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...waters around Iceland to the southward migration of a warmth-loving creature like the armadillo from the Midwest.Since the 1940s the mean global temperature has dropped about 2.7° F. Although that figure is at best an estimate, it is supported by other convincing data. When Climatologist George J. Kukla of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory and his wife Helena analyzed satellite weather data for the Northern Hemisphere, they found that the area of the ice and snow cover had suddenly increased by 12% in 1971 and the increase has persisted ever since. Areas of Baffin Island...
...warn-people when a particularly sticky day is in the offing. By the time next summer's heat and humidity come along, the forecaster will have a "discomfort index" that combines both the air's temperature and the amount of moisture in it. Under the formula, explains Climatologist Earl C. Thorn, a discomfort figure of 75 might mean 80° temperature and 60% relative humidity, or it could mean 85° temperature and 30% relative humidity, or 75° temperature, 100% humidity. All are unpleasant. Thorn estimates that 10% of the population can expect to feel uncomfortable before...
...stormy world events. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, appearing before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee in an effort to get back some of the $7.1 million cut by the House from his $199.9 million State Department budget, discovered that there was little need to plead. No less a climatologist than Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson was almost shoving money towards him. "At the moment, our future rests upon the shoulders of the diplomatic corps," said Johnson, who last year led an unmerciful attack on the U.S. Information Agency's $1,400,000 request. "We are facing very real perils. These...
...reason for his prediction, he explained, is the survey done by Paul Kangieser, the State Climatologist of the U.S. Weather Bureau in Boston. Kangieser has found that of the last 16 Novembers which had an "excess of days in which the temperature averaged in the 50's" 75 percent were followed by a cold winter. This November, Brooks said, definitely "fitted this category...
...treatise on weather called Climate and the Energy of Nations), temperatures in the House were reduced to 66°. To avoid chilly drafts, engineers will henceforth release extra-warm air into the empty lobbies whenever the chamber's doors are flung open at voting time. Beamed Climatologist Markham: "We are . . . approximating our aim-warm feet and cool heads...