Ice cover on the Great Lakes has been decreasing since the 1970s, affecting everything from fishing to shipping.
The NOAA Climate Prediction Center began issuing Week 3-4 Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks in May of 2017. Our blogger discusses the challenges and successes that led to this development.
Capetonians will have tap water until sometime in 2019, thanks to a combination of water conservation and weather.
Impacts of global warming on Great Plains summer rainfall and vegetation are biggest unknowns.
But basin-wide quiet periods favor rapid intensification of U.S. landfalling hurricanes.
