By Virginie Noel To understand how space weather affects us it is important to define it first. We know that our star—the Sun—is a bubbling, boiling ball of fire. It constantly belches out great clouds of hot gas. This gas is all charged up with electricity, too. This stuff travels at astounding speeds, some of […]
Press Release: WMO Partners with IEDRO to Support Data Rescue in Bolivia, Namibia, Uganda
October 27, 2010
Deale, Maryland – The United Nation’s weather and climate agency, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), has entered into a cooperative agreement with the International Environmental Data Rescue Organization (IEDRO) to help establish and sustain data rescue projects in Bolivia, Namibia and Uganda. Funds from the WMO’s Voluntary Cooperation Programme (VCP) are being released to IEDRO […]
Volcano Eruption Leads to Phytoplankton Bloom
October 9, 2010
By Pennell Paugh We recently wrote that phytoplankton, which is the basis for the vast majority of oceanic and some freshwater food chains, is on the decline due to global warming of the planet. However, a new article published in Geophysical Research Letters, reports that the recent eruption of a volcano in the on the […]
Press Release: IEDRO Announces New Management Roles
October 1, 2010
Deale, Maryland – It is with great pleasure that we announce changes to two critical positions on our management team. Susan Callis, IEDRO’s Chief Operations Officer, is assuming a new role as IEDRO’s Director of Strategic Planning. Susan will be focusing on strengthening our growing relationship with various National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Line […]