McHenry, McHenry County, Weather Reports, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Weather
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