Jul 08 2011

Sulfur Smoke Slowed Global Warming Slightly

Tag: Carbon Emissions,Chemistry,Climate Change,Coal,Global Warming,Meteorology,Pollution — Tim Wall @ 3:44 am
Coal use in China ramped up short-lived atmospheric sulfur that dimmed the effects of greenhouse warming during the mid-2000s

Jul 07 2011

Polar Shifts on Rising Seas

Tag: Antarctica,Climate Change,Glaciers,Global Warming,Meteorology,Oceanography — John D. Cox @ 7:51 pm
A new study says coastal Greenland waters are warming faster than Antarctic waters -- but both ice sheets are melting faster than expected.

Jul 06 2011

Pirate Booty: A Monsoon Cache

Tag: Geophysics,Meteorology,Wind — John D. Cox @ 7:15 pm
Somali piracy is taking a toll on climate research, especially studies related to the Indian Ocean monsoon.

Jul 05 2011

Past 30 Years Warmer on Average in U.S.

Tag: Animal Behavior,Climate Change,Global Warming,Maps,Meteorology — Tim Wall @ 7:58 pm
The new averages will soon be incorporated into an updated climate zone map of the United States for distribution on the back of seed packets.

Jun 30 2011

A Cloud Mystery Takes Flight

Tag: Antarctica,Meteorology — John D. Cox @ 5:56 pm
Airplanes that take off or land at airports where certain atmosphere conditions prevail can pierce mid-level clouds with unusual round shapes that lead to brief showers of snow or rain.

Jun 26 2011

Aburpt Changes in Climates Past Put Models on Notice

Tag: Climate Change,Global Warming,Meteorology — John D. Cox @ 7:18 pm
Modern climate models fail to reproduce rapid climate changes in the past and so are unable to accurately project the future.

Jun 23 2011

Routine Weather Costs U.S. $485 billion

Tag: Everyday Science,Meteorology — John D. Cox @ 1:34 pm
Aside from great storms and other disasters, routine weather variation costs the U.S. economy $485 billion a year.

Jun 09 2011

Under the Snowpack, a Troublesome Trend

Tag: Climate Change,Global Warming,Meteorology,Trees,Water,Winter — John D. Cox @ 6:15 pm
A study of tree-ring chronologies shows a sharp decline in annual Rocky Mountain snowpack that supplies water to 70 million people in the western United States.

Jun 08 2011

Sensing Salt on the Sea — No More Grainy Pictures

Tag: Climate Change,Geophysics,Meteorology,Oceanography,Weather — John D. Cox @ 9:31 am
The Aquarius satellite mission is set to launch on Thursday providing a detailed look at the salty sea surface.

Jun 07 2011

Did Weather Make the Plague Worse?

Tag: Drought,Floods,Meteorology,Natural Disasters,Weather — John D. Cox @ 11:31 am
A new study shows how regional climate differences controlled the intensity of outbreaks of plague in China.
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