Atmospheric

Northern Hemisphere Temperature This Decade Higher Than The Last 1300 Years, Say Researchers

Researchers say that surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were warmer over the last 10 years than any time during the last 1300 years. If the controversial data derived from tree-ring records is considered accurate, the warming is anomalous for ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 1 2008 - 9:14pm

Does Air Pollution Increase Or Decrease Rainfall?

An international team of scientists has come up with either a surprising or unsurprising finding about whether air pollution increases or decreases rainfall. Their conclusion: a rather frustrating both, depending on local environmental conditions. In an er ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 7 2008 - 1:23pm

Atmospheric Acidity- Seabirds Get Some Blame

A nesting behavior study has detailed some previously unconsidered effects of biodiversity loss and climate change- changing seabird biodiversity is resulting in more ammonia in the atmosphere. Ammonia emissions from seabirds have been shown to be a signif ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 23 2008 - 11:37am

There's A 'Chemical Equator'- And We're On The Wrong Side Of It

Scientists from Britain's University of York have discovered what they're calling a 'Chemical Equator' that separates the Southern and Northern Hemispheres. This band, which lies in the Western Pacific, is estimated to be 50 km wide an ...

Article - Ashley Cox - Sep 24 2008 - 4:01pm

'Cloud Radar' May Boost Weather Prediction Accurcy

Scientists at the Science and Technology Facilities Council have developed a system that measures the individual layers of cloud above us which will make answering weather questions possible in the future. This Cloud Radar will not only allow forecasters ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 24 2008 - 3:10pm

Atmospheric CO2 Concentration Up To 383 Parts Per Million, Says Global Carbon Budget

Today the new Global Carbon Budget was launched simultaneously by Global Carbon Project co-chair Michael Raupach in France at the Paris Observatory, and in the USA at Capitol Hill, Washington by GCP Executive Director Pep Canadell. The Global Carbon Proje ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 25 2008 - 10:03am

Nitrogen Trifluoride- The Greenhouse Gas You Never See Movies About On Your Flat Screen TV

Enjoying your HD TV?  Nitrogen trifluoride is one of several gases used during the manufacture of liquid crystal flat-panel displays, thin-film photovoltaic cells and microcircuits. Many industries have used the gas in recent years as an alternative to per ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 23 2008 - 12:15pm

Forget CO2- Methane Levels On The Rise Again

The amount of methane in Earth’s atmosphere shot up in 2007, bringing to an end a period of about a decade in which atmospheric levels of the potent greenhouse gas were essentially stable, according to a paper published this week in Geophysical Review Lett ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2008 - 11:06am

Will Global Warming Make Hurricanes Stronger Or Weaker? Yes!

In 2006, Al Gore alleged that Hurricane Katrina had been caused, or at least made worse, by global warming.     Bill Gray, one of the foremost hurricane experts in the world, disagreed.    Who was right?   Weather, and especially hurricanes, are not among ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 31 2008 - 7:06pm

Learning About Lightning- Interferometer Records Discharge In Detail To The Microsecond

A VHF radio interferometer system that was designed by Zhang GuangShu, et al of Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute at Chinese Academy of Sciences was used to observe a cloud-to-ground lightning flash containing 19 stroke ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2008 - 11:00am