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neither rain, snow nor government shutdown....

Heroic efforts by meteorologists of the National Weather Service in South Dakota to work during the raging blizzard - and at no pay due to the current government shutdown.

#shutdown #South Dakota #NWS #blizzard

adding frustration to heartbreak

Persistent drought could make it difficult for the forests decimated in the Rim Fire to recover. Fire ecologists address the challenge of managing forests and fire in a warming world in a new study in the journal Science.

#drought #climate change #rimfire #california #global warming

too much of a good thing?

Due in part to warming waters caused by climate change, the lobster catch in Maine has increased six-fold in the past decade. But that increase has also created problems for the state's lobster fishers. And there's a concern as the waters continue to warm, that lobsters will move up the coastline into Canada.

#climate change #Maine fishing #lobsters #climate #globalwarming

"warrior up!"

That's the challenge Jewell James of the Lummi Nation in Washington State presents to the youth of his tribe and others. James served as head carver of a 22-foot totem pole that just completed a 1,200 mile journey made to unite tribes against fossil fuel development and export.

#climate #washington state #Lummi #globalwarming

sucking the life from the sea

Brilliant, smart and heartbreaking look at how ocean acidification caused by carbon dioxide pollution is killing ocean life and endangering livelihoods In Washington state and other parts of the Pacific coast.

#climate #seachange #ocean acidification #Washington

big picture

Cool but sobering interactive on climate change.

#climate global warming IPCC

"Someone has to own this issue. The water is coming."

Quote from Norfolk mayor Paul Fraim as fellow Virginia mayors meet to urge state action on climate change.

#climate risingseas virginia

relentless rains: a 1 in 1000 year event

Colorado's "Biblical" Flood in Line with Climate Events

#boulderflood COflood cowx

neighbor vs. neighbor

How to rebuild after Hurricane Sandy? One answer has fellow New Jerseyans squared off against one another.

washington and wildfires

In recent years, the state of Washington, like other Western states, has seen a significant increase in wildfires. So far, almost twice as much land has burned this decade than during the 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s combined. Almost all of this activity has been on the drier east side of the Cascade Mountains.

Why is it happening? For a number of reasons, but at least one, say scientists, is climate change.

the heat is on

Although this is the last week of the meteorological summer, the season may seem far from over for those of you sweating through heat waves in the Midwest.

Here's a look at the connection between extreme heat and climate change.