It was another year of incredible weather extremes globally during 2012. The year featured two of the most expensive weather disasters in world history--Hurricane Sandy and the Great U.S. Drought of ...

It was another year of incredible weather extremes unparalleled in American history during 2012. Eleven billion-dollar weather disasters hit the U.S., a figure exceeded only by the fourteen such ...

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This was an eventful year, locally and worldwide. We got through one of the most contentious elections in recent memory, both nationally and at the state level. We saw unspeakable tragedy in our state ...

Most media lists of the most important events of 2012 are led by headlines such as the reelection of President Barack Obama, the appointment of China’s new leader Xi Jinping, the revolt in Syria, the ...