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| [$$] DuPont's Profit Hurt by Bad Weather Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 12:17 PM PDT DuPont reported lower-than-expected quarterly earnings as unusually cold weather in North America delayed farmers' decisions to buy seeds and chemicals for this spring's plantings. Full Story | Top |
| In Partnership with Mother Earth Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 11:05 AM PDT OK, mankind, it's time to grow up, and I see a good way to start: Change the wording of Genesis 1:26. Change one word. Last week, I quoted that Bible verse in a column about the increasing velocity of climate change: "And God said . . . let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air," etc. Dominion! Nature belongs to us, to suck dry and toss away. And thus we moved out of the circle of life and became its conquerors, an attitude at the core of the Agricultural Revolution and Full Story | Top |
| Old as Dirt: 2.7-Million-Year-Old Soil Found Under Ice Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 11:04 AM PDT  Buried thousands of feet under Summit, the highest point on Greenland's ice sheet, is a soil born before humans ever walked on Earth. The 2.7-million-year-old silt is a remnant of the verdant tundra that covered Greenland before it was entombed in ice, researchers report today (April 17) in the journal Science. "There was a really stable landscape on Greenland before the ice sheet came," said lead study author Paul Bierman, a geomorphologist at the University of Vermont. If the soil under Summit has been buried for 2.7 million years, then the discovery implies the ice sheet has never fully melted, even when the Earth went through an incredible natural warming swing 130,000 years ago — one as warm as this century's predicted climate change. Full Story | Top |
| Thursday Weather Forecast: Warming trend Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 09:44 AM PDT Full Story | Top |
| Obama launches measures to support solar energy in US Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 08:07 AM PDT  The White House Thursday announced a series of measures aimed at increasing solar energy production in the United States, particularly by encouraging the installation of solar panels in public spaces. President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress want laws to fight climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but Republicans, who hold the majority in the House of Representatives, have blocked all legislative efforts since 2011. In response, the president has switched tactics, using his regulatory and administrative powers to enact his climate change policies. Thursday, the White House launched a program to encourage federal agencies, military installations, and publicly-subsidized buildings in the Washington area to install more solar panels on roofs, covered parking garages and open land. Full Story | Top |
| Gradual Warmup Means Quiet Weather Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 07:31 AM PDT Full Story | Top |
| Union Pacific shrugs off weather as earnings climb 14% Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 07:24 AM PDT Railroad operator tops analyst estimates as agricultural, industrial and coal shipments shine Full Story | Top |
| Easter Sunday Weather Forecast for Northern Virginia, Fredericksburg Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 06:55 AM PDT  Temperatures may not feel quite like spring at the moment, but temperatures are looking up for Easter Sunday in Northern Virginia and Fredericksburg. The weather Full Story | Top |
| Clear Skies And Warmer Weather Ahead Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 04:30 AM PDT  Hello all. Not too much to talk about today other than the cold temps we had yet again over night. Freeze warnings were in place for a good portion of southern and central New Jersey. Hopefully everyone remembered to cover their produce outside or bring any plants in doors. Today we will see very similar conditions to yesterday. Highs will be around 50° with partly cloudy skies for most of the region. Full Story | Top |
| Argentina wants to make cow flatulence part of the climate change solution Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 03:09 AM PDT Cow flatulence is kind of funny, but it's no joke. Bovine belching and farting are pretty significant sources of methane gas, which makes them not insignificant contributors of the greenhouse gasses behind global climate change. Methane is also the main ingredient in natural gas, and as anyone who has watched Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome knows, livestock-produced methane can (in theory) be harnessed to produce large amounts of electricity. Full Story | Top |
| Argentina wants to turn cow flatulence into a clean energy source Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 03:09 AM PDT Cow flatulence is kind of funny, but it's no joke. Bovine belching and farting are pretty significant sources of methane gas, which makes them not insignificant contributors of the greenhouse gases behind global climate change. Methane is also the main ingredient in natural gas, and as anyone who has watched Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome knows, livestock-produced methane can (in theory) be harnessed to produce large amounts of electricity. Full Story | Top |
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