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Climate Change Will Have Major Northwest Impact In Next 50 Years
November 12, 1999 Can Washington, Oregon and Idaho handle average temperatures more than 5 degrees warmer, 5 percent more annual precipitation, one-third less winter snowpack and a mountain snow line as much as 1,500 ... > full story -
California's Environment Threatened By Global Warming
November 5, 1999 A new two-year study by California's leading ecological scientists concludes that climate change poses a range of serious challenges for the state's environment and economy. Drawing on the ... > full story -
La Niña Conditions Likely To Prevail This Fall And Winter
October 21, 1999 A repeat of last year's mild La Niña conditions -- with a stormy winter in the Pacific Northwest and a dry winter in the southwestern United States -- will be the likely outcome of sea- ... > full story -
UMass Climate Researchers Returning To Bolivian Mountaintops
September 30, 1999 Three University of Massachusetts climatologists will return this month to satellite-linked weather stations in the Andes, atop two of Bolivia's highest mountains, Illimani and the extinct ... > full story -
Study Indicates Indian Ocean Monsoon Similar To El Niño Phenomenon In Pacific
September 27, 1999 A research campaign in the Indian Ocean indicates there are ocean-atmosphere interactions similar to El Niño events in the Pacific, but are not always tied to El Niño as previously had ... > full story -
Hurricane Forecast Calls For Continuing Activity After Floyd
September 21, 1999 Coastal dwellers could be in for as many storms during the rest of the hurricane season as they've seen so far, if Colorado State University's hurricane forecaster William Gray's ... > full story -
Hurricane Floyd Signal Of A New Weather Era?
September 16, 1999 The same long-term climatic forces that were predicted to cause Hurricane Floyd to ravage the Florida coast are also the culprit behind other weather events literally around the world - ranging from ... > full story -
Severity Of Hurricane Season Can Be Predicted By Studying El Niño, NASA Marshall Scientist Finds
September 1, 1999 The severity of hurricane seasons can be predicted by studying the influence of the El Ni–o weather pattern, concludes a study by Robert M. Wilson, a research scientist at NASAÕs ... > full story -
Not To Worry -- Geographer Says Heat, Drought Are Par For The Climatological Course
August 11, 1999 Fear not! The dog days oppressing much of the country with miserable heat, drought and brownouts are a normal part of the climatological pattern and do not portend disastrous climate changes, a ... > full story -
Pacific Ocean Conditions Are Split: It's Cold In East, Hot In West
August 9, 1999 The North Pacific Ocean continues to run hot and cold, with abnormally low sea levels and cool waters in the northeastern Pacific contrasting with unusually high sea levels and warm waters in the ... > full story
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