Stormy weather at Buncrana pier in Inishowen, County Donegal.
December 26, 2013
From an icy spring to our sizzling summer (click here)
...But there were other extremes too, with a temperature of 15.7°C recorded in Ashford, Co Wicklow, in January, the highest there for a decade.
In March Dublin Airport reported a mean temperature of 3.1°C, its coldest March since the site opened in 1942. The majority of other stations reported it was the coldest March since station records began.
The weather station at Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, recorded an astonishing 27 days with ground frost that month.
The cold spell continued through April and into May, sparking a fodder crisis for farmers throughout the country.
Other figures show:
* Dublin Airport and Mullingar recorded lows of --5.6°C and --6.5°C respectively on April 6, their lowest April air minimum temperature since both stations opened in 1942 (71 years) and 1950 (63 years).
* April's lowest air minimum temperature of --7.3°C at Mountdillon on April 6, was the lowest April air minimum temperature recorded since 1988 (25 years)....
Sensationalism while protecting Wall Street. Deaths from the Climate Crisis? Where? Who ever said it was a Climate Crisis? Besides, even if that is the case, the entire global economy is dependent on fossil fuels. Don't you think it is about time people accept death by weather as a fact of life? I mean for real. It goes on, ya know? Money is money, honey. Why should Wall Street carry the guilt for the quality of life of those that disregard their own lives as important? The governments don't do anything to change this, why should Wall Street be the scapegoat?
BY EMILY ATKIN
DECEMBER 19, 2013 AT 12:24 PM
Sensationalism while protecting Wall Street. Deaths from the Climate Crisis? Where? Who ever said it was a Climate Crisis? Besides, even if that is the case, the entire global economy is dependent on fossil fuels. Don't you think it is about time people accept death by weather as a fact of life? I mean for real. It goes on, ya know? Money is money, honey. Why should Wall Street carry the guilt for the quality of life of those that disregard their own lives as important? The governments don't do anything to change this, why should Wall Street be the scapegoat?
BY EMILY ATKIN
DECEMBER 19, 2013 AT 12:24 PM
2013 was a big year for climate. (click here) Global carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit 400 parts per million for the first time in recorded history; global sea levels hit a record high; oil spills, coal mine landslides, and gas explosions beset the world.
But arguably the most visible and persistent climate event was the increase in ferocity of our weather. 2013 was marked by extremes in temperature and precipitation, conditions that fueled deadly wildfires, flooding, and storm surges.
Despite those facts, America’s major television news stations mostly failed to mention climate change when reporting on events like deadly flooding in Colorado, the string of major wildfires across the American West, and bouts of unseasonable temperatures across the country.
Those are the findings of a new survey released by Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting(FAIR), a progressive media criticism group. The results were achieved through analysis of extreme weather news reports with more than 200 words from CBS Evening News, ABC World News and NBC Nightly News for the first nine months of 2013. Extreme weather event reports analyzed included news about hurricanes, drought, wildfires, floods and heat waves.
“Our study demonstrates that when weather is the news, the climate is seldom mentioned,” the organization wrote on its website. “It’s almost as if the climate and the weather were happening on two different planets.”...
