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Good News For Lake Superior and Minnesota

October 26, 2007 – 4:12 am

The National Weather Service announced Friday that the 18.91 inches of rain that fell in Northern Minnesota late summer and early fall surpassed the previous high record set for that State in the year 1900. It’s wonderful news. Looks better in Wisconsin and in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan, too. We promise not to call [...]

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Water Crisis Scenarios For The US Southeast

October 16, 2007 – 5:51 pm

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The water shortages in the US Southeast are serious now, as Lloyd’s post of this morning well points out. Before you go read Lloyd and the New York Times, we suggest you do a little scenario thinking with us.
Here are two equally plausible scenarios for the next year. I named them to make for easy [...]

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First Half of Year Wettest on Record for Texas

August 9, 2007 – 12:35 pm

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“Texas” and “wettest” are two words you probably wouldn’t often see placed next to each other in the same sentence. That may be about to change: according to the National Weather Service, the first seven months of the year were the wettest on record in Texas, snapping a decade-long drought run. The statewide average rainfall [...]

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Human action ‘changing rainfall’ in developing world

August 4, 2007 – 3:46 am

The developing world is
experiencing changes in rainfall

Maryke Steffens
31 July 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
Humans are responsible for the global changes in rainfall observed over the past few decades, most notably decreases in rainfall in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia, according to scientists.
The research was published last week in [...]