Despite heavy rains during the past month, scientists say South Florida is on its way to a serious drought. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

No hymnals. No pews. No steeple. No stained glass windows. And no women.
Florida! picked by suebe 1 year ago

An epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for millions. Florida doesn’t have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York’s reservoirs have dropped to record lows. And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is melting faster each year. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

This is a National Geographic photo gallery of drought scenes from Australia. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

When your states in a drought you have to do something. picked by gammerus 11 months ago

Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink. But wait—more than 60 percent of the nation now has abnormally dry or drought conditions, a climatologist says, and there is actually plenty to drink. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

In light of the recent Spanish Inquisition post, I decided to post this. picked by Mershaullk 1 year ago

Fred Phelps peddles his hate from a church in Kansas. His followers picket the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq - because he says they died defending a "fag country". Should he be free to preach his poison? picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

In a ding-dong battle between a Catholic church and city fathers, a priest is being slapped with a 5,000-euro fine each time he rings his church bell to call his flock to early morning Mass. picked by muppet 11 months ago

But in the midst of what may be the worst drought ever in North Carolina, Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill are watering the synthetic turfs used by their field hockey teams. picked by mitzuzake 9 months ago

Welcome to the Church of Reality. Welcome to the real world. That is our church greeting. picked by misswinkle 12 months ago

Thursday's meeting of the state Drought Advisory Committee has been canceled due to spring rain and snow. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Four people were shot outside New Life Church, one of the largest churches in Colorado. Gunman still at large and may still be inside church.
This shooting may be related to an earlier shooting seventy miles away, link to article here on the shooting in Arvada: picked by Steffanie 8 months ago

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue had said Wednesday the state would seek an injunction forcing the Corps to stem the flow of water from Lake Lanier, Atlanta's primary water source. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

Federal court rules against extremist group. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

A team of water experts says the pattern of droughts and floods in South Africa shows our global warming was triggered by the variability of the sun’s irradiance rather than by human-emitted CO2. They say variations in South African rainfall patterns are keyed to periodic reversals of the sun’s magnetic field—and to the constantly changing distance between the sun and the earth a... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

I would love to see them hitch that to a ship! picked by suebe 1 year ago

The Amazon rainforest, so crucial to the Earth’s climate system, is coming under threat from cleaner air say prominent UK and Brazilian climate scientists. The new study identifies a link between reducing sulphur dioxide emissions from burning coal and increasing sea surface temperatures in the tropical north Atlantic, resulting in a heightened risk of drought in the Amazon rainforest. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago