Thursday, 9 February, 2012

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.

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

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

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

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

The Edmund Fitzgerald went down in 1975 with barely a trace, and no warning call whatsoever. New evidence pins the blame on terrible weather.

New research shows that climate of the entire North Atlantic region cooled abruptly and repeatedly during the Holocene period. Drill hole reveals rapid temperature change during past few thousand years. If climate could change so much back then, what about today?

Scientific kites are back, flying payloads high into the atmosphere and delivering data at a fraction of the cost of satellites and specialized planes.

Global warming, greenhouse effect, rising temperatures and temperature anomalies. Early evidence for the coming storm.

What’s new in polar science? What do seals do under the ice? How did humans cross the Bering Strait to reach North America? What does ancient metal tell us about ancient people?