By Luisa Cristini, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa [Note from the editor: This is the second in a series of blog entries that will focus on introductory topics in climate dynamics and modeling, and will be a great insight into the current understanding of the science.] Seventy-one percent of the Earth’s surface is covered […]
Climate Change Research in US Dying from Lack of Financial Support
February 24, 2012
Due to recent budget cuts, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has abandoned its effort to reconstruct a detailed picture of hour-by-hour changes in the atmosphere stretching back to the 19th century. The 20th Century Reanalysis is a project that has already helped scientists better understand the causes of historic weather events like the Dust […]
Part 1: A Pleasant Atmosphere
February 22, 2012
By Luisa Cristini, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa [Note from the editor: This will be the first in a series of blog entries that will focus on introductory topics in climate dynamics and modeling, and will be a great insight into the current understanding of the science.] The atmosphere is the most important component […]
Google’s Role in Public Hurricane Preparedness
February 17, 2012
A recent study by researchers at Mississippi State University and the University of Alabama sought to identify the behavior of the general public in advance of landfalling hurricanes by examining Google search data. Using publically accessible data from Google Trends, Google Insights, and Google Hot Trends, patterns in keyword searches shed light on how the […]
Official Word on Climate Change from USGCRP
February 11, 2012
We at IEDRO want to provide the latest scientific findings regarding the planet and our climate. We will do a series that discuss findings that have been found regarding the climate change on a global basis and of man’s activities on these changes. The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) coordinates and integrates federal research […]
Breakthrough in Scrubbing Carbon Dioxide from the Air
February 9, 2012
By Pennell Paugh CO2 scrubbers have been developed but so far, all have been prohibitively expensive. The Journal of the American Chemical Society reports that researchers at the University of Southern California’s Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute have developed an extraction method that has achieved some of the highest rates ever reported for removing carbon dioxide […]
Planning Energy in Times of Climate Change
February 5, 2012
Luisa Cristini, PhD., University of Hawaii at Manoa Energy systems are vulnerable to climate change. Assessing the various scenarios that could occur is a great challenge, due to the number of climate variables and the interconnection between the various energy sectors. A review of the scientific literature on this topic that was just been published, […]
Press Release: U.S. Climate Change Research in Peril
February 1, 2012
Deale, Maryland – Due to recent budget cuts, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has abandoned its effort to reconstruct a detailed picture of hour-by-hour changes in the atmosphere stretching back to the 19th century. The 20th Century Reanalysis is a project that has already helped scientists better understand the causes of historic weather events […]