Climate Change
2010 Tied for Warmest Year on Record say NOAA and NASA
[/caption] Newly released scientific data shows that 2010 equals 2005 as the Earths warmest year on record over the last…
What is an Enhanced Greenhouse Effect?
Every day, solar radiation reaches the surface of our planet from the sun. It is then converted into thermal radiation…
Mann: A Changing Climate Doesn’t Have a Political Agenda
[/caption] The body of evidence for climate change is strong and convincing, and multiple lines of evidence show the changes…
How Does Carbon Capture Work?
What if it were possible to just suck all the harmful pollutants out of the air so that they wouldn’t…
Satellite Data Show Plant Growth is Declining on Earth
[/caption] One idea about climate change suggested that higher temperatures would boost plant growth and food production. That may have…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Bringing The Planetology Home
We keep finding all these exoplanets. Our detection methods still only pick out the bigger ones, but we're getting better…
Ozone on Mars: Two Windows Better Than One
Understanding the present-day Martian climate gives us insights into its past climate, which in turn provides a science-based context for…
Climate Vs. Weather Video
It happens every winter, and even more so during the recent cold snap here in the US: frequently people say,…
An Astronomical Perspective on Climate Change
Ice cores and deep sea bed cores provide the best available record of changes in global temperature and CO2 content…
Declassified Ice Loss Images
[/caption] Last week the US government released more than a thousand intelligence images of Arctic ice that have been used…