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In parched Southwest, anxious wait for summer rains

2013-05-10 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: On the thirsty rangelands of Arizona and New Mexico, which have been mired in an on-again, off-again drought since 1999, ranchers and water managers are hoping for an unusually wet summer monsoon season that will help make up for this winter's lackluster snowpack. Reservoirs have been depleted to near-record lows, and the major rivers and tributaries are running at barely a trickle, making the summer rainfall season crucial to avert potentially severe water shortages, at least temporarily. However,...

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Public anxious on climate, to a point

2013-05-07 13:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Politico: Many climate change polls suggest a clear enough overall trend: Majorities of Americans believe global warming is real and the federal government should act. But that fact can offer little help for some policymakers trying to gauge public opinion, thanks to variations in how the polls are worded, along with peoples deeply rooted perceptions of how others view the topic. Three-quarters of the public believe that global temperatures have probably slowly increased during the past century ...

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Jodi Arias trial: Friends of slain man Travis Alexander anxious for verdict

2013-05-06 04:58:47| Real Estate - Topix.net

On May 3, 2013, the Jodi Arias Arizona murder case was given to the jury, who will now decide if she is guilty of murdering her former lover, Travis Alexander , in cold blood.

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All eyes on Keeling Curve: Scientists anxious as CO2 levels to cross 400 PPM

2013-05-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

InsideClimate: For the first time in human history, concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are expected to pass 400 parts per million across much of the Northern Hemisphere in May, according to scientists who study data from the Mauna Loa Observatory, the world's longest-running CO2 monitoring station. While crossing the 400 ppm mark isn't a "tipping point" that signals climate catastrophe, scientists told InsideClimate News, it is an important symbolic milestone that underscores government inaction...

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