Topic: Meteorology
New climate service aims to help business adapt
Reuters Environmental Online Report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposed new U.S. NOAA Climate Service is meant to help businesses adapt to the impact of climate change, and to spur development of new technologies to cope with it, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Monday. "Even with our best efforts, we know that some ...
New federal climate change agency forming
AP News
Obama administration to set up new agency to study, monitor climate changeThe Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate. Also known as global warming, climate change has drawn widespread concern in recent years as temperatures around the world rise, threatening to ...
El Nino to boost 2010 U.S. crops: report
Reuters Environmental Online Report
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. farmers grew record-large corn and soy crops in 2009 but production in 2010 could be even bigger, aided by an El Nino weather pattern that is typically a boon to the Midwest but less so for growers in Australia and southeast Asia, a forecaster said on ...
El Nino helping Green River Valley avoid floods
AP News
Crossed fingers: Green River Valley, threatened by weakened reservoir, may be past flood riskWith winter half gone, some weather experts say the Green River Valley south of Seattle may have avoided catastrophic flooding, at least this season. The El Nino weather pattern affecting the Pacific Coast has helped bring a ...
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