Two south Pacific islands have disappeared beneath the waves, as climate change raises sea levels to new heights. More info at BBC Online . June 14, 1999. Yucca Mountain found high and dry. June 3, 1999.
Greenhouse gases spur warm, wet winters.
Warm, wet winters during recent decades in the Northern Hemisphere can be explained by the influence of greenhouse gases on atmospheric winds, Columbia University researchers report in today's issue of the journal Nature. June 3, 1999. Colorado canyon country proposed as wilderness. The Environmental News Network reports that Representative Diane DeGette, D-Colo., announced an initiative Jan. 17 to protect as wilderness 1.4 million acres of Colorado's canyon county, most of which is located on the western slope. February 22, 1999.