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'May miracle' of above-average rainfall is a gift to firefighters
A "May miracle" of almost perfectly timed, above-average rainfall helped firefighters battling the large Springs fire in Ventura County and guaranteed that Los Angeles would not break a dubious record. The city was on track to having its fourth-driest...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Fires, Wildfires, Jerry Brown, National Weather Service
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Climate change may bring drought to temperate areas, study says
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — Climate change may increase the risk of extreme rainfall in the tropics and drought in the world's temperate zones, according to a new study led by NASA. "These results in many ways are the worst of all possible worlds," said Peter...Tags: Global Warming, Pakistan, NASA, Global Change, Weather
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'Wake-up call' sounded on stalled renewable energy initiatives
WASHINGTON -- The push to produce more energy from renewable sources has stalled, and “the average unit of energy produced today is basically as dirty as it was 20 years ago,” according to Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Global Warming, Weather, Energy, International Energy
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2012 was among the 10 hottest years on record globally
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.The average global temperature in 2012 was among the 10 hottest since official record keeping began in 1880, with most of the world — from North America to far northeastern Asia — experiencing higher-than-usual temperatures, according to...Tags: Global Warming, NASA, Global Change, Weather, Droughts
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Hurricane season 2012 is done: Sandy not 'major'? So they say
This year’s hurricane season — which officially comes to a close Friday — has proved to be one of the most active on record, with Hurricane Isaac and super storm Sandy wreaking havoc on two coastlines, although both storms, technically,...
Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricane Isaac (2012), Weather Science, Natural Disasters, Tropical Weather
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Chile's Atacama Desert: Otherworldly and timeless
Only four people live in the village of Machuca, 13,000 feet up in the Chilean Andes, and all of them are related to Joel Colque. Colque, who grew up in this stone village that hugs the side of a volcano, is our guide for a daylong trek in the altiplano...Tags: Landforms, Weather, Mining, Hybrid Vehicles, Volcanoes
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California trails in online tools for voters, study finds
PolitiCalThis post has been corrected. See below. Why would you want to be in Minnesota in November rather than in sunny California? Because Minnesota has far better online tools for voters than the Golden State, according to a new study...... -
Weather page: Times’ San Clemente temperatures are out to sea
Readers' Representative JournalA reader in San Clemente noticed a pattern on the weather page. The reported temperatures for his city frequently were off 3 to 5 degrees and tended to be missing on weekends. Why wasn’t the temperature reported regularly, and from...... -
Brush fires keep firefighters busy in Malibu area and Orange County
L.A. NOWFirefighters battled separate brush fires in Los Angeles and Orange counties Thursday afternoon, authorities said. A small fire reported shortly before noon near Encinal Canyon Road and Mulholland Highway burned 2 acres before it was extinguished about 1:... -
Warmer temperatures threaten California vineyards
GreenspaceIn the next 30 years, high-value vineyards in Northern California could shrink by 50% because of global warming, according to a new Stanford University study released Thursday. Applying scenarios from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,... -
Climate change and health: How vulnerable is your city?
GreenspaceAs temperatures rise, so could the threats to your health. Climate experts predict average temperatures in California could rise between 4.7 to 10.5 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century, potentially worsening illnesses related to extreme heat and... -
The Dry Garden: How to water and mulch in the heat of summer
L.A. at HomeAtop California gardeners' to-do list in August and September: irrigate and mulch....
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