All posts tagged "global warming"

  • FILE - Pedestrians walk past a digital thermometer reading 113 degrees Fahrenheit in the Canoga Park section of Los Angeles on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. The National Weather Service issued warnings of excessive heat throughout Southern California into Saturday night, with some areas expected to see highs of 10 to 15 degrees above normal. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
    2015 was Earth’s hottest by a wide margin: NOAA, NASA

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year wasn’t just the Earth’s hottest year on record — it left a century of high temperature marks in the dust. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and NASA announced Wednesday that 2015 was...

    • Posted January 20, 2016
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    Digging Deeper

    Energy and natural resource conservation has been one of modern society’s greatest challenges. However, despite the efforts of various conservation movements, with unceasing growth of population and rapid industrialization, the Earth’s environment is quickly deteriorating, plagued by...

    • Posted June 22, 2015
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    California leads by example on climate change, but gas prices may spike

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As the U.S. and China — the world’s top two polluting nations — turn to implementing new rules aimed at curbing climate change, the countries can look to the most populous U.S. state...

    • Posted November 16, 2014
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