Posts Tagged ‘drought’

2012 Extremes

Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
midwest, drought, extreme, events, weather, floods, hurricanes, storms, sandy, heat, climate, change, global warming, variability, el nino, la nina

When are extreme events part of natural climate variability and when are they due to climate change?

Atmospheric Rivers

Monday, August 26th, 2013
noaa, atmospheric, rivers, rainfall, weather, floods, drought, California, water, lynn ingram

Atmospheric rivers control our weather and water resources in the West.

Dirty Microbes

Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
microbes, soil, mycorrhizal, fungi, bacteria, scientific american, agriculture, drought, GMOs, fertilizer

How can soil microbes improve farming practices?

Happy Earth Day

Monday, April 22nd, 2013
earth day, environment, pollution, great lakes, marine, ocean, rivers, colorado, drought, trees, climate change, ecology, evolution, energy, renewables, fossil fuels, solar, wind, power, flights

A few recent headlines to help you ponder and protect our planet.

Cool Monarchs

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
butterfly, butterflies, monarch, migration, mexico, milkweed, drought, climate change

How do monarch butterflies know when to head north? Temperature!

Extreme Weather & Climate

Monday, February 18th, 2013
drought, midwest, extreme, climate change, weather, texas, nemo, sandy, plants, animals, global warming

Can extreme weather events be linked to climate change? What about specific events like Sandy and the Midwestern drought?

Measuring Drought

Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Drought-Sequía

Are drought measuring techniques oversimplified?

Climate and Water – The Maya

Monday, November 19th, 2012
MayaCave

Did rainfall contribute to the rise and fall of the Maya?

Earth Update – September

Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
Hurricane

This month we looked at a coronal mass ejection, the hottest July on record, Hurricane Isaac and the recent Costa Rican earthquake—all from space.

Polar Bears, Drought and Rain

Thursday, July 26th, 2012
hummingbird

Some recent headlines offer updates to stories we’ve run in the past few months.

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