A new study looked at three recent heat waves and corresponding droughts – the 2011 Texas-Oklahoma drought, the 2010 heat wave in Russia and the Middle East, and the 2003 European heat wave – and found that the likelihood of these events occurring increased dramatically because of global warming. The study, published August 6 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, concludes that the odds of such temperature extremes occurring during the period from 1950 to 1980 was...

The most recent “Global Warming’s Six Americas” study concludes that opinions are relatively unchanged since May 2011. The ongoing study by researchers at Yale University and George Mason University, seeks to understand American opinions toward climate change. The researchers separate respondents in to six groups—alarmed, concerned, cautious, disengaged, doubtful, and dismissive—representing the spectrum of climate change views. The July 18th update which includes...

Small wind turbines have less generating capacity than the huge commercial turbines found on wind farms, but their reduced costs and added versatility allow wind power to be used in a wider set of applications. These small turbines are used primarily for distributed generation - generating electricity for use on-site, rather than transmitting energy over the electric grid from central power plants or wind farms. Small turbines are a small-scale alternative to solar panels, providing clean...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) studied tide-gauge records from 1950 to 2009 to conclude that the 600-mile stretch of coastline between Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and Boston, Massachusetts is a “hotspot” for sea level rise. The USGS study found that the rate of East Coast sea level rise is three to four times faster than the global average and will continue at this accelerated rate into the next century. USGS predicts that by 2100, East Coast sea levels will rise 0.20-...