Wednesday, July 07, 2010

'It's just too hot': East Coast scorched by heat

The East Coast broiled Tuesday as record-setting temperatures soared past 100 from Virginia to Massachusetts, utility companies cranked up power to the limit to cool the sweating masses and railroad tracks were so hot commuter trains had to slow down. The temperature broke records for the day in New York, where it hit 103, and in Philadelphia, where it reached 102.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100707/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hot_weather

Sunday, July 04, 2010

Indonesia's last glacier will melt within years

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Lonnie Thompson spent years preparing for his expedition to the remote, mist-shrouded mountains of eastern Indonesia, hoping to chronicle the affect of global warming on the last remaining glacier in the Pacific. He's worried he got there too late.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100701/ap_on_sc/as_indonesia_dying_glacier