GlobeScan today unveiled a new mechanism for measuring and comparing individual consumer behavior as it relates to the environment. Individuals around the world can find out where they rank.
Snow on the last day of April has placed 2008 in the record books as the fourth year since 1919 that measurable snow fell in Fairbanks on that day, according to the National Weather Service.
This tornado footage was taken on June 23, 2007 near Oakville Manitoba. It is amazing to see this tornado forming and then splitting apart and forming again. Must have been a real rush to film this footage!
The mechanism behind different types of lightning may now be understood,thanks to a combination of direct observation and computer modeling "Our explanation provides a unifying view of lightning escapes from a thundercloud"Most people see lightning strike
Currently there's' no way to know exactly where or how often these potentially devastating rain-on-snow events occur,researchers say,but using satellite data to locate them could make up for a scarcity of weather stations in the sparsely populated Arctic.
The model' based entirely on historical observations.Using sea ice motion data to follow parcels of ice backward in time at monthly intervals for up to 3 yrs while accumulating a history of solar radiation and air temperature to which the ice was exposed.
outrageous and unethical behavior" in attempting to suppress them from publishing their work in peer-reviewed journals. The March 2-4 groundbreaking conference,
Deep near the ocean floor, where the quiet secrets of an alternate marine world sleep, scientists are talking about trapping and locking large amounts of carbon dioxide for millennia.
It's not clear exactly what microbes are falling down on us, but Pseudomonas syringae, which infects wheat, corn and other crops causing damage when temperatures drop below freezing, is a contender. What that means for the average farmer is a ...
A team of scientists from the United States and France have found evidence that rain-making bacteria are widely distributed in the atmosphere. These biological particles could factor heavily into the precipitation cycle, affecting climate, ...
The UK's former top diplomat has called for a massive increase in the amount of money available to help developing countries to adapt to climate change.
The freakish winter storms that coated much of central and southern China in snow and ice have left 129 people dead so far this year,a senior Chinese official said Saturday.The storms,which started in early January,have continued to lash areas of China>>
