Pulse of the Planet

Another Volcano, Another Cold Snap

erica — 2009-11-13T19:05:41Z

Analysis of sulfur isotopes in ice cores fingers a volcano in the 19th-century dip in global temperatures.

The Nano Race

erica — 2009-11-03T13:27:58Z

Arctic Plankton Sing the Global Warming Blues

erica — 2009-10-28T19:26:52Z

The canary in the climate change mine is singing a new and slightly different tune.

Climate Update: Of Ice and Men

erica — 2009-10-14T12:29:25Z

If ice is the canary in the climate mine, the canary is melting.

The Waxing Sun and Warming Climate

erica — 2009-10-05T16:46:24Z

You don’t have to be a climate scientist to know that the Sun is the main driver of climate.

On Thinner Ice

erica — 2009-09-29T17:31:20Z

New satellite, new instrument, same result: glaciers are thinning.

You Are What Your Farmed Fish Eat

erica — 2009-09-14T17:55:02Z

You can take the fish out of the ocean and raise them in a farm, but you don’t necessarily get the ocean’s protein from the farmed fish.

Medieval Warm Period and Hockey Stick Revisited

erica — 2009-08-31T16:03:22Z

Monsoon Fails, India Suffers

wendy — 2009-08-24T16:33:29Z

Failure of the summer monsoon is spelling disaster for 600 million farmers in India.

The Ups and Downs of Global Haze

wendy — 2009-08-19T18:40:00Z

Tiny particles suspended in the atmosphere can affect the climate. How? A special issue in the Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres sheds some light on the subject.

We Don’t Know Clouds After All

erica — 2009-07-27T19:59:58Z

Drink Up Your Soft Drink - Another Critical Habitat in Decline

erica — 2009-07-10T13:03:22Z

A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences takes stock of the global status of seagrass meadows. Seagrass meadows?

Day After Tomorrow Not Any Time Soon

erica — 2009-06-04T11:59:11Z

Model simulations predict a global warming-induced ice age is not in the cards this century. Cool ... or should I say, "Neat"?

Deep Ocean Revisions Do Not Spell Global Warming Rethink

erica — 2009-05-20T19:50:50Z

A new paper suggests that our model for the circulation of the deep ocean may be wrong. But claims that all global warming science should therefore be thrown overboard just don’t hold water.

Staring Down the Double-Barrel Climate Shotgun

erica — 2009-04-29T20:22:42Z

Surprises in the climate system can very quickly make global warming a whole lot worse than predicted. One such surprise could come from a sudden release of methane, from one or both of two major sources. Thanks to a new paper, we probably know which barrel of that double-barrel shotgun to worry about first.