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Three Blockbuster Films That Conquered Extreme Weather
Three blockbuster films, the original Jurassic Park (1993), Mockingjay Part One (scheduled release in 2015) and Field of Dreams (1988), had weather which unexpectedly impacted their completion into finished movies.
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Midwest, South brace for wild weekend weather
A strong storm system could bring more severe weather -- including tornadoes, damaging winds and hail -- to much of the country this weekend.
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For New York, The '10-Year Storm' Isn't What It Used To Be
A new study says the worst floods in the city are both higher and 20 times more common than they were 170 years ago. But climate change is only part of the reason.
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Climate Change Today
Climate Change-Check out this infographic to see what's changing:
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Today’s Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida
Parts of ancient Antarctica were as warm as today’s California coast, and polar regions of the southern Pacific Ocean registered 21st-century Florida heat, according to scientists using a new way to measure past temperatures.
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'Dressed' laser aimed at clouds may be key to inducing rain, lightning
The adage "Everyone complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it," may one day be obsolete if researchers at the University of Central Florida's College of Optics & Photonics and the University of Arizona further develop a new technique to aim a high-energy laser beam into clouds to make it rain or trigger lightning.
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Experts Scrutinize US Power Grid's Vulnerability to Severe Weather
Experts across the nation are searching for plausible solutions to the defects of the nation's over-stressed and antiquated power system before severe weather season takes full rein.
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Asia pollution drives Pacific storms
Air pollution in China and other Asian countries is having far-reaching impacts on weather patterns across the Northern Hemisphere, a study suggests.
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Is global warming just a giant natural fluctuation?
An analysis of temperature data since 1500 all but rules out the possibility that global warming in the industrial era is just a natural fluctuation in the earth’s climate, according to a new study by McGill University physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.
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Why an El Niño is this year’s extreme weather event to look out for
A whole lot of crazy weather could be coming our way.
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In tornado-prone Oklahoma, some better prepared than others
The mayor of Moore, Oklahoma, a municipality twice devastated by tornados in the past 15 years, is fixated on garage doors.
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Earth has a fever, but the heat is sloshing into the oceans
Much has been made about the Earth's energy imbalance (extra energy absorbed by the Earth). It is clear the Earth is out of balance, in laypersons' terms, it has a "fever". What isn't clear is how bad the fever is. A new study by Dr. Matt Palmer and Dr. Doug McNeall moves us closer to answering this "fever" question.
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Severe storms, tornadoes rip Midwest, South
Thunderstorms were crawling across a large swath of the Midwest and South on Thursday, spawning suspected tornadoes in Missouri and Texas.
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Stop arguing about climate change and start getting ready for extreme weather
The IPCC’s latest climate change report has made it clear that global temperature rises will be the cause of more extreme weather events around the world. Indeed, weather disasters increasingly provoke the question: “Was this event (directly) caused by anthropogenic climate change?”—as was the case with the flooding that struck the UK this winter.
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Melting of the polar vortex could mean a vicious allergy season
Thanks to the harsh winter brought about the polar vortex, the Midwest and East Coast may be subjected to a particularly severe allergy season. Doctors recommend early treatment for those at risk.
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Severe Storm - Complete with Overly Dramatic Commentary
There you have it folks, this is what happens when you don't follow Frankie's weather reports. All hell breaks loose around the :35 second mark.
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2013 sixth warmest year on record
Thirteen of the fourteen warmest years on record have all occurred in the 21st century, and each of the last three decades has been warmer than the previous one, culminating with 2001-2010 as the warmest decade on record.
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U.N. blames warming earth for extreme weather in 2013
Warming is caused by people, World Meteorological Organization said in its yearly report.
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Warmer Springs Boost Long-Tailed Tit survival
The UK's population of these little birds has more than doubled in the last forty years.
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Stubborn, Solid Ice: Great Lakes Set Late-Season Record (ANIMATION)
The Great Lakes continue to set new records for winter ice coverage.
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