Archive for the ‘Atmospheric science’ Category

No joke: Laughing gas attacks ozone! - Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

The ozone layer protects Earth from UV rays: Twenty-two years after a treaty to protect ozone, how is the layer doing? What has happened to the ozone hole above Antarctica?

Carbon tax or carbon trading? Can economics battle global warming? - Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Carbon tax or carbon trading? Can economics battle global warming? As the United Nations gets set for (another!) pow-wow on global warming, policy wonks are focusing on two mechanisms to reduce carbon pollution. Which gets more control at a lower price: carbon tax or carbon cap-and-trade?

Ultimate Storm: What are hurricanes? - Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

How do they form? How do we predict their paths? How can we improve predictions?

Winter’s Weird Weather: What’s the Cause? - Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Some call it Fall. Some call it spring. But nobody in the Midwest, East Coast or Northern Europe is calling it “winter.” What’s up with our weather?

Antarctic Ozone Hole Sets New Record - Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Measurements show a huge ozone hole. How can this happen? We thought ozone-destroying chemicals were being phased out…

Farming: Does it Change the Climate? - Thursday, December 8th, 2005

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

Your Air: Breathe with Care - Thursday, April 7th, 2005

Farms release airborne, drug-resistant bacteria, and indoor air could be making you sick. More news about the particles we breathe every day.

Climate Change: It Can Happen Fast! - Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

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: Power & Fury - Monday, May 12th, 2003

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

Shuttle Discoveries - Thursday, February 6th, 2003

What was learned on Columbia’s last, tragic mission?

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