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Valentine's Day will be greeted by a storm that will begin the day in the Mississippi Valley before moving eastward into the eastern third of the country.

Sharks killed twice as many swimmers and surfers last year than in 2010, with the increase due largely to a growth in tourism and changing shark patterns due to global warming.

Lumbering elephant seals in Antarctica seem to be taking the heat from global warming, as scientists have found the mammals must dive to deeper than normal depths in warmer seas to snag food. The deeper dives may also mean less time to get food, the researchers say.

Sharks killed twice as many swimmers and surfers last year than in 2010, with the increase due largely to a growth in tourism and changing shark patterns due to global warming.

Weather Underground Forecast for Monday, February 13, 2012.

(Reuters) - The south central United States was pelted with a wintry mix of snow and freezing rain that threatened travel on Sunday, while frigid temperatures chilled the East Coast during what has been an unseasonably mild winter, forecasters said. Arctic air was in place across parts of the Southern and Central Plains, …

The fate of an island chain's president may mean more--or even less--progress to combat climate change. David Biello reports

Cold weather has been making a comeback in the South this weekend, after what's been a very mild winter so far.

Farmers May Have Kicked Off Local Climate Change 3,500 Years Ago

French scientists unveiling new estimates for global warming said on Thursday the 2 C (3.6 F) goal enshrined by the United Nations was "the most optimistic" scenario left for greenhouse-gas emissions.

India and the European Union have agreed to work on clean energy solutions and adapting to climate change but say their long anticipated trade pact won't happen until later this year.

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Don't put away those mittens and wooly socks just yet. Midwesterners dreaming of an early spring - after one of the warmest winters on record - could be in for a shock this weekend when below-zero temperatures and bitter wind chills are due to strike parts of North Dakota and Minnesota. The National …

A state agency's report says the Indiana State Fair's executive director and other officials took part in an emergency exercise last July that eerily foreshadowed weather conditions a month later that caused a deadly stage collapse.

French scientists unveiling new estimates for global warming said on Thursday the 2 C (3.6 F) goal enshrined by the United Nations was "the most optimistic" scenario left for greenhouse-gas emissions.

LONDON (Reuters) - The government on Thursday recommended slashing subsidies for solar panels on homes from July 1 after a jump in installations last year nearly exhausted its support budget. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said it is proposing a reduction in Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) for solar installations …