Category Archives: Climate

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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Land Use: How Important for Climate?

Posted on 06/11/2008 by peggy

According to the most recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, land use change has a relatively minor impact on the recent rise in global average temperature. Yet, as stressed in an earlier set of blogs on Iowa … Continue reading →

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2008 IPY Pole-to-Pole Videoconference

Posted on 04/10/2008 by peggy

I’m going to interrupt blogging about surprising liquid puddles and soil temperature to talk about the Second Pole-to-Pole Videoconference, which took place yesterday (8 April 2008). Several scientists participated, as did five schools: in Ushuaia, Argentina, the Escuela Provincial No. … Continue reading →

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Surface Temperature Field Campaign – Day 25

Posted on 12/21/2007 by peggy

21 December 2007 It is the last official day of the 2007 surface temperature field campaign. Although we will not know for several weeks the total number of schools that have participated and the total number of observations taken, it … Continue reading →

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Surface Temperature Field Campaign – Day 21

Posted on 12/18/2007 by peggy

17 December 2007 The storm that moved through the center of the United States lived up to its billing. There was heavy snow, strong winds, heavy rain, tornadoes, freezing rain and sleet. In Toledo, Ohio we had about 5 cm … Continue reading →

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