Global Warming
- Texas Legislature Update: Chapter 313 And Texas Wind ProductionBy Marita MirzatunySource: Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center This week, the Texas Senate will likely debate House Bill (HB) 3390, introduced by Representative Harvey Hilderbran and sponsored by Senator Bob Deuell. This bill, which passed in the House and out of the Economic Development Senate Committee on May 14th, reauthorizes Chapter 31 […]
- Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 16, 2013The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — How We Got This Way: Canal Dredging By Bob Marshall, WWNO (New Orleans). May 15, 2013. "These days when fishing guide Ryan Lambert motors away from the boat launch in Buras, he’s fishing in the what locals call “the land of used-to-bes…" (Read more) The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — How We Got This Way: Rising Seas, […]
- Voluntary Clean Truck Programs Reduce Emissions At Ports, But Fall Short Of Clean Air GoalsBy Marcelo NorsworthyVoluntary truck replacement programs at ports are a common means of improving local air quality without imposing strict restrictions. However, new research shows that these voluntary programs, while a critical component of a comprehensive clean air plan for ports, are limited in their overall effectiveness, especially when considered in […]
- Texas Legislature Update: Chapter 313 And Texas Wind Production
State Of The Climate
- April 2013 DroughtWeather disturbances moving in a very active jet stream flow intensified as they traversed an upper-level trough over the central U.S., sending a series of low pressure and frontal systems across the central and southeastern parts of the country. The resulting beneficial precipitation shrank drought areas in the eastern Plains, Midwest, and Southeast, with e […]
- April 2013 National OverviewThe April average temperature for the contiguous U.S. was 49.7°F, which was 1.4°F below the 20th century average. April 2013 ranked as the 23rd coolest such month on record and marked the coolest April since 1997 when the monthly average temperature for the contiguous U.S. was 48.0°F. The April average precipitation for the contiguous U.S. was 2.90 inches, 0 […]
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- April 2013 Drought
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NOAA
- NOAA releases final report of Sandy service assessment
- First GOES-R instrument ready to be installed onto spacecraft
- New current meter at Stevens will feed data into NOAA’s real-time information system to allow ships to navigate more safely in New York harbor
- National Weather Service completes Doppler radar upgrades
- Arctic nearly free of summer sea ice during first half of 21st century
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- San Diego County Meets National Air Quality Standard for SmogLOS ANGELES – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that San Diego County has met the 1997 national health-based air quality standard for smog, also known as ground-level ozone. In addition, EPA has approved the state’s plan to maintain clean air standards for the more than three million residents of the San Diego area […]
- San Diego County Meets National Air Quality Standard for Smog
Water
- EPA joins other agencies to finalize summer work plans for Pennsylvania Mine cleanupMeeting on May 29 to outline cleanup effort to address acid discharge and toxic waste piles (Denver, Colo. – May 16th, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety, the U.S. Forest Service, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and Summit County, today announced […]
- EPA joins other agencies to finalize summer work plans for Pennsylvania Mine cleanup
Ocean Temperatures
- Pensacola FLRecent Water Temperature: 75.0°F (23.9°C) Observation Date and Time: Thu, 16 May 2013 22:54:00 GMT […]
- Eagle Point, TXRecent Water Temperature: 70.2°F (21.2°C) Observation Date and Time: Thu, 16 May 2013 22:54:00 GMT […]
- Newport RIRecent Water Temperature: 56.8°F (13.8°C) Observation Date and Time: Thu, 16 May 2013 22:54:00 GMT […]
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Invasive Species
- Illinois Invasive Species Awareness Month - May 2013Illinois Invasive Species Awareness Month - May 2013The goal of... […]
- WSSA Scientists Stress the Importance of Early Response to Invasive Weeds (Mar 26, 2013)WSSA Scientists Stress the Importance of Early Response to Invasive... […]
- Illinois Invasive Species Awareness Month - May 2013
Energy Research
- GrayQbTM: A new tool for contamination mappingNuclear facilities in the midst of cleanup due to normal routine or unexpected incident face a remarkable challenge ' how to safely determine the exact location of radioactive contamination. […]
- GrayQbTM: A new tool for contamination mapping
Energy Savers
- Charging Your Plug-in Electric Vehicle at HomeCharging Your Plug-in Electric Vehicle at Home Learn about your options for charging a plug-in electric vehicle at home. […]
- Charging Your Plug-in Electric Vehicle at Home
Food And Drugs
- FDA approves Simponi to treat ulcerative colitisThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new use for Simponi (golimumab) injection to treat adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. […]
- FDA approves Simponi to treat ulcerative colitis
Consumer Health
- Stay Safe in the Summer SunFDA has taken steps on multiple fronts to protect consumers from the skin damage that can be caused by too much exposure to the sun. This is the first summer in which FDA's new rules governing sunscreen labeling are in effect. And FDA is supporting "Don’t Fry Day" on May 24. […]
- Stay Safe in the Summer Sun
Smoke from California’s Springs Fire
NASA — The GOES infrared and visible imagery were combined to create an animation that showed the plume of smoke from the fire. The smoke plume is seen blowing west and out over the eastern Pacific Ocean. The animation runs 17 seconds and shows the smoke plume from May 3 at 1415 to 2000 UTC (10:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT) was created by the NASA GOES Project, located at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Credit: NASA GOES Project/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Dennis Chesters