Global Warming- Why Doesn’t Texas Want Clean Air?By Elena Craft, PhDSource: EPA Para un breve resumen de la crítica de Texas contra CSAPR en español, haga clic aquí. Today the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard arguments over two critically important clean air protections – the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and the Standards for Mercury and Air Toxics. Texas has fo […]
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- State Of The Climate
- October 2013 National OverviewThe average temperature for the contiguous United States during October was 53.6°F, 0.6°F below the 20thcentury average, making it the 37th coolest October on record. The October national precipitation total was 2.23 inches, 0.12 inch above the 20th century average.
- October 2013 Global AnalysisThe combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for October 2013 was the seventh highest for October on record, at 0.63°C (1.13°F) above the 20th century average of 14.0°C (57.1°F). The global land surface temperature was 0.98°C (1.76°F) above the 20th century average of 9.3°C (48.7°F)—tying with 2012 as the eighth warmest October on rec […]
- October 2013 Upper AirLower Troposphere: RSS, +0.113°C; UAH, +0.29°C. Mid-Troposphere: RSS, +0.171°C; UAH, +0.25°C; UW-RSS, +0.23°C; UW-UAH, +0.30°C. Stratosphere: RSS, -0.231°C; UAH, -0.33°C.
- October 2013 National Overview
- Global Climate Change – Vital Signs of the Planet – News RSS Feed
- NASA snow mapper reaps big benefits for California[[IMAGE||http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/earth/california/20131209/earth20130502-640.jpg||Left||250||Mt. Dana and Dana Plateau in the Tuolumne River Basin within Yosemite National Park, Calif., as seen out the window of a Twin Otter aircraft carrying NASA's Airborne Snow Observatory on April 3, 2013. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech||Mt. Dana and Dana Plat […]
- NASA snow mapper reaps big benefits for California
Human Induced Climate Change Experiment
- NOAA
- Air
- Trailnet, EPA Launch Neighborhood Greenways St. LouisEnvironmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., Dec. 10, 2013) - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will join Trailnet of St. Louis to kick off its Neighborhood Greenways St. Louis project with ceremonies at 2:45 p.m. today, Tuesday, Dec. 10, at The Greater Ville Neighborhood Planning Commission Community Room, 4651 Dr. Martin Luther King Driv […]
- Trailnet, EPA Launch Neighborhood Greenways St. Louis
- Water
- Urban Waters Middle Rio Grande Kick-Off ActivitiesDALLAS – (Dec. 10, 2013) The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Interior (DOI), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bernalillo County are meeting with state, local, and tribal governments to discuss the implementation of the Urban Waters (UW) project. The […]
- Urban Waters Middle Rio Grande Kick-Off Activities
- Ocean Temperatures
- S.W.Pier, MIRecent Water Temperature: 34.0°F (1.1°C) Observation Date and Time: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 05:54:00 GMT […]
- Redwood City CARecent Water Temperature: 47.7°F (8.7°C) Observation Date and Time: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 05:54:00 GMT […]
- Cleveland, OHRecent Water Temperature: 39.2°F (4.0°C) Observation Date and Time: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 05:54:00 GMT […]
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- Invasive Species
- About What's NewSee What's New on the NISIC Web site by using our RSS feed. Contains items of interest that have been added to our site, organized by post date. Learn more about RSS. Note: Oct 24, 2013 -- We have migrated our What's New section to a new interface. If you have previously bookmarked our What's New section (weblogs.nal.usda.gov/invasivespecies), […]
- Species Profile -- Khapra Beetlehttp://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/khapra.shtmlUSDA. NAL. National Invasive Species Information Center. Khapra beetles are native to India. The first specimen in the U.S. was discovered in California in 1953, but the infestation was eradicated; since then, it has been frequently intercepted on imported cargo. These invasive insects are a destructive […]
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- Energy Research
- Rare neutrino scattering events shine light on the nature of matterNeutrinos are a great tool to learn more about the subatomic structure of matter and the nature of our universe.
- Rare neutrino scattering events shine light on the nature of matter
- Energy Savers
- Crafty Gifts for the Energy ConsciousCrafty Gifts for the Energy Conscious Check out these homemade gifts that can help your loved ones be energy efficient in their households. […]
- Crafty Gifts for the Energy Conscious
- Food And Drugs
- FDA approves Sovaldi for chronic hepatitis CThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) to treat chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Solvadi is the first drug that has demonstrated safety and efficacy to treat certain types of HCV infection without the need for co-administration of interferon.
- FDA approves Sovaldi for chronic hepatitis C
- Consumer Health
- Consumer Update AnalyticsThis page contains the most recent Consumer Update data available and links to past Consumer Update Analytics web pages.
- Consumer Update Analytics
United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP19)
The latest round of climate negotiations are under way at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP19) in Warsaw, Poland.
Carmen Boening is a scientist in the Climate Physics Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. She is reporting from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland.
It was a bit of a shock to the system leaving behind the warmth of Pasadena in California, where it was 81F (27C) when I left, and arriving in Warsaw, Poland, where it is 40F (22C) cooler. I’ve come to Warsaw to be part of this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP19), and it’s been incredibly exciting to take in the large range of topics under discussion. I’m based at the U.S. Center at the conference, where delegates from around the U.S. are giving presentations on a variety of topics about climate science and applications of the science.
People from all over the world have trickled into the U.S. Center, interested in learning about our work and how it could be used by policymakers.
As a scientist, it’s fascinating to get an insight into the climate policy efforts that are happening on the international scale. The goal is challenging: to reach a consensus between countries with sometimes very diverse interests.