Climate Change
Podcast: Climate Change
When it comes to carbon dioxide, just a little goes a long way to warming the planet. Unfortunately, we’ve been…
Happy (or is it Merry?) Aphelion This Friday
This 4th of July weekend brings us one more reason to celebrate. On July 5th at approximately 11:00 AM EDT/15:00…
NASA’s Operation IceBridge Surveys Greenland and Earth’s Polar Ice Sheets
NASA's Operation IceBridge has begun the 2013 research season of Ice Science flights in Greenland and the Arctic to survey…
Manhattan-Sized Ice Island Heads Out to Sea
An "ice island" that calved from the Petermann Glacier in July is seen by NASA satellite (MODIS/Terra) Remember that enormous…
Is Earth Alive? Scientists Seek Sulfur For An Answer
[/caption] Researchers at the University of Maryland have discovered a way to identify and track sulfuric compounds in Earth's marine…
Antarctica’s Ice Being Eaten Away From Below
Data collected from a NASA ice-watching satellite reveal that the vast ice shelves extending from the shores of western Antarctica…
1981 Climate Change Predictions Were Eerily Accurate
[/caption] A paper published in the journal Science in August 1981 made several projections regarding future climate change and anthropogenic…
Fears of Tornado Catastrophes Due to Global Warming Unfounded
[/caption] The 2012 tornado season got off to a rousing start. Between February 28th and March 3rd, two deadly storm…
The Sky Is Falling, Scientists Report
[/caption] Ok, maybe not the sky itself... but the clouds. According to recent research by climate scientists in New Zealand,…
Regular Solar Cycle Could Be Going on Hiatus
[/caption] Are we headed into the 21st century version of the Maunder Minimum? Three researchers studying three different aspects of…