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One new report: "Following a relatively wet finish to 2011, the return of warm, dry weather to the nation’s southern tier could be suggestive of an increasingly La Niña-driven atmospheric regime."
TCN Journal SNAPSHOTS OF THE DROUGHT January 6, 2012
Officials of the state agency "fully expect" more tree deaths if the drought continues. Meanwhile, a NASA study projected massive changes in ecosystems in many parts of the world as a result of manmade climate change.
TCN Journal SNAPSHOTS OF THE DROUGHT December 19, 2011
Texas' wildfires helped set a new national disaster record. State park officials appealed for public support. NASA mapped groundwater's "severe" depletion. Grid operators warned of possible trouble in 2012. And more.
TCN Journal SNAPSHOTS OF THE DROUGHT December 8, 2011
The National Weather Service's seasonal outlook calls for Texas' record-setting drought "to persist or intensify" this winter. And a new international report sees more dry conditions as climate change progresses in decades ahead.
TCN Journal SNAPSHOTS OF THE DROUGHT November 28, 2011
Groesbeck, a small town east of Waco and the county seat of Limestone County, is one of 18 Texas communities on the state's "high priority" water list – cities and towns that could run out of water within 180 days.
TCN Journal November 16, 2011
Recent studies in Texas, Oklahoma and the United Kingdom have linked the drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing, or the associated underground injection of waste fluids, to small earthquakes near natural gas wells.
TCN Journal November 10, 2011
Even after the Solyndra solar company's bankruptcy, a UT poll found more satisfaction with renewable energy companies than traditional energy businesses. And a solar trade group's survey found strong support for solar power.
TCN Journal November 2, 2011
Based on tree-ring calculations of drought severity before instrumental records, federal climate experts have concluded that 1789 was the only year in almost five centuries when Texas’ summer drought matched conditions in 2011.
TCN Journal SNAPSHOTS OF THE DROUGHT October 23, 2011
The event was in the Hill Country town of Junction – "land of living waters," but lately with dried-up streams and worries about football injuries on a hardened field. Claire Cardona of The Texas Tribune reports.
TCN Journal October 20, 2011
Among the records: Sixteen of 19 cities had their hottest summer averages. Four recorded Texas' first summer averages of 90 or above. Sixteen, meanwhile, have had their highest numbers of 100-plus days this year.
TCN Journal SNAPSHOTS OF THE DROUGHT October 10, 2011
A new occasional series by Texas Climate News will provide a montage of words and images in an effort to convey the drought's vast scope and kaleidoscopic effects. This initial installment focuses on financial costs and wildfires.
TCN Journal October 5, 2011
The latest annual report by the committee outlined a number of recent actions at the state's largest university, ranging from more LED bulbs and solar installations to student-approved fees and a Green Laboratory Initiative.
TCN Journal September 26, 2011
Without rain by next summer, "several thousand megawatts of generation" might not be available, said an official of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Coverage by Kate Galbraith of The Texas Tribune.
TCN Journal September 21, 2011
Taking on controversial claims that clouds are a main driver of temperature changes across the globe, a Texas A&M University atmospheric scientist finds evidence of cherry picking and errors. Coverage by Douglas Fischer of The Daily Climate.
TCN Journal September 20, 2011
Man-made global warming aggravated drought-related problems including challenges for farmers and ranchers, declining reservoir levels, greater water demands, and wildfires likelier to start and spread quickly, the Texas A&M professor wrote.
TCN Journal September 12, 2011
Preliminary data indicate Texas just finished its hottest month on record and that the June-August period in the state set "the all-time record for hottest summer in the lower 48 states," the state climatologist said.
TCN Journal September 6, 2011
Mayor Julián Castro's proclamation of “Climate Change Awareness Month” illustrated some of the fault lines in the policy debate over climate and energy in Texas – Republican vs. Democrat, state officials vs. municipal officials.
TCN Journal September 3, 2011
In 2007, the Texas Water Development Board was criticized for omitting man-made climate change from its long-range planning. With a new State Water Plan due soon, officials continue to consider how to include it this time, the board chairman said recently.
TCN Journal August 30, 2011
The Texas governor's skeptical remarks on climate change and evolution may not win him points with many scientists. But a new survey in Iowa shows his views on those subjects are "perfectly in line" with most Republican voters.
TCN Journal August 24, 2011
The newspaper's Fact Checker judged that in claiming widespread data manipulation and scientist skepticism, he was "willfully ignoring the facts and making false accusations." Meanwhile, more Texas scientists rebutted the governor.
TCN Journal August 19, 2011
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