Jun 18 2011

Climate-Controlled Jacket Keeps You Cool or Warm

ClimaWare jackets have small metal plates and rechargeable batteries that let you control your level of comfort.

Jun 08 2011

Sensing Salt on the Sea — No More Grainy Pictures

Tag: Climate Change,Geophysics,Meteorology,Oceanography,WeatherJohn 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,WeatherJohn D. Cox @ 11:31 am
A new study shows how regional climate differences controlled the intensity of outbreaks of plague in China.

Jun 02 2011

Frequent Tornadoes a Symptom of Jet Stream Change

Tag: Natural Disasters,Weather,WindTim Wall @ 3:33 pm
The frequency of tornadoes this year indicates variability in the northward migration of the summer jet stream.

May 24 2011

The Cruel Mysteries of Tornadoes

Tag: Meteorology,Tornadoes,WeatherJohn D. Cox @ 11:42 am
Tornado researchers can't yet explain why some storms are strong, others weak, some small and others are mile-wide giants.

May 19 2011

NOAA Forecasts A Busy Hurricane Season

Federal forecasters predicted another busy hurricane season and warn that residents of U.S. coastal areas shouldn't count on being as lucky as they were last year.

May 18 2011

Exploding Melon Mishap in China

Tag: Food,Natural Disasters,Plants,WeatherTim Wall @ 9:09 am
Misuse of growth hormones on the melon farms in China is causing a rupture in goods.

May 13 2011

China’s Yangtze River Running Dry

A mix of weather patterns across the country have left the east coast high and dry as the south struggles with flooding.

May 10 2011

Trees Hold Thousand-Year History of El Niño

A new 1,100-year history of the El Niño cycle promises to help improve how climate models see the impact of global warming.

May 05 2011

Feeling Climate Change Down on the Farm

Tag: Climate Change,Global Warming,WeatherJohn D. Cox @ 6:17 pm
Global warming has been cutting into worldwide wheat and corn production, except in the United States.

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