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Category Archives: Atmosphere
Measuring rainfall – it’s easy and difficult at the same time
This week we welcome long-time friend of GLOBE, Dr. Peggy LeMone, Chief Scientist for the GLOBE Program from 2003-2009, as our guest blogger. Dr. LeMone is currently working in the field of weather and cloud formation at the National Center … Continue reading
Posted in Atmosphere, Backyard Science, North America
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Exploring the Intertropical Convergence Zone
This week we have a guest post from Janis Steele, PhD and Brooks McCutchen, PhD. They own and operate Berkshire Sweet Gold Maple and Marine, an agroforestry and ocean-going enterprise concerned with sustainable livelihoods and the preservation of wild and perennial … Continue reading
A new location for mosquito research: Europe
Students from countries in the Tropics, from Thailand, Madagascar and Benin, to the United States have looked at mosquitoes and their connection to climate change. GLOBE International Scientist Network members Dr. Krisanadej Jaroensutasinee and Dr. Mullica Jaroensutasinee presented their research on mosquitoes … Continue reading
Posted in Atmosphere, Europe and Eurasia, General Science
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Connecting pollutants and air temperature in the Maldives
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
Trees in trouble: what affect does tree mortality have on climate change
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
Posted in Atmosphere, Climate, Climate Change, Earth System Science, Land Cover
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