Climate
NASA Finds 2011 is Ninth-Warmest Year on Record
[/caption] From a NASA press release: The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according…
Desperately Seeking a Snow Day: Why So Little Snow in 2012?
Ah, for the days of Snowmageddon and Snowpocalypse back in 2010 and 2011. So far, 2012 is turning out to…
A Balanced Budget on Titan
[/caption] It's been said many times that the most Earthlike world in our solar system is not a planet at…
Michael Mann on Climate: “There’s Still Time to Make the Right Choices”
Climate scientist Michael Mann from Penn State recently spoke at a TED event, and what he says in this video…
NASA’s New Climate and Weather Satellite Launches
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project, or NPP, launched successfully on a Delta 2 rocket early today…
Next Generation Climate and Weather Satellite Ready for Friday Launch
A new satellite that will test key technologies and instruments for the next generation of climate and weather-monitoring satellites is…
Scientists Predict Arctic Could Be Ice-Free Within Decades
[/caption] Bad news for what is now the beginning of the “melt season” in the Arctic. Right now, the sea…
Study: Thawing Permafrost Could Accelerate Global Warming
From a press release from the University of Colorado Boulder: Up to two-thirds of Earth's permafrost likely will disappear by…
Desertification
[/caption] The Sahelian-drought, that began in 1968 and took place in sub-Saharan Africa, was responsible for the deaths of between…
New Galaxy Zoo Project Crowd-sources Old Climate Data
The newest citizen science project from the Galaxy Zoo team lets the public travel back in time and join the…