Archive for the ‘Weather & Climate’ Category

  • Farming: Does it Change the Climate?

    Land use: When it changes, so does the climate! The plow and the thermometer: What relationship?


    Thursday, December 8th, 2005
  • Katrina’s Whirlwind: Could Marshes Slow the Floods?

    As New Orleans sinks and the seas rise, hurricanes are getting worse. Does it make sense to start restoring marshes and barrier islands that dampen the hurricanes? Could wetlands moderate the next Katrina?


    Thursday, September 22nd, 2005
  • Hurricane Katrina: Another sign of global warming?

    Is global warming feeding hurricanes? Global warming has already raised sea levels. Is warming also making hurricanes like Katrina more intense? Some new evidence says yes.


    Thursday, September 8th, 2005
  • Arctic Warming Fast

    Arctic environment is warming fast, causing harm to wildlife, environment and indigenous people; faster warming predicted in the future. Welcome to the warmer world…


    Thursday, November 18th, 2004
  • Climate Change: It Can Happen Fast!

    Evidence from ice cores in Greenland and Antarctica show how fast the climate has changed in the past. In this era of global warming, you can’t count on a slow, gradual, predictable warming.


    Wednesday, June 30th, 2004
  • Tornadoes: Power & Fury

    Tornadoes kill 60 Americans each year. How do we predict tornadoes? How do we make houses safer? Where do tornadoes get their energy?


    Monday, May 12th, 2003
  • Global Warming: Will Parasol Imperil Plants

    If we put up a giant umbrella to shield the Earth from global warming, what will happen to plant productivity?


    Thursday, January 9th, 2003
  • Globe Heating Up

    How do current conditions compare to past predictions of the effects of global warming? Are living on a warming planet?


    Thursday, July 11th, 2002
  • Lightning Illuminated at Last

    How is lightning generated? How does it affect the body? How can you stay safe? And what does lightning look like from space?


    Thursday, August 2nd, 2001
  • Africa: Scientific Advances

    African science produces cancer drug, dust, rain and desertification and linguist Joseph Greenberg.


    Thursday, June 7th, 2001


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