Planet Hot

Uh-oh. Deserts may be creeping closer to cities, the Associated Press reports. To lift a quote: "Deserts in the American Southwest and around the globe are creeping toward heavily populated areas as the jet streams shift." And, "as the atmosphere warms, it bulges out at the altitudes where the northern and southern jet streams slip past like swift and massive rivers of air. That bulging has pushed both jet streams about 70 miles closer to the Earth's poles." What this means? More powerful storms, less food, and cranky European skiers who won't have snow in the Alps.

Oh, and that's Clara Morgane, surely helping the rise in global temperature. (nsfw link)