Climatologists to Study Hurricane Surge
November 30 — Climatologists at Florida State University are creating new models of the behavior of walls of sea water created by hurricanes in efforts to better predict where they'll come ashore and how big they'll be. (Associated Press)

More Back-Up Names Sought for Busy Hurricane Years
November 30 — Meteorologists used up so many Atlantic storm names during the 2005 hurricane season that they may have to create a new back-up list in case supplies are exhausted in future busy years, U.S. forecasters said. (Reuters)

Busy Hurricane Season Ends, but Get Used to It
November 30 — The busiest and costliest Atlantic hurricane season on record finally ended, but meteorologists cautioned that it may be years before the tropical Atlantic settles down. (Reuters)

Ocean Changes 'Will Cool Europe'
November 30 — Changes to ocean currents in the Atlantic may cool European weather within a few decades, scientists say. (BBC)

Erosion Jeopardizes Homes, Artifacts in Alaska
November 30 — Villages along the northwestern Alaskan coast are facing widespread erosion and flooding that not only threatens homes, but also artifacts and archaeological treasures clustered near the beach. (National Public Radio)

Comoros Volcano Eruption Pollutes Water
November 29 — Water supplies to more than 100,000 people in the Indian Ocean Comoros Islands have been contaminated by the eruption of one of the world's largest active volcanoes, the United Nations said. (Reuters)

Plains' Highways Reopen after Blizzard
November 29 — Crews gradually reopened major highways that had been closed by the Plains' first blizzard of the season, stranding post-Thanksgiving travelers and leaving thousands without electricity. (Associated Press)

Climate Change 'Will Dry Africa'
November 29 — Two new studies predict that climate change will make dry regions of Africa drier still in the near future. (BBC)

Study: Midwest Warming May Harm Ducks
November 28 — The gradual warming of the Upper Midwest could cut the duck population in half as early as 2050, according to a new study. (Associated Press)

Mount St. Helens' Quiet Eruption
November 28 — Scientists say that each second about a cubic yard of new mountain - roughly a pickup truck's worth - is pushed to the surface of Mount St. Helens, adding to a dome growing inside the crater. (The New York Times)

Tropical Storm Delta Gains Strength
November 27 — Tropical Storm Delta gained strength in the central Atlantic but was expected to weaken before reaching the Canary Islands, forecasters said. (Associated Press)

Severe Winter Weather Sweeps across Europe
November 27 — Worried officials monitored Italy's swelling rivers as severe winter weather sweeping across Europe brought more heavy rain and snow, and authorities in Austria warned of a "substantial" risk of avalanches. (Associated Press)

Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Numbers Down
November 26 — The Yellowstone cutthroat trout population in the nation's oldest national park "appears to be in peril," according to a new scientific journal article by National Park Service scientists. (Associated Press)

Sharks, Warblers, Deer on Endangered List
November 25 — The world's second largest shark, a bird found in the Garden of Eden, and Central Asia's only true deer were among 11 new species given the title of "endangered" by countries around the world. (Reuters)

Iceberg 'Sings Under Pressure'
November 24 — Scientists monitoring Earth movements in Antarctica believe they have found a singing iceberg as sound waves from an iceberg had a frequency of around 0.5 Hertz, but by playing them at higher speed, the iceberg sounded like a swarm of bees or an orchestra warming up, scientists said. (Reuters)

Study: More Carbon Dioxide Now than Past 650K Years
November 24 — There is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than at any point during the last 650,000 years, says a major new study that let scientists peer back in time at "greenhouse gases" that can help fuel global warming. (Associated Press)

Search for Rare Arkansas Woodpecker Resumes
November 24 — Scientists and birders will resume their search this winter for the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker to prove, once and for all, that the bird really lives in the vast eastern Arkansas wetlands. (Associated Press)

Mysterious Ocean Sound Identified
November 23 — A mysterious underwater "boing" heard for 50 years by marine scientists and naval mariners in the North Pacific Ocean has finally been traced to breeding minke whales. (Discovery.com)

Coral Reefs May Be Adjusting to Climate Change
November 22 — A coral bleaching expert says there are signs that some coral reefs are adapting to climate change and that many coral clusters in Queensland's Great Barrier Reef have struggled to survive in the rising sea temperatures of the past decade. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Mount St. Helens Rockfall Plumes Draw Notice
November 22 — Rockfall at Mount St. Helens kicked up a plume that rose above the rim of the volcano's crater, but geologists say it was just dust. (Associated Press)

Report: Marine Life Suffering from Ocean Noise
November 22 — Increasing levels of ocean noise generated by military sonar, shipping, and oil and gas exploration are threatening dolphins and whales that rely on sound for mating, finding food and avoiding predators, according to a new report. (Associated Press)

Snows Fail to Fall in Arctic Tundra
November 22 — Life is harsh on the freezing tundra of the Arctic Circle, but it can be much harder without adequate snowfall, and in recent years snows have failed to fall as normal across large parts of the barren land dotted with low birch and pines. (Reuters)

Hurricanes Send Strengthening Signals
November 22 — A close look at what's happening inside the eye walls of hurricanes has uncovered a signal that can warn forecasters when an approaching monster storm is about to get even uglier. (Discovery.com)

UK Proposes Plan to Save Rare Birds of Prey
November 22 — Britain has put forward a plan for international action to protect such rare birds of prey as eagles, vultures and owls from extinction. (Reuters)

Sea Level Rising Faster than Predicted
November 21 — The latest surveys of large glaciers in Greenland have exposed an alarming step-up in melting that threatens to raise global sea levels far faster than the best climate models have predicted. (Discovery.com)

Tsunami Warnings Planned for Europe
November 21 — Almost a year after the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami, scientists are busy installing buoys off the coast of Sumatra to help with future warning systems, while experts meet to discuss how the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean might be similarly protected. (Nature.com)

New Idea: Inject Sea Water under Sinking Venice
November 21 — A group of engineers and geology experts said they are considering injecting sea water under Venice to raise the waterlogged Italian city 12 inches and rescue it from the tides and floods that bedevil it. (Associated Press)

Researchers: Usinc Acid Caused Elk Deaths
November 21 — Wyoming wildlife biologists and federal researchers say usinc acid, a substance found in a food elk eat, is responsible for the deaths of perhaps as many as 600 elk since February 2004. (Associated Press)

Steeped in Greenhouse Gas, Pine Trees Deviate
November 21 — Fifty-foot-tall pines in the Deep South are subjects in an experiment by scientists at Duke University involving an engineered micro-climate to determine how these trees are likely to react as carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere and temperatures climb. (The Washington Post)

Midwest States Unprepared for Earthquake
November 20 — Eight Midwest states most at risk from a devastating earthquake have done little to prepare for such an emergency over the past 20 years says a new report. (Associated Press)

Kansas Researchers Head for Antarctica
November 20 — A team of University of Kansas researchers and students will be leaving soon to study conditions in Antarctica, in an effort to better understand the Earth's change in sea levels. (Associated Press)

Climate Target a 'Bit Optimistic'
November 20 — The United Kingdom is unlikely to meet its 2010 target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent, the government's chief scientific advisor has admitted. (BBC)

Gamma Weakens after Lashing Honduras
November 20 — Tropical Storm Gamma weakened into a tropical depression and drifted off Honduras after torrential downpours lashed the Central American coast, killing 12 people, including a young family of four. (Associated Press)

Severe Quake Hits Indonesia, No Casualties Reported
November 19 — A severe earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale has struck Indonesia's Sumatra Island, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, the Meteorological and Geophysics Agency said. (AFP)

Hawaii Scientists to Study Palmyra Atoll
November 18 — Dozens of scientists from Hawaii and the mainland are launching a cooperative research project at Palmyra Atoll to study the remote area's pristine coral ecosystem. (Associated Press)

Negotiators Reach Deal on Great Lakes
November 18 — After four years of talks, negotiators have reached a deal aimed at preventing outsiders from raiding Great Lakes water and encouraging more efficient use of the coveted resource within the region. (Associated Press)

Three Months after Katrina, Dutch Rethink Their Own Water Defenses
November 18 — With more than 1,000 years of experience building dikes, the Dutch have flood defenses few can match, but after Katrina the government is reassessing what a worst-case scenario would mean for a nation where 10 million people live below sea level. (Associated Press)

Tropical Storm Gamma Forms
November 18 — Tropical Storm Gamma formed off the coast of Honduras, the 24th named storm of an already record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season. (Associated Press)

Strong Quake Rocks Chile and Bolivia
November 17 — A strong earthquake rocked northern Chile and parts of Bolivia, sending residents fleeing out of buildings and temporarily knocking out telephones and electricity, but there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries. (Associated Press)

After the Disaster
November 17 — After the rumbles of an earthquake, the winds of a hurricane, or the waves of a flood, first responders lay claim to the most dramatic jobs - but quick on their heels are those who leave the ivory tower of academia and head to the scene, hoping their analyses can improve people's lives the next time calamity strikes. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Climate Change Threatens Fish Stocks
November 17 — A new report commissioned by the Worldwide Fund for Nature says fish are increasingly threatened by climate change as rising temperatures in rivers, lakes and oceans means less food and oxygen for marine and freshwater fish populations. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Rich Nations' Greenhouse Gas Emissions May Rise
November 17 — Rich nations' emissions of greenhouse gases are likely to rise in coming years after a fall linked to the collapse of smokestack industries in the former Soviet Union, United Nations data showed. (Reuters)

Tiny Crystals Show Early Earth Had a Crust
November 17 — Tiny zircon crystals dug up from ancient Australian deposits appear to have been formed right after the birth of the planet -- a finding that suggests that early on Earth had a cool crust much like today's that could have harbored life, scientists said. (Reuters)

Study: Greenland is Shrinking at Surprising Rate
November 16 — A new study reveals one of the largest glaciers in Greenland is shrinking and speeding to the sea faster than scientists expected, and if it continues, Greenland itself could become much smaller during this century and global seas could rise as much as three feet. (LiveScience.com)

Report: Global Warming May Harm New Jersey Coast
November 16 — Rising seas caused by global warming and other factors will have dire consequences for New Jersey, submerging sections of the state's highly developed coastline by the end of the century, according to a report released by Princeton University. (Associated Press)

Carbon Dioxide Storage a Success
November 16 — An experimental project in Canada to inject carbon dioxide into oil fields has proven successful, removing five million tons of the heat-trapping "greenhouse" gas, while enhancing oil recovery, the Energy Department said. (Associated Press)

The Irony of Global Warming: More Rain, Less Water
November 16 — As the climate warms, more water will fall in the form of rain rather than snow, and new modeling details show reservoirs will fill earlier than normal, altering the timing of runoff that water officials count on in many major reservoir systems. (LiveScience.com)

Can Global Warming Cause Caterpillar Outbreaks?
November 16 — As the weather gets wackier in response to global warming, parasitism against caterpillars will decrease, biologists warn in a new study, freeing the creatures to devour agricultural fields and strip leafy forests bare. (National Geographic News)

Acid Drainage Killing Some Fish in Kentucky
November 16 — Drainage from land disturbed by mining and road construction has caused acid levels to rise beyond acceptable levels in portions of at least 35 streams across the state, killing fish and insects. (Associated Press)

Report: Smog a Problem in Ohio, Kentucky
November 16 — A study showing that smog reached unhealthy levels in the Cincinnati and Dayton metropolitan areas 19 days this year demonstrates the continuing problem of air pollution and highlights the need for vehicle emission tests, the American Lung Association said. (Associated Press)

U.S. May Face Gaps in Tracking Hurricanes
November 16 — The United States could face gaps in forecasting and tracking hurricanes and other severe weather because of $3 billion in cost overruns and a three-year delay in a new satellite program, officials said. (Associated Press)

Tsunami Warning System under Way
November 16 — The first stage in the installation of a tsunami early-warning system is under way off the coast of Indonesia. (BBC)

Grizzly Bears May Lose Protected Status
November 16 — Hunters eventually could be allowed to kill grizzly bears in three states if the government is successful in removing federal protections. (Associated Press)

Montana Revives Bison Hunt after 15-Year Ban
November 16 — Bison hunting, once commonplace in the American West until the species was nearly wiped out, resumed amid controversy in Montana after a 15-year ban. (Reuters)

Study Concludes More than 800 Species at Risk in California
November 16 — More than 800 animal species in California are imperiled by development, pollution and recreational activities, according to a two-year government study. (Associated Press)

Puget Sound Orcas to Be on Endangered List
November 15 — In a victory for environmentalists, the federal government listed Puget Sound's killer whales as an endangered species, giving the animals the highest protection available under the law. (Associated Press)

China Is Bright Spot in Dark Report on the World's Diminishing Forests
November 15 — Wide spread tree planting in China has slowed the rate at which the Earth's forested area is dwindling, but the clearing of tropical forests, much of it in areas never previously cut, continues to grow, according to a new United Nations report. (The New York Times)

France Takes New Steps to Fight Global Warming
November 15 — France plans to boost the use of solar power with cash incentives and to hit motorists with higher taxes on the worst polluting cars as it beefs up the fight against global warming. (Reuters)

How Helpful Are New Flood Zones?
November 15 — Many government flood maps are outdated and need revision, but some critics worry that revisions may only encourage construction in risky areas and that federal flood insurance eligibility may ease the risk for lenders and speculators. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Official to Focus on Stronger Gulf Levees
November 14 — The federal coordinator for Gulf Coast recovery efforts said he will focus on ensuring the region's levees are stronger than they were before Hurricane Katrina -- but can't offer assurances that they could withstand another storm of that size. (Associated Press)

Strong Earthquake Shakes Northern Japan
November 14 — A strong earthquake shook northern Japan, triggering a small tsunami that struck coastal areas about 200 miles from the epicenter, but there were no immediate reports of damage. (Associated Press)

Climate Change Could Spread Plague
November 14 — Warmer, wetter weather brought on by global warming could increase outbreaks of the plague, which has killed millions down the ages and wiped out one third of Europe's population in the 14th century, academics said. (Reuters)

United Kingdom Sites in Acid Rain 'Recovery'
November 14 — Some of the United Kingdom's most environmentally sensitive upland lakes and streams are recovering from the impact of acid rain, the government has said. (BBC)

Dam Projects Still Cause 'Excessive' Damage Worldwide
November 13 — Dam projects around the world continue to cause social and environmental damage, campaigners said, despite guidelines for better practice having been in place for five years. (AFP)

Conservationists Creating Bison Preserve
November 13 — This week, 16 buffalo will be released from a holding pen onto a portion of the nearly 32,000 acres of land in Montana that has been purchased or leased as the start of a wildlife reserve. (Associated Press)

California Plans Tunnel in Quake Area
November 13 — Traffic is so bad along the eastern rim of Los Angeles' suburban ring that regional planners are considering the once unthinkable: an 11-mile tunnel through a mountain range in earthquake country. (Associated Press)

Storm Prediction Research Focus of Darwin Conference
November 13 — More than 100 scientists from around the world have converged on Darwin for a series of experiments on a tropical storm system in hope of helping forecasters better predict storms. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Big Easy Fighting Epic Battle Against Mold
November 13 — Since Katrina inundated 80 percent of New Orleans, moisture's assault has hit an all-time high, and a busy army of "mold remediation" crews have come from around the country to dry homes, businesses, schools and churches. (Associated Press)

Engineers Work to Repair Levees by 2006
November 12 — Engineers may not have time to rebuild all 350 miles of battered levees in the New Orleans area before the next hurricane season, but they plan to shore up the structures enough to withstand another storm. (Associated Press)

Iowa Picks Up Pieces after Deadly Tornado
November 12 — Twisters swept across two counties north of Des Moines, ripping up farms and dozens of homes in the towns of Stratford and Woodward. (Associated Press)

Invasive Fish Species Found in Lake Champlain, Say Experts from Quebec, Vermont
November 12 — Biologists from Vermont and Quebec have discovered an invasive fish species living in Lake Champlain that threatens to change the lake's ecosystem. (Associated Press)

Caterpillars Keep Volcanic Slopes Bare
November 12 — An infestation of very hungry caterpillars is holding back the re-vegetation of land destroyed by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state 25 years ago. (New Scientist)

UK Wind Power Takes a Battering
November 12 — An energy analyst has claimed that the UK government's plan to derive one-fifth of the nation's energy from renewables by 2020 is not feasible. (New Scientist)

Water Builds the Heat in Europe
November 12 — Water vapor rather than carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the main reason why Europe's climate is warming, according to a new study. (BBC)

Huge Meteorite Found Underground in Kansas
November 11 — A rare 1,400-pound meteorite was discovered seven feet underground by a collector in an area long known for producing prized space rocks. (Associated Press)

Feds to Announce Grizzlies Proposal
November 10 — Grizzly bears in areas surrounding Yellowstone National Park would be removed from the endangered species list under a proposal to be announced next week, officials said. (Associated Press)

Global Warming Moved Plants Northward
November 10 — An increase in the planet's temperature 55 million years ago prompted major shifts in plant distribution, researchers reported. (Associated Press)

Arctic Countries Meet on Threat of Global Warming
November 10 — A group of countries which fringe the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea gathered in Norway and heard that they must go beyond UN plans to reduce greenhouse emissions. (AFP)

Coasts and Sea Life 'Threatened'
November 10 — Coasts and marine life around Britain are under pressure from pollution, coastal erosion, over-fishing and climate change, experts have warned. (BBC)

WWF Demands Tighter European Union Carbon Quotas for 2008-2012
November 9 — The World Wildlife Fund said that quotas restricting industrial carbon dioxide emissions in the European Union between 2008 and 2012 should be tightened to bring more effective climate protection. (Reuters)

Quake's First Seconds May Affect Strength
November 9 — Scientists have found a way to estimate an earthquake's ultimate strength by analyzing the initial seconds of a rupture, a step that could one day provide early earthquake warning. (Associated Press)

Panel: Plan for Gulf Wetlands Lacking
November 9 — The Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Louisiana lack an overall plan for restoring coastal wetlands, a National Academy of Sciences panel announced. (Associated Press)

Britain Trying to Save the Red Squirrel
November 9 — British conservationists launched a campaign to save the country's native red squirrels against their disease-carrying, food-stealing and bigger grey cousins from North America. (Associated Press)

In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
November 9 — The mystery of the ivory-billed woodpecker takes center stage in Arkansas, where search teams will comb the swamps again for the birds, now known to have survived the past six decades despite their dwindling habitat. (USA Today)

Eastern Oysters Not Considered Endangered
November 9 — The federal government is no longer considering whether it should declare Eastern oysters endangered, which would have affected people who make their living off the shellfish, but it still plans to finish a study on the species' health. (Associated Press)

More Monarch Butterflies May Go to Mexico
November 8 — As many as 200 million Monarch butterflies may migrate to Mexico this year -- a nearly tenfold increase over 2004, when unfavorable weather, pollution and deforestation caused a drastic decline in the population, environmental officials said. (Associated Press)

Antarctic Ice Big Climate Player
November 8 — Huge tracts of grooved seafloor off the Antarctic Peninsula are telling researchers about a larger role Antarctica's ice has played in climate-driven sea-level rise, and hinting at how quickly glaciers can contribute to drowning coastlines worldwide. (Discovery.com)

Shifting Icebergs May Have Forced Penguin Evolution
November 8 — The break-up of giant icebergs may have forced minor evolutionary changes in penguins over the past 6,000 years, a new study suggests. (LiveScience.com)

Bahamas Rocked by "Tsunami" from Hurricane Wilma
November 8 — Residents on Grand Bahama Island say Wilma brought storm surges more than 12 feet high that swept away more than a hundred homes and killed at least one villager. (National Geographic News)

Year of Disasters Speeds Drive to Pool Knowledge
November 8 — From tsunamis and earthquakes to hurricanes and bird flu, the natural disasters of the past year have underlined the urgency of a global project to pool knowledge that could limit the damage. (Reuters)

Reef Study to Focus on Carbon Dioxide Impact
November 7 — A world-first study into the effects of carbon dioxide on the Great Barrier Reef has been announced to investigate the impact of ocean acidification. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

At Least 22 Dead After Indiana, Kentucky Tornado
November 6 — A tornado tore across western Kentucky and Indiana, killing at least 22 people as it cut through a mobile home park and obliterated trailers and houses as residents slept. (Associated Press)

Big Meteor Shower Puts on Show in Alaska
November 6 — Fireballs and bright streaks of light seen in the sky around Anchorage were part of the Taurid meteor shower, the annual spray of comet dust over the Earth's upper atmosphere, according to a University of Alaska scientist. (Associated Press)

California Goats Scarf up Wildfire Threat
November 5 — Goats are voracious - they eat leaves, branches, thistles, and even the poison oak that can spark forest fires - so a local community is unleashing the creatures to clear up the land. (ABC)

Japan to Launch Quake Warning System Next Year
November 5 — Japan, one of the world's most earthquake-prone nations, plans to launch a seismic alert system next year to capture early quake movements and issue warnings of more damaging tremors, officials said. (Reuters)

Ship Canal Was Storm Funnel during Katrina
November 5 — A shortcut for shipping into New Orleans acted as a "storm surge superhighway", funneling water into the city when Hurricane Katrina struck, a new report says. (New Scientist)

Mexico Coral Reef Set Back 100 Years by Wilma
November 4 — A fragile coral reef off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula could take more than a century to recover from a thrashing by Hurricane Wilma last month, the government said. (Reuters)

Katrina and Rita Ripped up Huge Chunk of Louisiana's Coastal Marshes
November 4 — Hurricanes Katrina and Rita tore up about 100 square miles of environmentally significant marsh in southeastern Louisiana, federal geologists said. (Associated Press)

Huge Iceberg Breaks Apart in Antarctica
November 4 — Capping a 5-year-long saga of destruction, an iceberg about the size of the Hawaiian island of Maui has split into three pieces in the frigid Antarctic, scientists said. (LiveScience.com)

Global Warming Could Help Salmon in Norway
November 4 — Global warming may benefit salmon in Norwegian rivers by causing more rainfall that dilutes industrial acids blown from other parts of Europe, scientists said. (Reuters)

Climate Change Linked to Rise in Malaria, Asthma
November 3 — Climate change may promote the spread of deadly diseases like malaria and asthma in both rich and poor countries by increasing the range of parasitic insects and whipping up dust from storms, a new report says. (Reuters)

Dramatic Weather Changes Due to Human Activity, Climate Change
November 3 — Canadians can expect to be living in a much different environment in the near future as the Earth's temperature continues to rise and climate change becomes more linked to wild weather, says a senior climatologist. (Canadian Press)

Climate Response Risks to Nature
November 3 — Some animals are responding to climate change in ways which could threaten their survival, a new study finds. (BBC)

Expanding Desert Could Cover China's Breadbasket with Sand
November 3 — Large parts of Sichuan, a southwest Chinese province known as the country's breadbasket, may be covered in sand in a few years' time because of the rapidly expanding desert. (AFP)

Volcanoes Help Maintain Ocean Levels
November 3 — Volcanic eruptions can mask some of the effects of climate change by lowering sea levels, new research says. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Pakistan Quake Toll Leaps to More than 73,000
November 2 — Pakistan raised its death toll from last month's catastrophic earthquake to more than 73,000, making it one of the deadliest tremors in recent history. (AFP)

Typhoon Kai-Tak Batters Vietnam Coast, 15 die
November 2 — At least 15 people died in Vietnam as a typhoon nearing the coast dumped heavy rains and triggered floods in a region where bad weather has killed nearly 30 people in the past two weeks. (Reuters)

Levee Repairs May Not Protect New Orleans
November 2 — Repairs to New Orleans' levees may be insufficient to protect residents moving back to the devastated city if another hurricane comes before the tropical storm season ends this month, engineers said. (Associated Press)

State Tornado Numbers Take an Upward Turn
November 2 — Government meteorologists say 32 tornadoes were reported in California in the last year (from October to October), and 26 have been reported so far in the 2005 calendar year, topping the previous record of 24 set in 1988. (San Diego Union Tribune)

Caribbean Reefs Bleached by Warm Water
November 2 — A bleaching phenomenon caused by unusually warm waters is whitening coral reefs throughout the Caribbean, raising fears of a large-scale die-off of the organisms, scientists said. (Associated Press)

Dire Future if Fossil Fuel Use Not Curbed, Scientists Say
November 1 — If humans don't curb use of fossil fuels, the planet will warm 14.5 degrees Fahrenheit by the year 2300 and the polar ice caps will disappear and oceans will rise 23 feet, says a new report by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (LiveScience.com)

California Quake Could Devastate Water Supply
November 1 — A major Northern California earthquake could severely damage the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta levee system and jeopardize the water supply for two-thirds of Californians for more than a year, a top state water official warned. (Associated Press)

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