WEATHER REPORT

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Study questions nature's ability to 'self-correct' climate change
Aug 15, 2013 (SPX)
Forests have a limited capacity to soak up atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to a new study from Northern Arizona University. The study, available online in...
Too late to stop extreme heat waves: study
Aug 14, 2013 (AFP)
Climate change will trigger harsher and more frequent heat waves in the next 30 years regardless of the amount of Earth-warming carbon dioxide we emit, a study ...
Record temperature as Japan heatwave takes toll
Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)
Broiling temperatures in Japan saw the mercury hit a record 41 degrees Celsius (106 Fahrenheit) on Monday, after at least nine people died from heatstroke over ...
Heatwave kills four in Japan
Aug 11, 2013 (AFP)
A heatwave stifled Japan Sunday as the temperature topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit ) in two cities, leaving at least four people dead over the weekend...
New insights into the 1-in-a-million lightning called 'ball lightning'
Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)
One of the rare scientific reports on the rarest form of lightning -- ball lightning -- describes better ways of producing this mysterious phenomenon under the ...
Record high temperatures in Austria
Aug 08, 2013 (AFP)
Temperatures in Austria rose above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on Thursday for the first time since records began in the mid 19th century, the meteorolo...
Lockheed Martin-Built Defense Weather Satellite Delivered To Vandenberg
Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)
The U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman team successfully delivered the 19th Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), block 5D3, weathe...
U.S. Air Force receives new defense weather satellite
Aug 05, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force says it has taken delivery of the latest defense weather satellite with plans to launch it next spring. The military satellites are critical ...
Feeling a bit violent? Maybe it's hot outside
Aug 01, 2013 (AFP)
If the heat makes you cranky, take heart: you're not alone, according to a study out Thursday in the US journal Science that links rising tempers to hot tempera...
More than 10 dead as record heatwave hits Shanghai
Jul 31, 2013 (AFP)
More than 10 people have died in China's commercial hub Shanghai, a local health official said Wednesday as the city swelters in its highest temperatures for at...
Deciphering the air-sea communication
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
Why does hurricane activity vary from decade to decade? Or rainfall in the Sahel region? And why are the trans-Atlantic changes frequently in sync? A German-Rus...
Cold spring weather catastrophic for Poland's stork populations
Jul 25, 2013 (UPI)
A cold spring decimated Poland's stork population, with 80 percent of young storks perishing in some areas of the country, conservationists said. Bird watchers ...
New study finds nighttime heat waves increasing in Pacific Northwest
Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)
A new study has found that heat waves are increasing in the western portions of the Pacific Northwest, but not the kind most people envision, with scorching hot...
Nighttime heat waves quadruple in Pacific Northwest
Jul 22, 2013 (SPX)
Nighttime heat waves are becoming more frequent in western Washington and Oregon. And if you don't sleep well in hot weather, this might be a good time to buy a...
US sweats out massive heat wave
Jul 19, 2013 (AFP)
Clutching water bottles, New Yorkers battled a sweltering heat wave Friday with temperatures topping 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) and intense hum...
Offguard Britain swelters in summer heatwave
Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)
Britain was sweltering Thursday in its first prolonged heatwave in seven years as the deputy prime minister warned the country was simply "not ready for this". ...
Heatwave alert in Britain after freezing spring
Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)
British authorities issued a heatwave alert on Wednesday after the first prolonged period of high temperatures since 2006, following the coldest spring for more...
British soldiers die in heat wave trying for elite unit
Jul 15, 2013 (AFP)
Two British soldiers died during a training exercise over the weekend as they took part in a gruelling selection process for the elite SAS unit on the hottest d...
Japan heatwave kills 12: reports
Jul 12, 2013 (AFP)
A severe heatwave that hit Japan a week ago has claimed at least a dozen lives, reports said Friday. The mercury has topped 35 degrees celsius (95 degrees fahre...
30-40 buried in China landslide: officials
Jul 10, 2013 (AFP)
Between 30 and 40 people were buried by a landslide in southwest China on Wednesday, local officials said, as heavy rains in the area also destroyed homes and b...
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