SPONSORS
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Global Warming Is Fact, and Denial Won't Change Climate Back
Big Oil wants us to remain addicted to oil, a major source of carbon pollution. So it and other special interests have conducted an aggressive disinformation campaign for more than a decade to convince Americans that there's a major disagreement among scientists on the dangers posed by carbon pollution, just as the tobacco industry disputed the science to keep smokers addicted.
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 8:56pm
NOAA head details reforms of fishery enforcement
The nation's oceans chief on detailed reforms on the ways fishermen are policed, including a proposal to force her agency to better justify penalties against them. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration head Jane Lubchenco announced meetings between fishermen and enforcement officers in New England and in Washington in June in an attempt to mend their frayed relationship.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 8:55pm
Cyclone may not bring enough rains to ease dry spell—PAGASA
MANILA, Philippines—The coming tropical cyclone might not bring enough rains to relieve the country from the effects of the drought and searing summer heat, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Tuesday.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 8:52pm
Helium rain washing away neon on Jupiter
The droplets are dissolving the noble gas in the upper atmosphere and falling into the planet's interior, researchers say.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/23 8:51pm
Will snow be an Olympic no-show in Vancouver?
Weather forecasting is so important for an Olympics in the snow that the Canadian government has loaned the organizers 15 meteorologists and 60 surface weather stations. In the first days, they'll provide hourly forecasts for literally every ski run.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 01/19 1:48am
Climategate Scandal Deals Blow to Global Warming Fears
A series of e-mails between scientists who serve as gatekeepers for the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change leaked from the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit has caused a firestorm of controversy that has yet to die down several months after the news first broke.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 01/19 1:26am
