Posts Tagged ‘atmospheric science’
Global warming won’t harm wind energy production, climate models predict
Published: Monday, May 2, 2011 - 14:33 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) Sara Pryor Steve Scott The production of wind energy in the U.S. over the next 30-50 years will be largely unaffected by upward changes in global tem...
Purdue-led team studies Earth’s recovery from prehistoric global warming
Purdue-led team studies Earth's recovery from prehistoric global warming Public release date: 21-Apr-2011[ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Elizabeth K. [email protected] University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Earth may be ab...
West Antarctic warming triggered by warmer sea surface in tropical Pacific
Published: Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 12:33 in Earth & Climate The Antarctic Peninsula has warmed rapidly for the last half-century or more, and recent studies have shown that an adjacent area, continental West Antarctica, has steadily warmed for a...
How Much Ocean Pollution Falls From The Sky? New Method To Take Measurements.
Photo by mrpbps We know that a significant portion of ocean pollution comes from particles in the air released by fossil fuel combustion, power plants and the like, and that rainfall is a primary way it moves from air to ocean. But just how much of t...
Like Meteorology? Become An Amateur Meteorologist
Some people are true weather bugs.Not only do they enjoy monitoring and studying weather, they actually want to be meteorologists. While being a bona fide atmospheric scientist usually requires getting a college degree and meteorological certificatio...
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