Atmospheric

Global Warming From...Dinosaurs?

Global Warming From...Dinosaurs?

Anthropogenic climate change is so anthropomorphic.  While we think we have a mighty impact on the atmosphere, sauropod dinosaurs millions of years ago shouldn't be left out of the pollution…
Cowering In The Uncertainty Basement

Cowering In The Uncertainty Basement

LINCOLN, NE – At 11:30pm, after thirteen hours of math ecology talks, I was dead to the world. Almost. I just couldn’t figure out why someone had suddenly parked all the city’s fire engines…
Where The CO2 Hid During The Last Ice Age

Where The CO2 Hid During The Last Ice Age

The atmosphere contained little carbon dioxide (CO2) during the last Ice Age 20,000 years ago. Why did it rise when the Earth’s climate became warmer? Processes in the ocean are responsible for this…
Practical CO2 Solution - Store It Underground

Practical CO2 Solution - Store It Underground

Climate change is a polarizing science policy debate the likes of which humankind has never witnessed before. Even President Obama's science advisor John Holdren never dreamed up this kind of…
Recycling Water Boosts Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Recycling Water Boosts Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

In areas where freshwater is scarce, recycling of wastewater seems to be common sense.  Perhaps not, argues Amy Townsend-Small, assistant professor of geology and geography at the University of…
2011 5th Warmest year in Decades

2011 5th Warmest year in Decades

Well, only if you intentionally ignore all of the data you have.Land based station average temps since 1980: YEAR MAXTEMP 1998 63.80498 1999 63.78164 2006 63.73651 2007 63.67106 2011 63.…