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For Pete’s Sake, Save the Peat
If it isn’t already, someone needs to put peat on the agenda at Copenhagen. There’s a whole lotta carbon at stake. Peatlands are the stuff that coal eventually is formed from. You know the argument...
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Can Coral Reefs Adapt to Climate Change?
Why have some corals weathered bleaching events better than others? The answer may hold the key to their long-term survival. Coral reefs are one of the more fascinating communities found on the planet...
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Letter from Earth: We’re Getting Warmer
2010 is shaping up to be the warmest year on record. The U.S. National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has released its preliminary analysis of global temperatures for the month of April: it was a hot one....
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Global Warming in the 2000s: Pit or Pendulum?
What happened to the climate over the past 10 years? Over the last century or so the global temperature record is clear: Temperatures have risen. The increase in temps was especially pronounced in the...
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Climate Change: What Put the Hiatus in the Global Warming Trend?
Further insights into stalls in global warming. From a long-term, multi-decadal view, global temperatures have been on the rise, and the evidence is quite strong that human activities — and more...
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Global Warming: What Happens When You Factor Out the Other Factors
Has the warming trend slowed in the 2000s? Yes and no. The rate of global warming has been the subject of much skepticism among the refudiater set. A good deal of that skepticism has been directed at...
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Welcome to Hurricane Season Circa 2012
A hard rain’s gonna fall. Question is how hard and how often. June 1 marks the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season. This year the atmosphere kind of jumped the gun by spawning two named...
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New paper finds that isolated extreme events around the globe may have the same cause. When it comes to weather, you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the extremes are headed. Witness the...
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El Nino, La Nina and Global Warming
Is there a connection? And if so, how does it work? Does a warming world lead to more El Ninos? More La Ninas? Or more intense El Ninos and La Ninas? Lots of processes affect the climate. Certainly...
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On Science, Politics and Climate Change
U.S. Representative Lamar Smith’s strutting his science cred. Smith, a Republican, represents the 21st District of Texas, which includes his hometown of San Antonio, and chairs the House Committee on...
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