"The Arms Race to Grow World's Hottest Pepper Goes Nuclear"
For a while, the Naga Viper was the hottest pepper in the world. Today, breeding peppers for hotness is an area of military research.
Source: Wall St. Journal, 03/27/2013
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"Insurers on Climate Change: Whatevs"
"Despite record heat and extreme weather disasters in recent years, insurers aren't adequately planning for climate change, according to a report issued Thursday. Only 13 percent of insurance companies have a 'specific, comprehensive strategy' to deal with global warming."
Source: Mother Jones, 03/08/2013
"The Scariest Climate Change Graph Just Got Scarier"
A new reconstruction of the global temperature over the past 11,000 years only confirms the unprecedented warming shown in the "hockey stick" graph which has become the target of anti-science climate deniers.
Source: Climate Desk, 03/08/2013
New Study: "Climate Change 'Causes Wild Weather'"
"LONDON -- The cause of much of the recent extreme weather across the world is climate change triggered by human activities, scientists say. The paper suggests that man-made climate change is repeatedly disturbing the patterns of airflow around the northern hemisphere."
Source: Climate News Network, 02/27/2013
Hotter, Wetter Climate Slashes Labor Capacity By 10 Percent: US Study
"Earth's increasingly hot, wet climate has cut the amount of work people can do in the worst heat by about 10 percent in the past six decades, and that loss in labor capacity could double by mid-century, U.S. government scientists reported on Sunday."
Source: Reuters, 02/26/2013
"Official: Gas Leak Caused Mexico Oil Company Blast"
"MEXICO CITY -- A gas buildup under a building in the headquarters of Mexico's state oil company caused a blast that killed 37 people and wounded dozens, the attorney-general said Monday, ending days of near-total silence by authorities about the petroleum giant's worst disaster in more than a decade."
Source: AP, 02/06/2013
"Study: Distant Rural Areas May Feel Cities' Heat"
"Heat rising up from cities such as New York, Paris and Tokyo might be remotely warming up winters far away in some rural parts of Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, a surprising study theorizes."
Source: AP, 01/29/2013
"After Failed Climate Coverage, CNN Reports Americans Don't Understand Climate Change"
"Promoting a recent poll, CNN is treating climate change as a matter of opinion, saying Americans are divided over whether or not it is real. But the network itself has fueled such confusion, often failing to report that manmade emissions are driving climate change or giving credence to those who deny the science behind it."
Source: Media Matters, 01/24/2013
"Green Desert: Climate Changes To Disrupt Southwest"
"On Jan. 11, the National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee -- a consortium of 13 federal agencies -- released its third draft report on the impact of climate change on the U.S. As seems to be the rule with federal documents, it’s monstrously long, but fairly readable and the online table of contents is easy to navigate."
Source: Palm Springs Desert Sun, 01/21/2013
"Will The Grass Be Greener In Obama's Second Term?"
"One of the chief expectations of those who voted for President Obama is that he moves assertively to pass climate change legislation, whatever the political climate in Washington."
Source: NPR, 01/21/2013
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