Category Archives: Climate Change

NOAA – State of the Climate: The importance of data

Posted on 09/09/2011 by wordpressadmin

Recently NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) released the 2010 State of the Climate. The State of the Climate is an annual report that summarizes the climate conditions around the world over the time period of a calendar year. All … Continue reading →

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Volcanic Eruptions and Cooling of the Planet

Posted on 04/19/2010 by janeth

By Dr. Charles Kironji Gatebe, NASA Scientist for GLOBE Student Research Campaign on Climate The recent volcanic eruption in Iceland marked by the spectacular “curtain-of-fire” and near-complete shut-down of air travel in Europe in mid-April will probably earn a place … Continue reading →

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If you knew the future depended on it, would you turn off the lights you aren’t using?

Posted on 04/15/2010 by janeth

By Dr. Lin Chambers, NASA Scientist for GLOBE A few weeks ago I spent an evening visiting relatives (they shall remain unidentified to protect the guilty).  When I arrived at the house, there were several lights on.  I rang the … Continue reading →

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Understanding Why Climate Change is Human-Induced: A Day in the Life of the Earth

Posted on 03/19/2010 by janeth

guest blog by Dr. Jeff Goldstein, Science Educator and Planetary Scientist and Director of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, reprinted from Dr. Jeff’s Blog on the Universe, posted 13 June 2009, with permission of the author … Continue reading →

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The Year 2064: A look at the Unmanned Aircraft Systems!

Posted on 03/12/2010 by janeth

By Dr. Charles Kironji Gatebe, NASA Scientist for GLOBE Student Research Campaign on Climate The year is 2064 and you’re telling students how Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) first made debut flights to make measurements of atmospheric composition, way, way up … Continue reading →

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