Climate Change Archive

  • The Water Cycle on Earth. Graphic reproduced from USGS.

    Part 6: Water – Earth’s Most Precious Resource

    Posted on April 12, 2012 | No Comments
    Luisa Cristini, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa [Note from the editor: This is the sixth in a series of blog entries that will focus on introductory topics in climate dynamics and modeling, and will be a great insight into the current understanding of the...

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  • A map showing U.S. methane emissions by county from landfills. Reproduced from NREL.

    Should Methane Be Our First Line of Attack to Slow Global Heating?

    Posted on April 9, 2012 | No Comments
    By Penny Paugh Scientist Peter Cox, speaking at the University of Exeter (United Kingdom), recently suggests that the way to win the battle with greenhouse gases is to lower methane emissions. In fact, curbing methane may be the best way to stem dangerous warming. Methane...

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  • A schematic by Dr. Kevin Trenberth of the global radiation budget. Reproduced from NCAR.

    Part 5: Energy For Life

    Posted on April 5, 2012 | No Comments
    Luisa Cristini, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa [Note from the editor: This is the fifth in a series of blog entries that will focus on introductory topics in climate dynamics and modeling, and will be a great insight into the current understanding of the...

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  • An example of a simple report on scenarios of global warming, produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Image reproduced from NewScientist.

    Isolating Climate Change Constraints

    Posted on April 3, 2012 | No Comments
    By Penny Paugh There are many factors that affect the global temperature of the planet, including the rise and fall of greenhouse gases, solar activity, light-scattering atmospheric pollutants, heat transfer among the land, sea, and air, and the presence or absence of forests to process...

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    Weather and Climate Educational Modules

    Posted on March 29, 2012 | No Comments
    Note from the editor: The following is an email sent by COMET, a program within the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) that specializes in outreach and education on a broad range of meteorological topics. Listed are their newest “training modules”, which are free and...

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  • An example cross-section of a tree trunk that provides valuable insight into historical weather. Image reproduced from Maricopa.edu.

    Could Climate Change Have Contributed to the Fall of Rome?

    Posted on March 26, 2012 | No Comments
    By Penny Paugh One form of environmental data, tree rings, has provided evidence of a climate shift that, perhaps not coincidentally, occurred from 250 to 550 A.D., a period that coincides with the fall of the Roman Empire. From ancient wood found in medieval castles...

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  • Agriculture suffers when either the long rains or the short rains fail to materialize in a given year, but especially when they both fail to materialize. Image reproduced from USAID.gov.

    African Drought and Data Rescue

    Posted on March 23, 2012 | No Comments
    Drought in Africa has been a destructive force to life and property since the beginning of recorded time. Most recently, East Africa suffered a severe drought in 2010 that persisted nearly the entire year. However, one good thing that came out of this catastrophic drought...

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  • A qualitative chart of typical biome classification by average temperature and annual precipitation. Reproduced from Marietta College

    Part 4: The Land

    Posted on March 20, 2012 | No Comments
    Luisa Cristini, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa. [Note from the editor: This is the fourth in a series of blog entries that will focus on introductory topics in climate dynamics and modeling, and will be a great insight into the current understanding of the...

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  • F. Sherwood Rowland

    Ozone Hero Leaves A Legacy, A Message

    Posted on March 15, 2012 | No Comments
    F. Sherwood Rowland, one of the world’s greatest environmental heroes, passed away last weekend at the age of 84. Rowland worked in the Physical Sciences Department at the University of California, Irvine, and was the first person to sound the alarm over the damaging effects...

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  • A Glacier in Alaska flows out of the mountains and calves into the Pacific Ocean.

    Part 3: What’s Hot About Ice?

    Posted on March 12, 2012 | No Comments
    By Luisa Cristini, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa. [Note from the editor: This is the third in a series of blog entries that will focus on introductory topics in climate dynamics and modeling, and will be a great insight into the current understanding of...

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