Severe Weather

Record loss of Arctic ice may trigger extreme weather – LA Times

September 13, 2012

Arctic sea ice is shrinking at a rate much faster than scientists ever predicted and its collapse, due to global warming, may well cause extreme weather this winter in North America and Europe, according to climate scientists.

Panel says wild weather worsens – The Associated Press

November 1, 2011

Freakish weather disasters — from the sudden October snowstorm in the Northeast U.S. to the record floods in Thailand — are striking more often. And global warming is likely to spawn more similar weather extremes at a huge cost, says a draft summary of an international climate report obtained by The Associated Press.

Storm Warnings: Extreme Weather is a Product of Climate Change – Scientific American

July 5, 2011

In North Dakota the waters kept rising. Swollen by more than a month of record rains in Saskatchewan, the Souris River topped its all time record high, set back in 1881. The floodwaters poured into Minot, North Dakota’s fourth-largest city, and spread across thousands of acres of farms and forests. More than 12,000 people were forced to evacuate. Many lost their homes to the floodwaters.

Calling on the news media – haywire weather and climate change – A Statement from NC WARN

June 1, 2011

Last week McClatchy Newspapers published a breakthrough article about scientists seeing the links between severe weather and global warming. More of this strong journalism is urgently needed because very little time is left before climate change becomes self-sustaining.

Why have tornadoes become so frequent? – The Philadelphia Inquirer

May 23, 2011

So far this month, 900 tornado sightings have been reported, according to the government’s Storm Prediction Center.

Scientists connect global warming to extreme rain – Associated Press

February 16, 2011

Extreme rainstorms and snowfalls have grown substantially stronger, two studies suggest, with scientists for the first time finding the telltale fingerprints of man-made global warming on downpours that often cause deadly flooding.

Slamming the Door on Climate Confusionists – 2010 Wettest, Hottest Year – The New York Times

January 12, 2011

New government figures for the global climate show that 2010 was the wettest year in the historical record, and it tied 2005 as the hottest year since record-keeping began in 1880.

Long, hot summer of fire, floods fits predictions – Associated Press

August 12, 2010

This summer’s weather disasters fit into the pattern forecast by climate scientists in key 2007 report on global warming.

Climate Change Speeds Up Since Kyoto in 1997: Associated Press article and response from Jim Warren

November 23, 2009

How climate change has accelerated beyond some of the grimmest warnings made in 1997. NC WARN Executive Director Jim Warren responds in a letter to The News & Observer.

“Urgency Denial” Must End – Winston-Salem Journal Oped by Jim Warren

January 17, 2009

By Jim Warren. Severe climate changes are occurring at an accelerating rate. Our planet is in crisis, according to the world’s top scientists, and corrective measures that are proven, feasible and economically beneficial — mainly energy efficiency — need to be implemented now.

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