Environment

Arctic Tipping Points- #4: The Broken Bridges Of Nares

Arctic Tipping Points- #4: The Broken Bridges Of Nares ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 30 2010 - 1:20pm

Recipe: Squid Embroiled In International Politics

Possibly some of the more hotly contested fishing grounds in the world occur around the Falkland Islands, just off the Atlantic coast of South America. The islands themselves are a point of international contention, and the ocean comes right along for the ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Jan 12 2012 - 10:34am

Arctic Tipping Points- #5: Where Warm Water Meets Ice

Arctic Tipping Points- #5: Where Warm Water Meets Ice The flows of meltwater and ocean currents in the Arctic make Niagara Falls look like a kitchen tap. ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - May 1 2010 - 4:42am

Mountain Topography Could Alter Effects Of Global Warming

The future effects of global warming could be significantly altered over very small distances by local air movements in complex or mountainous terrain, according to a new paper in the International Journal of Climatology. Based on a regional temperature in ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2010 - 1:49pm

Mountains And Climate

Mountains And Climate When air masses move across mountains they lose moisture.  On the other side of the mountain range you tend to find desert. I thought I'd share this MODIS image which shows the difference in climate zones either side of a mounta ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 22 2010 - 5:04pm

Sermeq Kujalleq- Jakobshavn Isbrae Retreat

Sermeq Kujalleq- Jakobshavn Isbrae Retreat The Jakobshavn Isbrae, or Jakobshavn glacier, now becoming known by its local name- Sermeq Kujalleq- has been observed retreating since about 1851. Near the small town of Ilulissat, formerly Jakobshavn, Sermeq Ku ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 22 2010 - 7:25pm

Interpreting Arctic Satellite Images And Data

Interpreting Arctic Satellite Images And Data Science writers and media reporters owe a duty of care to their readers: a duty to present facts undistorted by personal opinion or agenda. That duty of care extends not just to what is written, but to what is ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 30 2010 - 1:19pm

Interpreting Arctic Satellite Images And Data #2- Animations

Interpreting Arctic Satellite Images And Data #2- Animations Now that NASA's MODIS rapid response system is back online I am able to present some animations which I hope you will find interesting. This article is a continuation of Interpreting Arctic ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 27 2010 - 5:13pm

Arctic Tipping Points- #6: Are We There Yet?

Arctic Tipping Points- #6: Are We There Yet? What might cause the Arctic sea ice to have a tipping point? Are we about to reach, or have we already reached a tipping point? This series is a follow-on to my 3-part series Arctic Ice 2010.  ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 30 2010 - 8:41pm

Oil Spills And Troubled Waters

Oil Spills And Troubled Waters The ongoing environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has much of the anti-environmentalist bloggersphere ducking its collective head beneath the parapet.  Suddenly, America is aware that offshore oil drilling has the pot ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - May 2 2010 - 1:29pm