Politicians Criticized For Lack Of Understanding In Response To Climate Change And Extreme Weather
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In July 2012 the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released an infographic detailing the associations between extreme weather in the US and the evidence of climate change. In the...
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New TV and Web ads Communicate the Importance of a Financial Donation NEW YORK, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the devastation wrought by the tornadoes on Monday, the Ad Council and the United Way of Central Oklahoma launched today a series of television and Web public service advertisements (PSAs) encouraging Americans to make financial contributions to disaster relief efforts. The PSAs direct audiences to visit unitedwayokc.org, where they can contribute to support the...
Assisting those in need of relief during times of disaster and grief is very important to Stamped Sentimentals. In response to the recent Oklahoma tornadoes, they have created a special jewelry collection to support those in need of assistance and proceeds will be donated to assist in disaster relief. Senoia, GA (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 In response to the recent tragic tornado events in Oklahoma, Stamped Sentimentals has launched a jewelry collection in support of those who have been...
In the aftermath of today’s tornado Retirement Roadster offers condolences to all those that lost family members, friends, and property and puts forward the nucleus to create a celebrity fundraiser to help the damaged schools. Austin, Texas (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 The tornado that ravaged through Oklahoma today left a path of destruction and pain. The Chicago Tribune reports 51 deaths and over 45 reported injuries and officials expect those numbers to rise. Retirement Roadster offers their...
Being prepared is the key to reducing the effects of a hurricane disaster. This webinar coincides with the National Hurricane Center’s ‘Hurricane Preparedness Week’. Portsmouth, NH (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Experts are predicting an above average hurricane season for 2013 but even with such predictions no one could have imagined the devastation faced with Superstorm Sandy last year. What it taught us is that being prepared for anything at anytime is the key to reducing the effects of a...
SNL Real Estate analysis finds that at least five REIT-owned properties appear to have been in the path of the devastating Tornado that struck the Oklahoma City area May 20, leaving at least 24 people dead. An additional 19 properties owned by 11 other REITs appear to be in close proximity to the storm's path. Charlottesville, VA (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 At least five REIT-owned properties appear to have been in the path of the devastating Tornado that struck the Oklahoma City area May...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The US Forest Service voiced its concern on Tuesday over the atmospheric effects of wildfire emissions on climate change, saying the issue is of great importance to scientists and policymakers alike. The warnings are particularly important given recent projections of an average 50-percent increase in wildfires across the US – and over 100 percent in some areas of the West – by 2050, the Service said. The agency pointed to a...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Surges in cultural innovation in early modern human populations were sparked by rapid climate changes between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago – during what was the Middle Stone Age. A new study conducted by a team of scientists from Cardiff University's School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Barcelona examined a marine sediment core off the coast of South Africa to reconstruct...
Daily weather forecast and wrap-up provided by redOrbit meteorologist Joshua Kelly. redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from May 21: The National Weather Service went out and did a survey assessment of the Moore, OK tornado yesterday and has officially rated it an EF-5, which is the strongest of all tornadoes possible. The winds were estimated to be over 200mph. This type of storm is not very common as only a few of them occur every few years. Yesterday we got...
Detailed analysis shows that only 0.5% (65 of the 12,000 abstracts rated) suggest that humans are responsible for more than 50% of the global warming up to 2001, contrary to the alleged 97% consensus amongst scientists in the Cook et al study. Citing fear mongering and faulty methodology Friends of Science reject the study and President Obama’s tweet as careless incitement of a misinformed and frightened public, when in fact the sun is the main driver of climate change; not human...
Self-Storage Marketplace Offers Up to $100 Toward Storage Rental. Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Self-storage marketplace SpareFoot is offering relief to those affected by the devastating tornadoes in the Oklahoma City area. The Austin, TX-based company will donate a month of storage to businesses, families and individuals who need temporary space to store and protect their belongings in the aftermath of the tornadoes. SpareFoot will mail a check to cover a victim’s first month of...
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An urban heat island (UHI) is a metropolitan area that is drastically warmer than its surrounding rural areas because of human activities. The phenomenon was first looked into and described by Luke Howard during the 1810s, although he wasn’t the one to name the phenomenon. The difference in temperature is normally bigger at night as opposed to during the day, and it most obvious when winds are weak. Seasonally, UHI is seen during the summer and the winter. The key cause of the urban heat...
Desertification is a form of land degradation in which a comparatively dry land area becomes more and more arid, normally losing its bodies of water along with its wildlife and vegetation. This is a result of a variety of factors, such as climate change and human activities. Desertification is an important global, ecological, and environmental issue. There is substantial controversy over the proper definition of the term “desertification”. The most broadly accepted of these is that of...
Climate change is a substantial and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods of time ranging from decades to millions of years. It might be a change in the average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions. Climate change is a result of factors that include oceanic processes, biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received buy Earth, volcanic eruptions, and plate tectonics, and human induced alterations...
Surface Dew-points can play a huge role in weather forecasting. The first such role is that it helps determine the amount of moisture in the atmosphere for a given point. If we look at the current dew-point map above from January 28, 2013 we can note several things of interest. First, if we look at where the black circle is around the number 70, we can make note that this air right off the coast of Texas is at a dew point of 70F. The temperature outside must be above 70F, because the...
Air mass thunderstorms are found in marine time tropical air. In short they are also known as MT Thunderstorms. Air mass thunderstorms represent what is known as the common three stage thunderstorm development. This means that an air mass thunderstorm goes through the stages of Cumulus which is represented by the updrafts only being present; secondly it moves into the mature stage where it has both updrafts and downdrafts; finally it goes into the dissipating stage where you see only the...
