Sep 10 Third Hottest U.S. Summer Ends With a Splash of Drought Relief By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy This infographic from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center highlights some of the records set for the country this summer. Image by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The hottest July on record combined with a warmer-than-average June and August… Continue reading
Aug 24 Timeline: The Summer of Wild Weather An Indian villager watches fast-moving water during a flash flood on the outskirts of Jammu. Photo by STRDEL/AFP/GettyImages Severe weather events have devastated much of the world in recent months. Flash floods and unrelenting wildfires battered Eurasia as crops in… Continue reading
Aug 24 National Geographic’s Peter Miller on Weather Gone Wild By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy [ DUE TO RIGHTS RESTRICTIONS, VIDEO IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE ] National Geographic magazine's September issue looks at the impact of steadily warming temperatures and changing weather patterns on severe storms, droughts, forest fires and other extreme weather… Continue reading
Aug 22 Rain or Shine, Climate Change Pushes Farmers to the Brink By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Mother Nature has been unkind to farmers this year. Last week, the NewsHour talked to cherry farmers in Michigan who lost 90 percent of their crops when an early spring warm-up meant trees were battered by frosts after blooming… Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch Shifting Seasons Lead to Sour Year for Michigan Cherry Farmers Shifting Seasons Lead to Sour Year for Michigan Cherry Farmers… Continue watching
Aug 16 Drilling for Clues to Ancient Climate EmbedVideo(4168, 482, 304); On the Joides Resolution research vessel, a team of scientists study the Earth's climate history by drilling deep into the ocean floor and analyzing the deep sea dirt. Two weeks ago the… Continue reading
Aug 16 Coping with Climate Change: Michigan’s Sour Season By Saskia de Melker Northwestern Michigan calls itself the Cherry Capital of the World and supplies most of the country's tart cherries. That wasn't possible in 2012 and may become increasingly harder. We follow the cherry from field to pie to learn about the… Continue reading
Aug 16 A Sour Season for Michigan’s Cherry Farmers By Saskia de Melker Northwestern Michigan calls itself the Cherry Capital of the World and supplies most of the country's tart cherries. But the state experienced a huge crop loss in 2012. We follow the cherry from field to pie to learn about the… Continue reading
Aug 15 Beekeepers Feel the Sting of Climate Change By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // "Better stay back. They're getting mad!" Jeremy Jelinek hollers over the angry buzzing of his beehives. Jelinek, a Michigan beekeeper, has been stung more times than he can count. On this day, he is shipping his bees to Wisconsin… Continue reading
Aug 14 Early Michigan Spring Leaves Field Workers Underemployed By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // For 26 years, Pedro and Juana Francisco have pruned trees and picked cherries, apricots, peaches and apples at Northern Michigan's King Orchards farm. The job has provided them with a reliable income, enough to buy a house and help… Continue reading