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Mike Seidel of The Weather Channel shared an interesting story with me concerning just which week of the summer is the hottest for various regions of the United States. Here’s a brief recap of that.

The climate models used to formulate the 2007 IPCC report suggested that we might see a decrease in the total number of hurricanes in the Atlantic (and worldwide) later this century. However, the latest set of models used to formulate the 2013 IPCC report, due out in September, show that the total number of hurricanes both globally and in the Atlantic may increase, according to a paper published in July 2013 by one of our top hurricane scientists, Dr. Kerry Emanuel of MIT.

Haven't blogged in a long time, as I've been too busy, but how could I not do this one? :)

A moderate risk of severe weather is set for a large part of the Plains from northern Texas through western Kansas. A slight risk of severe weather is posted for much of the rest of the Plains. Please be aware of local weather conditions and prepare yourself, your family, and your neighbors for severe weather.

"Fracking," or hydraulic fracturing, is the process of fracturing layers of rocks beneath the surface of the earth, using water and other chemicals and fluids, for the purpose of extracting natural gas that would otherwise be impossible to drill. For Earth Day, I wanted to surface the experience of one of our long-time true-blue Weather Underground community members. Skyepony has seen the front lines of the fracking industry from her family's tree farm in Mississippi, and she urges you to learn more about the fracking process and what it does to our environment, our health, and our families on this Earth Day.