Original Americans came from Siberia in a single wave more than 23,000 years...
Our ancestors crossed over a now-submerged land bridge between Siberia and Alaska at the height of the last ice age. Genomic analysis showed that these original Americans hung out in the north for...
View ArticleIce Ages Looked Like El Niño
“During past ice ages the tropical Pacific Ocean behaved rather as it does to day in an El Niño event, bringing downpours to some places and drought to others.” Thus began a 2002 article Nature...
View ArticleCold kills one million head of cattle in Peru
“One lion killed in Zimbabwe has got a lot of attention in the Main Stream Media,” says reader Argiris Diamantis. “One million cattle dying from the cold gets no attention at all. 10 Aug 2015 – “COLD...
View ArticleParts of Ireland coldest in 50 years
Claremorris had a monthly mean temperature of 13.1°C (-1.8°C from LTA), its coldest July since 1965 and its third coldest July since records began in 1950. Other stations at Cork Airport, Johnstown...
View ArticleCold kills 60,000 cattle in Bolivia
The situation “is desperate,” said Federation director Carmelo Arteaga. The Cattle Raisers Federation in the northeastern Bolivian province of Beni reported Thursday that at least 60,000 head of...
View ArticleStrongest El Niño since 1997 may trigger soaking winter storms
The trend is significantly increasing the chances that storms will drench California this winter, according to a new report released by federal scientists. They say conditions are lining up in ways not...
View ArticleGlacier Bay glaciers were retreating in the 1700s
Nearly two centuries before humans had much effect on CO2 levels. “It is not true that ‘most glaciers around the globe are in rapid retreat’,” says reader David Burton. “Some advance & more...
View ArticleSnowing in Canberra – Miserable winter keeps getting miserabler
“It’s been an absolutely brutal winter in much of eastern Australia, “says news.com.au. “From the cities to the bush, this has been one of the coldest, snowiest, miserablest winters anyone can...
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Extreme cold on the way, says former NOAA meteorologist – Video
“We are now starting to see a dramatic cooling in the Arctic”, says David Dilley, former NOAA meteorologist. The recent cold winters and expanding polar ice caps are ominous signs of a global cooling...
View ArticlePeru – 450,000 alpacas at risk – Their forage is covered in ice
12 Aug 2015 – Meanwhile, 2,000 vehicles, interprovincial buses, trucks and minivans, were stranded by the snowfall in Arequipa – Puno. Passengers had to spend the night inside vehicles and criticized...
View ArticleVolcano alerts in both Ecuador and Japan
Cotopaxi volcano spewed ash several times, sending large gray puffs 3 miles into the sky, officials said. Officials declared a yellow alert (the lowest), but said there is no impending probability of a...
View ArticleOld Farmer’s Almanac predicts miserable winter for much of U.S.
“A super cold winter is on tap for much of the country,” says the 2016 Old Farmer’s Almanac. This will be especially true along most of the Atlantic seaboard and in the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes,...
View ArticleState of emergency declared after surprise activity at Equador volcano
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency following two minor explosions on Friday at the giant Cotopaxi volcano. The decree suspends some constitutional rights and bans media...
View ArticleMid-August, and Scotland’s winter snow STILL hasn’t melted
“Is this how glaciers get started?” asks reader. A stunning world of snow tunnels, caves and bridges towering higher than a double-decker buses still lingers after a cold summer in the Cairngorms...
View ArticleSnow falls across many low-lying areas of Tasmania
Second time this month Snow has again been reported in low-lying suburbs around Hobart but not to the extent of three weeks ago when it reached beaches, the first such snowfall in 30 years. “Basically...
View ArticleNo summer this year in northern Sweden
“Hösten är här – de fick ingen sommar,” reads the headline. “Fall is here – they had no summer.” A few days ago, we jumped from the spring right to autumn, says this story out of Sweden. In Tarfala in...
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It has been cooling for 7,000 years – Must-see video
“We are in the midst of a perfectly, perfectly natural cycle,” says David Dilley, former NOAA meteorologist. Seven thousand years ago there was 50 percent less ice in the Arctic than there is today,...
View ArticleNASA scientist sees potential for ‘Godzilla El Niño’
Forecasters warn this winter’s El Niño could be historically strong. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Every few years, the water in the Pacific Ocean gets warmer than usual. The resulting El...
View ArticleMoscow Could See Record Cold This Week
“Muscovites should break out the sweaters and jackets for the next few days,” says the Moscow Times. “This week’s temperatures are predicted to beat long-standing records for cold at this time of year...
View ArticleSnow for Colorado mountains
TUE AUG 18 2015… HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO…TODAY AND TONIGHT IT WILL BE COOL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...
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