Category Archives: Climate Change

Connecting pollutants and air temperature in the Maldives

Posted on 03/06/2013 by GLOBE Program

With climate change, there are many relationships that are understood, and many others that are not.  Dr. Veerabhadran Ramanathan from The Scripps Institute in San Diego has spent the last fifteen years in the Maldives, a nation south of India that … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Temperature, Asia and Pacific, Atmosphere, Carbon, Climate, Climate Change, Earth System Science, General Science, Great Global Investigation of Climate | 3 Comments

The wolverine: new proposals may renew hope in their survival

Posted on 02/27/2013 by GLOBE Program

A couple of years ago, I attended a seminar sponsored by the Climate and Global Dynamics Division (CGD) of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) on how climate change is threatening the survival of wolverines (Gulo gulo).  This scientist, Synte Peacock … Continue reading →

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An interesting relationship: soil temperature and climate change

Posted on 01/30/2013 by wordpressadmin

It seems common place that warmer air temperature leads to warmer soil temperature. And while this relationship seems intuitive, the effect isn’t always studied, especially with respect to the response from microorganisms. That is why researchers are investigating what happens … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon, Climate, Climate Change, Earth System Science, General Science, Soil | 2 Comments

Trees in trouble: what affect does tree mortality have on climate change

Posted on 01/23/2013 by wordpressadmin

Through our trees in trouble series, we’ve examined trees in the Sahel zone in Africa and the United States.  This problem, climate change and dying trees, has been seen on every continent, the only exception being Antarctica, due to the … Continue reading →

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A tale of two extremes

Posted on 01/16/2013 by wordpressadmin

Weather extremes have become a common theme in the news headlines the past few weeks. For example, nearly every part of the United States has been experiencing one of two extremes – either frigid cold or record-breaking high temperatures. Places … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Temperature, Climate, Climate Change, Earth System Science, Field Campaigns | 1 Comment