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- Warming Improves Our Health – part 1 Mon, 23 Mar 20, 4:00pmWhat’s Natural Guest post by Jim Steel, It’s deeply disturbing to hear people uncritically regurgitate media misinformation suggesting global warming threatens our health far worse than the COVID pandemic...
- Climate change could threaten sea snails in mid-Atlantic waters Thu, 12 Mar 20, 4:00pmCommon whelk live in one of the fastest warming marine areas, Rutgers-led study says Rutgers University An adult whelk collected aboard a commercial scallop vessel...
- La Nina may form in the equatorial Pacific Ocean later this year and, if so, it could have wide-ranging ramifications Sat, 29 Feb 20, 5:00amBy Paul Dorian NOAA’s CFS v2 computer forecast model is predicting relatively strong La Nina conditions by later this summer (August/September/October); SST anomalies plot courtesy NOAA *La Nina may form in the equatorial...
- Why Should the U.S. Be the Leader in Numerical Weather Prediction? Fri, 28 Feb 20, 1:00amReposted from The Cliff Mass Weather Blog Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Why Should the U.S. Be the Leader in Numerical Weather Prediction? During the past several years, I have written a number of blogs bemoaning the third or...
- U.S. geoengineering research gets a lift with $4 million from Congress Thu, 30 Jan 20, 1:00amWhat could possibly go wrong? From the AAAS By John Fialka, E&E NewsJan. 23, 2020 , 10:00 AM Originally published by E&E News BOULDER, COLORADO—The top climate change scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
- ‘Blob’ research shows ecological effects that halted fishing and hiked whale entanglements Wed, 29 Jan 20, 5:00pmUnprecedented environmental changes inspire new online tools to better spot them next time NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region An ecological pileup of unprecedented changes in the ocean off the West Coast beginning about 2014...
- The Future of U.S. Weather Prediction Will Be Decided During the Next Month Tue, 28 Jan 20, 9:00pmReposted from the Cliff Mass Weather Blog During the next few weeks, leadership in NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) will make a key decision regarding...
- Major storm to impact the central and eastern US Fri, 10 Jan 20, 1:00pmGuest post by Paul Dorian A colorful surface forecast map by the 12Z GFS for Saturday evening depicting a multi-hazard event with significant snow (blue) and ice (purple, pink) on the cold side of a powerful storm system...
- Tiny shells reveal waters off California are acidifying twice as fast as the global ocean Wed, 18 Dec 19, 5:00amNOAA Headquarters In first-of-its-kind research, NOAA scientists and academic partners used 100 years of microscopic shells to show that the coastal waters off California are acidifying twice as fast as the global ocean average...
- 2017 NOAA Study Recommended Fewer Controlled Burns, Because Climate Change Mon, 11 Nov 19, 5:00pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall According to the study authors, frequent controlled burns reduce the ability of some forests to sequester CO2. More frequent fires reduce soil carbon and fertility, slowing the regrowth of plantsLong-term...
- Extended Forecasts are Not Reliable Fri, 1 Nov 19, 12:00pmReposted from the Cliff Mass Weather and Climate Blog We are constantly exposed to extended forecasts in the media and online, with predictions extending through the next month and more...
- Pacific heat wave threatens coral reefs in Hawaii and other regions Thu, 26 Sep 19, 3:30amResearchers predict a major marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean could prove disastrous to the fragile coral reefs along Hawaii’s Papa Bay and similar coastlines...
- 'The Blob' returns: marine heatwave settles over Pacific Tue, 10 Sep 19, 3:30amRising ocean temperatures are rising in the northeast Pacific, similar to conditions presented in 2015. It is safe to say the marine heatwave known as the "Blob" has returned. This time the Blob's 2019 return is the second...
- Hurricane Dorian: Just Weather, Not Climate Change Mon, 9 Sep 19, 11:00amReposted from Chris Martz Weather We’ve made it three weeks without extreme weather and/or climate change hysteria making rounds on social media. Unfortunately, that streak has come to an end, making the lives of most weather...
- New study offers roadmap for detecting changes in the ocean due to climate change Tue, 20 Aug 19, 3:00pmSome impacts — like sea temperature rise — are already in progress; others expected to occur within next century Princeton University Researchers led by Princeton University examined a range of possible climate-related...