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  • A scientist from the University of Arizona boring a tree ring sample.

    Tree Rings: A Type of Weather Data

    Posted on May 8, 2012 | No Comments
    By Penny Paugh Trees grow on every continent except Antarctica, and the rings they contain embody a record of climate change going back thousands of years.  Each ring represents a single year’s growth, so not only can a ring count tell us how old a...

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  • Deer graze near a flooded oil derrick in a field in Louisiana. Image reproduced from AP.

    The Economic Impact of Extreme Weather in the US

    Posted on May 4, 2012 | No Comments
    A team of social scientists and economists from Colorado and California recently completed a study on the United States economy’s sensitivity to weather variability: extreme heat, extreme cold, droughts, and floods. This study marked the first time that US economic susceptibility to extreme weather had...

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  • NASA close-up image of a solar flare (false color).

    Recent Solar Storm Floods Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

    Posted on April 17, 2012 | No Comments
    By Pennell Paugh Though the Earth is constantly bombarded by charged particles from the Sun, which emits material in all directions in a process known as the solar wind, sometimes the Sun ramps up magnetic activity on its surface, triggering huge flares of insidious plasma....

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  • 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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  • NOAA Climate Map

    New Englanders Adapt to Winter Climate Change

    Posted on March 1, 2012 | No Comments
    Many politicians in the nation’s capital are still in denial that human activity is contributing significantly to global climate change. Meanwhile, climate will continue to change regardless of the current state of the debate, and New Englanders are finding ways of adapting to later autumns,...

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  • Los Angeles Air Pollution by Magazine.ucla.edu

    Breakthrough in Scrubbing Carbon Dioxide from the Air

    Posted on February 9, 2012 | 2 Comments
    By Pennell Paugh CO2 scrubbers have been developed but so far, all have been prohibitively expensive. The Journal of the American Chemical Society reports that researchers at the University of Southern California’s Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute have developed an extraction method that has achieved some...

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  • power of worms

    Worms Can Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

    Posted on January 18, 2012 | No Comments
    by Pennell Paugh A study performed by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Society concluded that worms can play a key role to help farmers adapt to extreme weather. Worms improve soil structure, reduce water use in the garden, act as natural fertilizers, reduce greenhouse gases...

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  • CO2 capture

    Climate Change Solutions: CO2 Capture

    Posted on December 11, 2011 | No Comments
    By Deborah Resnick Ideas on how to slow climate change are abundant and wildly varied. They range from giant solar sails to seeding the atmosphere with sulphur to reflect sunlight away from the Earth. They are radical solutions to a radical problem. Estimates on the...

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  • AMS

    Attendee Sought for American Meteorological Society Career Fair 92nd Annual Meeting – January 22-26, 2012 New Orleans

    Posted on November 25, 2011 | No Comments
    We are not able, at this time, to commit funds for travel to the January 2012 American Meteorological Society (AMS) meeting. Might anyone who is already going also represent us? The theme of the 2012 AMS Annual Meeting will be Technology in Research and Operations—How...

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