Atmospheric

El Niño Trumps Climate Change In Alberta

In the wake of the damaging Alberta fires, there has been a lot of attention paid to what role climate change plays in wildfires. Yet 2016 is also a powerful El Niño year, which has created ideal conditions for the extraordinary fires in Alberta. So what ...

Article - The Conversation - May 17 2016 - 8:29am

Why 2016 Could Be The World's Hottest Year

We’re not even halfway through the year but already you may have heard talk of 2016 being the hottest on record. But how can scientists be so sure we’re going to beat the previous record, set just last year? ...

Article - The Conversation - May 18 2016 - 2:30pm

Voluntary Birth Control To Stop Climate Change- Or Else

In the 1970s, current Obama administration science czar Dr. John Holdren wrote a book advocating various measures to stop global starvation, including a world government and mandatory birth control. Food is no longer an issue, science took care of that de ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2016 - 5:25pm

Breathing Space For The Gulf Stream

Greenland's glaciers are melting, but they do that every year. However, a recent computer simulation sounds the alarm about a 50 percent increase in the freshwater flux since 1990, which is too narrow a timeframe for scientific purposes, it is the ta ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 21 2016 - 8:30am

A Billion Years Ago, What Did Earth's Ancient Magnetic Field Look Like?

New work suggests Earth's ancient magnetic field was significantly different than the present day field, originating from several poles rather than the familiar two.  Earth generates a strong magnetic field extending from the core out into space that ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2016 - 7:25pm

Why Has Climate Change Taken So Long?

If man-made greenhouse gas emissions are going to cause more droughts and storm surges on a persistent basis, why did it take so long? And why is it only a concern in the last 25 years, rather than in the 1930s, when things were really hot? A new estimate ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2016 - 8:00am

Chemtrails Just A Conspiracy Theory

Atmospheric scientists overwhelmingly deny the existence of a secret, elite-driven plot to release harmful chemicals into the air from high-flying aircraft, according to the first peer-reviewed journal paper to address the "chemtrails" conspirac ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2016 - 9:38pm

42 Million Years: Central Asia Is Used To Westerly Winds By Now

The gusting westerly winds that dominate the climate in central Asia, setting the pattern of dryness and location of central Asian deserts, have blown mostly unchanged for 42 million years. A University of Washington geologist led a team that has discover ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2016 - 6:30am

California Methane Caps Could Hurt Organic Farming Most

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a new law demanding that dairy cows stop producing so much methane. They are basically giant fracking wells on four legs, after all.  ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 24 2016 - 7:30am

Ben & Jerry's: Global Warming Is Changing The Flavor Of Ice Cream

Ice cream sellers Ben&Jerry's, which are a division of a giant multinational food conglomerate, seem to have a lot of marketing leeway, because they are claiming global warming is coming for your ice cream freezer. Many nutrition groups think glo ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 27 2016 - 7:01am