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A Pleasant Atmosphere, Part 1
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Google’s Role in Public Hurricane Preparedness
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Official Word on Climate Change
11 February 2012 5:23 PM | No Comments -
Breakthrough in Scrubbing Carbon Dioxide from the Air
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Planning Energy in Times of Climate Change
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‘Loading the Climate Dice’: Why It Is Important
01 February 2012 1:42 PM | No Comments -
Using Climate Models to Predict Mosquitoes
28 January 2012 10:24 AM | No Comments -
The Medieval Climate Anomaly
21 January 2012 3:49 PM | No Comments
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A Pleasant Atmosphere, Part 1
22 February 2012 2:58 PM | No Comments -
Google’s Role in Public Hurricane Preparedness
17 February 2012 5:47 PM | No Comments -
Official Word on Climate Change
11 February 2012 5:23 PM | No Comments -
Breakthrough in Scrubbing Carbon Dioxide from the Air
09 February 2012 3:14 PM | 1 Comment -
Planning Energy in Times of Climate Change
05 February 2012 2:13 PM | 2 Comments -
‘Loading the Climate Dice’: Why It Is Important
01 February 2012 1:42 PM | No Comments -
Using Climate Models to Predict Mosquitoes
28 January 2012 10:24 AM | No Comments -
The Medieval Climate Anomaly
21 January 2012 3:49 PM | No Comments
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Historic Data, Data Rescue Archive
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South America Data Rated as Second Highest Priority Climate Data
Posted on December 18, 2011 | No Commentsby Gavin Roy A group led by PAGES (Past Global Changes) has ranked human weather observations in South America as the second-highest priority climate data that must be collected, collated, and integrated to understand South America’s climate. Their highest-ranked priority is tree-ring records, with ice-core... -
ACRE Mentioned in AMS Bulletin
Posted on December 14, 2011 | 1 CommentThe international Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (ACRE) initiative both undertakes and facilitates the recovery of historical instrumental surface terrestrial and marine global weather observations to underpin 3D weather reconstructions (reanalyses) spanning the last 200-250 years for climate applications and impacts needs worldwide. All... -
Bangladesh Named Country Most Vulnerable to Natural Disasters Future Data Rescue Operation May Save Lives
Posted on November 12, 2011 | No CommentsEnvironmental risk advisory firm Maplecroft has named Bangladesh the country most vulnerable to natural disasters on their Natural Disasters Risk Index. Surveying incidents of natural disasters, and the material and human costs of those disasters over a period of 30 years, Maplecroft placed Bangladesh at... -
Maiden IEDRO Trip to Namibia Scheduled
Posted on November 12, 2011 | 1 CommentIn early 2009, Namibia experienced its worst flooding in four decades. 276,000 people, or approximately one in seven Namibians, were forced to leave their homes due to the floods, which washed out roads, destroyed cropland and hospitals, and caused the incidence of cholera and malaria... -
Reconstructing History: Understanding Past Weather to Improve Forecasts
Posted on September 17, 2011 | 1 CommentESRL Quarterly Newsletter – Spring 2009, http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/news/quarterly/spring2009/reanalysis.html Today, weather instruments around the globe collect millions of observations daily, giving forecasters and others a fairly comprehensive view of the global atmosphere and upcoming weather. A century ago, a few hundred observers on land and sea—most in... -
NASA’s GRIP Project: Leading Edge Research on Hurricanes
Posted on September 29, 2010 | No CommentsBy 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... -
Clam Shells
Posted on September 23, 2010 | 1 CommentClamshells 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... -
Cost of not collecting historic weather data
Posted on September 23, 2010 | No CommentsNovember 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... -
Past2Present
Posted on September 23, 2010 | No CommentsScientists Predict the Future by Looking at the Past January 2010 Raymond McIntyre Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are going back over the records of meteorologists from the 19th and 20th centuries. The intent is to feed the information gathered by... -
Antarctica
Posted on September 23, 2010 | No CommentsResearch at Antarctica June 2010 By Kevin Tsai To many people Antarctica is nothing more than a vast expanse of snow and ice, a frozen and inhospitable continent. For scientists interested in understanding climate change and the composition of the universe, Antarctica is a promising...
