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Tuesday, March 05, 2013  New federal figures show the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air jumped dramatically in 2012, making it very unlikely that global warming can be limited to another 2 degrees. Many governments set a 2-degree increase as the upper limit.

Monday, February 18, 2013  Scientists point to both scant recent snowfall in parts of the country and this month's whopper of a Northeast blizzard as potential global warming signs.

Monday, April 16, 2012  A Syracuse University scientist says global warming skeptics are misrepresenting his research on ancient crystal sediments in Antarctica.

Thursday, January 19, 2012  Two groups of scientists at Cornell University are dueling over whether natural gas from shale is better or worse than coal when it comes to global climate change.

Thursday, October 06, 2011  Clocks may not be the only thing falling back: That signature autumn change in leaf colors may be drifting further down the calendar.

Monday, February 21, 2011  Many of you have an opinion. Tell me yours with a comment at the bottom of this web page.

Sunday, February 06, 2011  Atomospheric scientists ponder the effects of geo-engineering the strength of our sun.

Thursday, January 13, 2011  This story may be a hard one to swallow give the recent and coming cold and snowy conditions here in Central New York.

Monday, October 04, 2010  Are more extreme weather events being caused by global warming?

Monday, September 27, 2010  Will this year be the hottest year on record?

Wednesday, August 18, 2010  We received some research into the CNYcentral Weather Center recently telling us that the water temperature of streams and rivers, at least some streams and rivers in the eastern United States, have shown a significant warming over the past 50+ years.

Thursday, August 12, 2010  The fact of the matter is this: the field of meteorology studying climate change is still in its infancy.

Friday, January 30, 2009  A series of workshops, speakers, presentations, and discussions are scheduled throughout the day.