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Climate & Carbon: The Link Just Got Stronger

9:55 PM, Apr 11, 2012

(Climate Central) - Climate scientists have long argued that ancient air trapped in Antarctic ice is the smoking gun that links carbon dioxide to global warming. Over the past 800,000 years or so the planet has gone through a series of ice ages interspersed with relatively warm periods (during which glaciers retreat back toward the poles) - and inevitably, these warm interludes happen when there's more CO₂ in the atmosphere.

Columbia Shatters All-Time Heat Record for March

1:54 PM, Apr 2, 2012

Columbia, SC (WLTX) - March continued the trend from the warm winter, but in a big way.

Tornado Deaths Raise Questions About Mobile Home Safety

9:51 PM, Mar 11, 2012

By Andy Wolfson (The Louisville Courier-Journal ) - Near Paintsville, Ky., a double-wide mobile home was blown off its foundation and over a 25-foot embankment into a rushing creek, where it "just disintegrated," the county coroner said, killing two people, including a 16-year-old boy.

A weather chaser captured this video of a tornado in Henryville, IN. (Courtesy: Stringer.Net)

Warm Winter Helped Fuel Tornado Outbreak

11:55 AM, Mar 5, 2012

(USA TODAY) - The USA's freakishly warm winter may have played a role in the ferocity of last week's early-season tornado outbreaks.

Severe Drought Conditions in Texas (Getty)

Texas Drought Eases, But It's Too Late for Some

11:53 PM, Feb 25, 2012

(Climate Central) - Defying seasonal climate forecasts, this winter has been very good to Texas, which has been locked in the grips of one of the worst droughts in state history. But the unexpectedly generous winter storms have come too late for some, since water supplies are still running low.