Archive for September, 2010

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    NASA’s GRIP Project: Leading Edge Research on Hurricanes

    By Penny Paugh In August 2010, NASA launched the Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) Earth science field experiment to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes. NASA hopes forecasters will assimilate GRIP data into their prediction models to improve forecasts...

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    Volunteer and Holiday on the Galapagos Islands

    September 2010 By Dot McKenzie IEDRO is dedicated to saving environmental data for the planet and it depends on volunteers to be successful.  Another organization in the Galapagos, the New Era Galapagos Foundation, also depends on volunteers for its success.  It has welcomed volunteers from all...

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    Story of Stuff

    The Story of Stuff: A Review April 2010 by Carmen Lee Are you a student? A young person? A schoolteacher? Have you bought anything in the past month?  Any electronic gadget, clothes, knickknack, “consumer product”? And have you thrown out any “old stuff” in the...

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    Clam Shells

    Clamshells may provide the most fascinating detailed record July 2010 By Virginie NOEL Paleo data come from natural sources, such as tree rings, ice cores, corals, as well as, ocean and lake sediments. These data extend the archive of weather and climate back hundreds to...

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    Cost of not collecting historic weather data

    November 2009 By Gerald Hawkins The raging waters of Mother Nature can render our world helpless, leaving homes destroyed, families ruptured, and the environment damaged. A flood can ruin an entire region in a matter of minutes. China, Istanbul, and the Philippines have recently lost...

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    Global Dimming

    FAR GREATER WORRIES A Review of Woo Yun’s Article: “The Implications of Global Dimming and Global Warming” February 2010 By Toni Rosati While the author, Woo Yun, is correct in stating that global dimming may directly relate to the effects of global warming, the article...

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    Home

    Teaser: Most of us are not aware in a global way how quickly mankind is depleting our non-renewable energy resources and consuming creatures in the oceans faster than they can reproduce. We have little awareness of how our food is grown. A Review: HOME By...

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    What is good environmental science

    What Is Good Science? June 2010 By Carmen Lee and Gary Reidister In response to the question of “what is good science,” Carmen Lee, a PhD in library and information studies from the University of London answered: I find the question “What is good science?”...

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    Effects of Warming Oceans

    The Effects of Warming of the Oceans May 2010 By Kevin Tsai The effects of climate change, such as melting ice caps and increasing tropical hurricane intensity, may seem remote to many people. On the other hand, decades of increasing ocean temperatures, which reached new...

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    CO2 and Global Warming

    Greenhouse Gases and the Causes of Global Warming By Anita Dotson MYTH: Water vapor is the most important, abundant greenhouse gas. So if we’re going to control a greenhouse gas, why don’t we control it instead of carbon dioxide (CO2)? This is a common misconception...

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