2012 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum – Lowest Ever September 19, 2012 | National Snow & Ice Data Center "Arctic sea ice cover likely melted to its minimum extent for the year on September... Coal Export Record? October 23, 2012 | Energy Information Administration U.S. 2012 coal exports, supported by rising steam coal exports, are expected to break their... 68,000-Year Record of Greenhouse Gases February 8, 2013 | National Science Foundation A team of U.S. ice-coring scientists and engineers in Antarctica, funded by the National Science... North Dakota Oil Production Record – Again! November 16, 2012 | Fargo-Moorhead Forum Oil production in North Dakota is increasing so rapidly that the state set is fifth... National Climate Assessment January 25, 2013 | U.S. Global Change Research Program "Climate change is already affecting the American people. Certain types of weather events have become... Record Stream Levels Along the East Coast October 29, 2012 | USGS WaterWatch The USGS real-time streamflow monitoring system is reporting record high water levels for this date... Summer Cyclone over the Arctic Ocean August 12, 2012 | NASA Earth Observatory "An unusually large, long-lasting, and powerful cyclone was churning over the Arctic in early August... Methane Release in a Thawing Arctic May 21, 2012 | New York Times As Arctic temperatures warm and permafrost melts, methane, a greenhouse gas, is being released and... |