Here is the good news on the climate front: The Europeans have ratcheted down their emissions targets, the Chinese are getting serious about solar power and energy efficiency, and Washington is lumbering toward a carbon cap. ...more

October 25, 2009

Since Lorne DeWitt apparently considers the bulk of the scientific community to be "environ-whackos," he probably doesn't really want an answer to his question as to why it was so cold in the 1940s, given global warming. But here's one anyway. ...more

June 20, 2008

The Weather Channel and news headlines tell us daily that the incidence of hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and typhoons are increasing around the world. The average temperature on the earth is rising, and the polar ice caps are melting at an alarming rate. ...more

May 27, 2008

A casual look at the Earth's geologic time scale shows a planet in flux, with the oceans, atmosphere and land masses revealing both subtle and dramatic changes over eons. ...more

February 10, 2008

SEBRING — Last week's cold snap aside, Highlands County's temperatures were anything but winter-like since December. In fact, as we go through at least another three days of highs reaching 80 degrees, records from the National Weather Service indicated that Avon Park had the sixth warmest December since 1893. The average temperature in the City of Charm last month was 68.4 degrees, 5.8 degrees above the December average of 62.6. The mercury at the Archbold Biological Station south of Lake Placid did not stay as high up from the average mark, but still was 4.7 degrees higher at 67.1, above the station's 62.4 average. For Archbold, this is the fourth highest average since 1969. The NWS holds no data for Sebring. ...more

January 12, 2008

The National Weather Service says 2007 was the third warmest year in Tampa since record-keeping began in 1890. ...more

January 8, 2008

It looks like 2007 will leave on a warm note and 2008 will debut with a chilly blast. ...more

December 29, 2007

TAMPA - It looks like 2007 will leave on a warm note and 2008 will debut with a chilly blast. ...more

December 28, 2007

TAMPA - It looks like 2007 will depart on a warm note and the new year begin with a chilly blast. ...more

December 28, 2007

Go ahead. Complain about the heat. You've got a reason. Barring an unlikely burst of cold weather in the next seven days - and we mean really cold - this October will almost certainly become the hottest on record for Tampa. ...more

October 24, 2007