Warming climate sends US corn belt north | climate change

While there is still debate about how human activity is altering the climate, agriculture is already adapting to shifting weather patterns.
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Losses in some areas will mean gains in others, Page said. A native of Bottineau, a small town on North Dakota’s border with Canada, Page said that when he was in high school in the 1960s, “you could grow wheat -- or wheat. That was it,” he said.

“You go to that very same place today -- they can grow soybeans, they can grow canola, they can grow corn, they can grow field peas and export them to India,” he said. “A lot of that has been to do with the fact that they have six, eight days more of frost-free weather.”

New Counting Method Allows Climate Scientists To Make Up Any Numbers They Want To | Real Science

This week marks seven years since the US was hit by a major hurricane, and it has been more than 20 years since the US was hit by a category five hurricane.

Scientists celebrate the record calm by making up a new way to prove that hurricanes are getting stronger.

Antarctic Ice Area Has Been Above Normal Every Day This Year | Real Science

Antarctic sea ice area has averaged 80,000 Manhattans above normal, and has been above normal every day this year.

Try To Remember That Kind Of September – Before NOAA Was Lying About The Temperature | Real Science

NOAA claims that September was the 22 hottest in US history, when in fact it was 55th hottest. September temperatures have been declining since 1895.