temperatures

With the recession dominating headlines across the U.S. and around the world for the past year and a half, some of the media buzz about global warming has, sadly, been disregarded by the wider public. However, a new report from NASA may change that. ... The research is courtesy of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, or GISS. According to the U.S. government space agency, 2009 was the second warmest year on record -- second only to 2005. However, 2009 does share a statistical tie with the years 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007. Some may take this to mean 2009 wasn't all that hot after all, ... (view more)

It seems the weather has officially reached the "extreme". After a chilling, below-average start to 2007, forecasters are now predicting hotter than usual temperatures for this coming summer and those thereafter, meaning the market could become ... quite lucrative for heating and cooling repairmen, fan salespersons, and the ice cream guy. Researchers are blaming global warming for the predicted spike in temperatures, which will allegedly climb an astounding ten degrees along the American eastern seaboard by 2080. It means current summer average temperatures, which float around the low 80s, will ... (view more)