A nationwide survey of U.S. beekeepers released on Wednesday found that the pollinators have been hit by another massive population drop, with 42 percent of bee colonies nationwide dying in the last year — the second-largest annual recorded loss to date and a number that is too high to be sustainable, according to researchers. The…
Two Antarctic weather stations recorded unprecedentedly high temperatures in March — offering grim evidence of accelerating climate change. A potential Antarctica record high of 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded on March 24 at the Esperanza Base, just south of the southern tip of Argentina—a temperature exceeding any figure yet observed on the Antarctic landmass or…
A pipeline rupture earlier this month in North Dakota is now revealed to have spilled a possible record-setting amount of “brine” created as a byproduct of oil drilling, with the full impacts of the incident still unknown. The North Dakota Department of Health was notified of the Jan. 6 leak in Williams County by pipeline…
December 2014 will go down as the least snowy December on record for South Bend. The National Weather Service measured only 0.2 inches for the entire month. The city averages over 18 inches of snow in a typical December. The record was previously set in 1912 when 0.5 inches of snow was recorded throughout December….
South Bend is currently on pace to have the least amount of snow for the month of December on record. The reprieve comes just a month after the city experienced record snowfall in November. The National Weather Service says that the city has not received measurable amounts of the white stuff as of December 29….
Despite plummeting gas prices, public transportation ridership in the U.S. hit a record high. According to a new report by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), 2.7 billion trips were taken on public transit systems in the third quarter of 2014. That marks a 1.8 percent increase from the same period last year, and makes…
A line of heavy lake effect snow dumped over six inches of snow in sporadic parts of South Bend and Mishawaka on Thursday morning, setting a record for the Northern Indiana city. The old record was 4.7 inches set back in 1974. A second line of snow later in the day brought the total for…
