Climate Archives - Page 9 of 15 - Manitoba Co-operator

Seasonable weather returns

By Daniel Bezte February 5, 2013

Once again Mother Nature played her own game last week, as the weak system that was forecast to hit southwestern Manitoba last Thursday ended up being stronger and farther north than anticipated. This brought a good five to 10 centimetres of snow to much of southern and central Manitoba late last week. As predicted, the

News, Weather

Expert says climate change will alter the Prairies

By Lorraine Stevenson February 5, 2013

University of Winnipeg geography professor predicts Manitoba climate will be more like Nebraska’s  within a few decades, including weeks of plus 30 C summer days

Hurricane Sandy and the devastating Midwest drought have convinced many Americans that climate change is real, and Prairie residents may soon have reason to feel likewise, says a University of Winnipeg geography professor. “We are in climate change central in this part of North America,” Danny Blair said in a recent presentation at Ag Days.

Crops, Weather

Impact of climate change hitting home, U.S. report finds

By Deborah Zabarenko January 30, 2013

Reuters / The consequences of climate change are now hitting the United States on several fronts, including health, infrastructure, water supply, agriculture and especially more frequent severe weather, a congressionally mandated study has concluded. A draft of the U.S. National Climate Assessment, released Jan. 11, said observable change to the climate in the past half-century

International news, News, Weather

Climate change to hit Mexico hard

January 4, 2013

mexico city / reuters / A growing body of scientific evidence ranks Mexico and its southern neighbours near the top of the list of countries most vulnerable to global warming, and advances in micro-forecasting foresee a grim future in alarming detail. According to two new studies, a deadly combination of warmer weather and less rainfall

International news, News, Weather

Indian monsoons may fail more often due to climate change

By Alister Doyle November 30, 2012

Reuters – The Indian monsoon is likely to fail more often in the next 200 years threatening food supplies, unless governments agree how to limit climate change, a study released Nov. 6 says. The monsoon rains could collapse about every fifth year between 2150 and 2200 with continued global warming, blamed mainly on human burning

News, Weather

U.S. weather forecaster drops El Niño watch

By Reuters November 21, 2012

Reuters / The U.S. national weather forecaster has called off its El Niño watch five months after raising the alert as it is now less likely that the much-feared phenomenon that can wreak havoc on global weather will emerge. Since June, the weather forecaster had predicted that El Niño conditions, essentially a warming of waters

Weather

Cold and wet – new pattern?

By Daniel Bezte November 15, 2012

In the last issue we took a look ahead to see what the winter might have in store for us. In this issue we’re going to take our monthly look back at the weather and then look only a little ahead to try and see what November might bring us weather-wise. Well, I guess we

Weather

The secrets behind making a long-range forecast for winter

By Daniel Bezte October 26, 2012

With winter just around the corner the various weather-forecasting companies and organizations are starting to come out with their winter forecasts. I will do a complete examination of all the different forecasts in next week’s article, as not all the forecasts are available yet. For this week I thought I would take some time to

Crops, Weather

Monsoons ease drought fears in India

September 22, 2012

new delhi / reuters / India’s drought has abated with a late revival in monsoon rains. The June-September monsoon rains, which are crucial for the 55 per cent of India’s farmland that is rain fed, were about 12 per cent below average until the end of August. Drought typically results when rains fall 10 per

News, Weather

Supercomputers to replace frogs in forecasting monsoon?

By Ross Colvin And Jatindra Dash September 17, 2012

Scientists aided by supercomputers are trying to unravel one of Mother Nature’s biggest mysteries — the vagaries of the summer monsoon rains that bring life, and sometimes death, to India every year. In a first-of-its-kind project, Indian scientists aim to build computer models that would allow them to make a quantum leap in predicting the

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures higher on year-end positioning

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall, shrugging off China purchases

Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity

Tag Archives Climate

Seasonable weather returns

Expert says climate change will alter the Prairies

Impact of climate change hitting home, U.S. report finds

Climate change to hit Mexico hard

Indian monsoons may fail more often due to climate change

U.S. weather forecaster drops El Niño watch

Cold and wet – new pattern?

The secrets behind making a long-range forecast for winter

Monsoons ease drought fears in India

Supercomputers to replace frogs in forecasting monsoon?

AgCanadaTV

AgCanadaTV: Your Agriculture News Recap for Dec.19, 2025

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Latest Market News