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Barbara, the second named storm in the East Pacific this year, strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane just prior to making landfall on Wednesday afternoon near Tonalá in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. It is just now re-emerging over water, this time in the Gulf of Mexico. As of 11 a.m. EDT, it has weakened to a tropical depression with winds of 30 mph. Could it redevelop and reach storm intensity [...] Barbara, the second named storm in the East Pacific this year, strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane just prior to making landfall on Wednesday afternoon near Tonalá in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. It is just now re-emerging over water, this time in the Gulf of Mexico. As of 11 a.m. EDT, it has weakened to a tropical depression with winds of 30 mph. Could it redevelop and reach storm intensity [...] CBS News contributor Michio Kaku, a physics professor at the City University of New York, talks to the “CBS This Morning” co-hosts about a new forecast by Colorado State University that warns this year’s hurricane season could be even worse than 2012 Storm warning: U.S. forecasts ‘active’ or ‘extremely active’ hurricane season The 2013 hurricane season is shaping up to be active to extremely active, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned [...] The 2013 hurricane season is shaping up to be active to extremely active, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned Thursday. There’s a 70% chance the season, which starts June 1 and lasts through November, will see 13 to 20 named tropical storms, with winds of at least 39 miles per hour — which qualifies them for a name. Of those, 7 to 11 could become hurricanes, with winds of more [...] LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Thousands of fish are dying in the Midwest as the hot, dry summer dries up rivers and causes water temperatures to climb in some spots to nearly 100 degrees. http://www.wric.com/story/19199656/thousands-of-fish-die-as-midwest-streams-heat-up LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Thousands of fish are dying in the Midwest as the hot, dry summer dries up rivers and causes water temperatures to climb in some spots to nearly 100 degrees. About 40,000 shovelnose sturgeon were killed in Iowa last week as water temperatures reached 97 degrees. Nebraska fishery officials said they’ve seen thousands of dead sturgeon, catfish, carp, and other species in the Lower Platte River, including the [...] Lewis Page Twenty-year-old models which have suggested serious ice loss in the eastern Antarctic have been compared with reality for the first time – and found to be wrong, so much so that it now appears that no ice is being lost at all. “Previous ocean models … have predicted temperatures and melt rates that are too high, suggesting a significant mass loss in this region that is [...] ABC Australia Nearly 900 dolphins and at least 5,000 birds, mostly pelicans, have died off Peru’s northern coast, the government has confirmed. The country’s northern beaches have been declared off-limits as scientists scramble to pin down what has caused such a massive death toll. Non-government organisations blame oil exploration work. But Peru’s deputy environment minister Gabriel Quijandria disputed that, saying rising water temperatures, which disturb species’ food supplies, were a possible cause. Read [...] |
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