CLIMATE
Long Snow Season
Our just completed snow season was one of the longest on record. The first measurable snow fell on October 4 in Fargo Moorhead and the last measurable snow locally occurred on April 24 for a total of ...
Posted on 5/22/13 at 8:59 AM
Gender and climate change...
Some days I wonder if I am alone if my oddity. I seem to be humored by some things that I don't think others even give a passing thought. This would explain why I often crack myself up only to see ...
Posted on 4/10/13 at 10:43 PM
UND to celebrate Earth Day on Wednesday
The University of North Dakota has lots to celebrate this coming Earth Day and invites the community to share the festivities Wednesday. As one of the nations leading lights in the college sustainabi...
Posted on 4/17/12 at 7:51 AM
Today's weather similar to March of 1920
Today the weather station at the Fargo Hector International Airport atmospheric pressure sensor reminded us of a hazardous weather phenomenon that occurred in the past. Currently, the sea level pressu...
Posted on 10/26/10 at 5:11 PM
U of M hunting for warmer home ideas
The University of Minnesota is leading a study on a topic close to every Minnesotan: how to have a warmer home. The U.S. Energy Department picked the university to lead a group charged with the job of...
Posted on 7/23/10 at 7:23 AM
Sharon Buhr, Valley City N.D. letter: Climate change’s impact deserves N.D.’s study 
Sharon Buhr of Valley City writes in about climate change
By Sharon Buhr , March 21, 2013
North Dakota Senate mulls climate change study 
Taxpayer money would be better spent buying snow removal equipment in wintry North Dakota than studying what impact global warming may be having on the state, a construction worker told lawmakers Thursday.
By James MacPherson , March 07, 2013
North Dakota Senate mulls climate change study 
A North Dakota Senate committee is mulling a resolution that would study the effects of climate change in the state.
By Associated Press , March 07, 2013
Climate expert: North Dakota, western Minnesota may see drought abate 
Drought conditions in North Dakota and western Minnesota should get better this spring, but farmers will rely more on spottier thunderstorms and conditions will get dry again in August and September, said one of the region’s leading weather and climate experts.
By Mikkel Pates , February 12, 2013
UN climate talks go into overtime in Qatar 
By Michael Casey , December 07, 2012
Scientist warns of heavier storms, more algae 
An increasingly warm climate is worsening the problem of harmful Great Lakes algae blooms by boosting the intensity of spring rains that wash phosphorus into the waters, a scientist said Wednesday during a conference for advocates and policymakers.
By John Flesher , September 12, 2012
New U.S. planting map for gardeners revised to reflect global warming
By Seth Borenstein , January 25, 2012
Agency: 2011 was 11th warmest on record 
By Seth Borenstein , January 19, 2012
South African conference in overtime on future of climate change talks 
Some ministers and top climate negotiators left Durban without an agreement today, with time running out and the prospect of an inconclusive end jeopardizing new momentum in the fight against global warming.
By Arthur Max , December 10, 2011
United Nations negotiators struggle to keep world's only global warming treaty alive 
Negotiators from Europe, tiny islands threatened by rising oceans and the world's poorest countries sought to keep alive the only treaty governing global warming and move to the next stage, struggling against an unlikely alliance of the United States, China and India. Bleary-eyed delegates worked through the night and all day today, and the two-week U.N. conference stretched past the hour it was supposed to end, with the negotiators looking ahead to a second and final night of meetings expected to last until dawn Saturday.
By Arthur Max , December 09, 2011
The dreaded d-word: Weather expert says too soon to speak of drought, but it’s a possibility in 2012 
Leon Osborne, president and chief executive of Meridian Environmental Technology, spoke Thursday at the annual Prairie Grains Conference in Grand Forks. If La Niña returns next year, he said, it'll be time to prepare for drought.
By Jonathan Knutson , December 08, 2011
Polar bear populations in Manitoba, Ontario all but doomed, expert says 
By Bartley Kives , November 17, 2011
Climate panel draft report: Freakish weather taking place more often, at huge cost 
By Seth Borenstein , November 01, 2011
Climate outlook: Colder winter in store for Red River region 
With a second year of La Nina conditions in the Pacific Ocean, the Climate Prediction Center’s winter outlook for the Northern Plains says there is an increased likelihood of colder and wetter weather December through February.
October 20, 2011
Dorgan joins board of ag insurance company 
By Herald Staff Report , October 11, 2011
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