Atmospheric

Was The 1896 Heatwave Deleted From The Record?

Nationals MP George Christensen told Parliament that the hot temperatures of 1896 have been "wiped from the official record". It's a bit more complicated than that. AAP Image/Lukas Coch By Neville Nicholls, Monash University ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 16 2014 - 11:30am

Maybe Volcanoes Have Been Slowing Global Warming

Volcanoes have long been known to have an impact on climate-  the 1815 Tambora volcanic eruption is famous for its impact on climate worldwide, making 1816 the 'Year Without a Summer'. Maybe they are the reason global warming has not taken off t ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 18 2014 - 3:46pm

Better Corn Productivity Reduces Carbon Dioxide In Summer Months

Iowa corn farmers have a lot of clout during the political cycle in America. Former US Vice-President Al Gore even sided with environmentalists and embraced ethanol- which all of science said was a bad idea- and later acknowledged it was just to appeal to ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 19 2014 - 4:44pm

Tropical Storm Adjali Making The Curve In The Southern Indian Ocean

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible picture of Tropical Storm Adjali on Nov. 19th at 9:05 UTC (1:05 A.M. Pacific) curving to the southwest on its trek through ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 19 2014 - 4:18pm

Agriculture's Role In Annual CO2 Cycle

Each year, the biosphere balances its atmospheric budget: The carbon dioxide absorbed by plants in the spring and summer as they convert solar energy into food is released back to the atmosphere in autumn and winter. Levels of the greenhouse gas fall and ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 19 2014 - 7:01pm

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Affect Warming 10 Years Later

Ten years after carbon emissions happen, the warming effect is maximized. Methane is even quicker, and far more potent, though it also disappears much more rapidly. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2014 - 11:44am

Weather Bombs, Polar Vortex: Global Warming's Influence On Extreme Weather

A new analysis to be presented next week at the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in San Francisco says that extreme climate and weather events such as record high temperatures, intense downpours and severe storm surges are more common in man ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 13 2014 - 12:34pm

Weather Bomb: Scary New Names For Common Winter Storms Are The New Norms

Braving the eye of the bomb. Danny Lawson/PA By Edward Hanna, University of Sheffield A dramatically-named “ weather bomb ” exploded across the UK in the past week, bringing winds gusting up to 144 mph on outlying islands. But despite the cool name these ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 12 2014 - 9:53pm

Today's Global Warming Is Nothing Special

The rate at which carbon emissions might be warm Earth's climate today are a lot like the past. 56 million years in the past. The authors of a new paper believe the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, or PETM, can provide clues to the future of modern ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 15 2014 - 2:30pm

2014 Sees New Heat Records In 19 European Countries

A man relaxes in some decidedly un-Scottish weather outside the venue for this year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. AAP Image/ Dave Hunt By Andrew King, University of Melbourne; David Karoly, University of Melbourne and Sophie Lewis, Australian Nati ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 17 2014 - 7:06pm