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...World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reports that 2004 was the fourth warmest year since 1861. The fact that the nine warmest years in weather-keeping history have occurred in the last 10 years tells us that change in the Earth’s temperature, like that of the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, is accelerating. Over the last few years the WMO has also concluded that some of the recent increases in weather variability—intense storms, drought, and heat waves—is due to the increased heat accumulating in the atmosphere and oceans...
Costs associated with natural disasters (primarily extreme weather events) continue to rise. Yearly damages increased ten-fold between the 1980s and 1990s, and reached $55 billion in 2002 ($11 billion insured) and $60 billion ($15 billion insured) in 2003. The shock waves of emerging risks are reverberating through the insurance and reinsurance sector...
...weather, however, drowned out any hopes of a home-field advantage for the Crimson, fluctuating between mild drizzle and severe downpour. Conditions were at their worst as the afternoon began, significantly slowing down the action to start the game...
Anticipating a rainy weekend at division rival Brown (17-15, 9-3 Ivy)—before The Crimson went to press, the Weather Channel predicted an 80 percent chance of showers the entire weekend—Walsh said he pitched Haviland and ace Frank Herrmann against Northeastern to get them regular work...
...weather cooperates, Herrmann and senior Mike Morgalis will start games one and two against the Bears, who lost last night at Cornell, falling a game back of the Crimson...