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- Climate: May 2013 U.S. temps slightly above average
Wildfirs near record low for year to-date By Summit Voice FRISCO — The average May temperature across the Lower 48 was exactly 61 degrees, running 0.9 degrees above the 20th century average, according to the monthly report from the National Climatic Data Center. For the spring season (March through May), the contiguous 48 states recorded […]
June 14, 2013 - Summit County Citizens Voice - Wild Weather In 2012 Makes For Second Costliest Year In History
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has crunched the numbers and has a final figure. According to the data, a year of wild weather made 2012 the second costliest year since 1980, incurring overall damages in the billions. A total of 11 weather and climate disasters hit the US hard last year, resulting in 377 deaths and $110 billion in ...
June 13, 2013 - redOrbit - 2012 ranks as 2nd costliest year with 11 billion-dollar disasters causing more than $110 billion in damages
Sandy caused approximately $65 billion and drought nearly $30 billion in damage, according to a final report by NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.
June 13, 2013 - NOAA
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- Lasse Nilsson in Forbes
The strong message (from the report) is that it's possible to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions at the level where severe climatic change can be avoided,said Lars Nilsson, a delegate from Sweden. - Chris Mason in Sports Network
It was disappointing because we had the crowd going and everything......and that's kind of anti-climatic,said Mason. "They scored and it deflated everybody and we could never really recover." - George Monbiot in CBS News
George Monbiot, a UK activist and journalist who previously called for dramatic action to deal with global warming, wrote: "It's no use pretending that this isn't a major blow. The emails extracted by a hacker from the climatic research unit at the...