Atmospheric

Volcano In Iceland Grounds UK Flights

Volcano in Iceland Grounds UK Flights Edit: for latest updates please see comments, below. A volcanic ash cloud in UK airspace has left tens of thousands of travellers returning from Easter holidays facing long delays in getting home.  All non-emergency f ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 18 2010 - 11:58pm

Low Solar Activity May Explain Europe's Cold Winters

A study published in Environmental Research Letters suggests a link between low solar activity and jet streams could explain why regions North East of the Atlantic Ocean might experience more frequent cold winters in years to come. Scientists say the UK an ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2010 - 1:14pm

Global Warming Is Missing, Will Return Soon

Scientists cannot account for roughly half of the heat that is believed to have built up on Earth in recent years, according to a new article in Science. While we may have been spared some of the warming that inevitably results from our reckless C02 emissi ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2010 - 3:58pm

Iceland Eruption Won't Have Global Impact

The eruption of the Icelandic Eyjafjallajokull volcano that sent a huge plume of ash into the atmosphere is unlikely to have a global impact and will probably dissipate in the next several days, according to a University of Colorado, Boulder atmospheric sc ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 16 2010 - 10:29am

Eyjafjallajokull Volcano's Ash Moves Into Germany

NASA's Terra satellite has captured another image of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull-Fimmvörduháls volcano ash cloud, now moving into Germany. Eyjafjallajökull continues to spew ash into the air and the ash clouds are still impacting air travel in Nor ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2010 - 6:17pm

Air Pollution Could Reduce Rainfall, Hasten Climate Change

Scientists studying the effects of particulate matter on cloud cover in the Amazon say increasing air pollution could have serious consequences for local weather patterns, rainfall and thunderstorms. The results, published in Geophysical Research Letters, ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2010 - 5:05pm

Eyjafjallajokull's Global Impact On Air Travel

Northwestern University scientists say Eyjafjallajökull and its massive cloud of volcanic ash have impacted mobility patterns in places far from Europe-- including the United States, India and southeast Asia. The team compared the entire worldwide air tran ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 23 2010 - 11:44am

Soil Microbes May Reduce CO2 Emissions In Warmer World

A new study in Nature Geoscience suggests that as global temperatures increase, microbes in soil become less efficient over time at converting carbon in soil into carbon dioxide, a key contributor to climate warming. The results contradict those of earlier ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2010 - 1:42pm

Melting Sea Ice Major Cause Of Arctic Warming- Study

University of Melbourne researchers writing in Nature say melting sea ice is a major cause of warming in the Arctic. The findings challenge previous theories which  propose that warmer air transported from lower latitudes toward the pole, or changes in clo ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2010 - 1:43pm

Antarctica’s Past Helps Predict Climate Change

Despite present-day conditions, Antarctica was not always covered with ice. Approximately 53 million years ago, the continent was a warm, sub-tropical environment and atmospheric CO2 levels exceeded today's by ten times. But in just 400,000 years – a ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2010 - 3:08pm