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Arctic ice loss may drive extreme weather patterns
Anyone forced to shovel their car out of a snowbank this winter might wonder just how it is a blizzard can occur in a warming climate. The answer, climate scientists say, may have to do with record sea ice losses in the Arctic. At a Tuesday news...
Tags: Weather Reports, Science and Technology, Weather
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Don't spoil this happy fish story
After years of depletion, California's fish populations appear to be bouncing back. A study this month by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that hauls by fishing boats, which had been down as a result of years of overfishing,...
Tags: Justice System, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources Defense Council, U.S. Congress, Wildlife
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Baltimore area readies for messy commute Monday morning
Winter is not quite ready to leave Baltimore. Weather forecasters called for a wintry mix of rain and snow to start falling late Sunday and into Monday that was likely to complicate morning commutes. The forecast is for "a slushy inch" of accumulation...
Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Oceans, Garrett County, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, National Weather Service
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Drought worries increase for Minnesota farmers
Dry weather that has persisted in Minnesota through the fall and winter is raising concerns among farmers about this year's growing season. Most of the state didn't get significant precipitation before the soil froze, meaning dirt that was already...Tags: Philosophy, Kensington, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Religion and Belief, Natural Disasters
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Warm spring expected for region, but cold holding on
It's been colder than is normal for this time of year in Maryland, but things are eventually going to warm up. As spring, which officially began Wednesday, gets further underway, Maryland will see a change from cooler-than-normal temperatures to warmer-...
Tags: National Weather Service
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A power to act on warming
WASHINGTON -- The test of President Obama's seriousness about addressing climate change is not his pending decision on the much-debated Keystone XL pipeline. It's whether he effectively consigns coal-fired power plants -- one of the biggest sources of...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Elections, State of the Union Address, Metal and Mineral, Keystone XL Pipeline
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Coastal quandary: rebuild or retreat?
Foremost on my mind as the days lengthen is where I might get my ocean "fix" once summer arrives. Sometimes I crave the New Jersey shore where I vacationed as a kid, other times the Maryland beaches since I lived there during summers in college. This...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), FEMA, Andrew Cuomo, Chris Christie, Government
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Winter was 20th mildest for U.S., 15th warmest for Md.
The average temperature across the country was almost 2 degrees above normal this meteorological winter, ranking as 20th-mildest in the past 118 years, according to climatologists. In Maryland, the winter was even more of an aberration, ranking 15th-...
Tags: Weather, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Weather Statistics
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March 12 is Virginia's Statewide Tornado Drill
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistOn March 12th businesses and organizations, schools and colleges, families and individuals will practice taking cover from tornadoes by participating in the annual safety exercise. On Tuesday, at 9:45 a.m. the National Weather Service will send a test...Tags: Tornadoes, Business, Natural Disasters, National Weather Service
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Severe weather survival tips
Over the past few years, more than 60 tornadoes have struck areas around the Commonwealth of Virginia. Don't be caught unprepared. Severe weather can damage your home and no building is indestructible by dangerous storms. Here are things you can do to...
Tags: Tornadoes, Natural Disasters, First Aid, Entertainment, Radio
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Tuesday: Warm, breezy, chance of rain
Sun SentinelWarm and breezy conditions should continue today. But drier cooler air is on the way. Temperatures are expected to drop into the 50s on Wednesday night, followed by a cool to mild day on Thursday. That's thanks to a cold front advancing toward South...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather
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2 Civil War sailors from the Monitor to be buried at Arlington
This post has been corrected, as indicated belowWASHINGTON--One hundred and fifty years after their Civil War ironclad sank, two unknown sailors from the Monitor will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday. Burial comes a year after officials in Washington unveiled forensic...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Hampton Roads, Unrest, Conflicts and War, New Year's Day
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