Category Archives: Climate Change

More Misconceptions about Climate Change: Part I

Posted on 01/27/2009 by peggy

Currently, GLOBE is running a Workshop on “Global Climate Change Research and Education,” in Geneva, Switzerland, so this blog seems particularly timely. — PL Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about climate change in the media or … Continue reading →

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Observing Birds

Posted on 12/02/2008 by peggy

A series of guest blog entries by Dr. Kevin Czakjowski on the 2008 Surface Temperature Field Campaign will be interleaved with the regular Chief Scientist blogs. See the Introduction to the Surface Temperature Field Campaign. I’ve often written about clouds … Continue reading →

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Changes in carbon dioxide in the air

Posted on 11/17/2008 by peggy

I’m going to write a little bit more about a “climate misconception” to follow up on the blog I did a few weeks ago. This relates to how our cutting back on carbon production affects the amount of carbon dioxide … Continue reading →

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Climate-Change Misconceptions, Part II: Partial Misconceptions

Posted on 09/24/2008 by peggy

Understanding something as complicated as climate change is really tough. So it’s easy to understand why people don’t always get things right. But it’s much easier to explain why the term “global warming” is misleading than it is to explain … Continue reading →

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Climate-Change Misconceptions

Posted on 09/16/2008 by peggy

As noted in previous blogs, many of us don’t understand the terms people use in describing climate change; nor do we always understand how ideas related to global climate change relate to everyday life. So I decided it would be … Continue reading →

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