Note: Audio starts automatically SEPTEMBER 21, 2014 | Teddy Allen, Director of Scientific Applications for IEDRO, was interviewed by CBC Radio’s Nora Young as part of the ‘Spark’ series. The interview covered many aspects of DR&D, most importantly, what weather data rescue really means, why we do it, and why we need to do more […]
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MetEd’s Weather and Climate Educational Modules
March 29, 2012
Note from the editor: The following is an email sent by COMET, a program within the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) that specializes in outreach and education on a broad range of meteorological topics. Listed are their newest “training modules”, which are free and fun to use and provide outstanding scientific information that can […]
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 […]
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 […]
Largest Carbon Dioxide Spike in History Reported for 2010
November 7, 2011
The amount of global warming gases sent into the atmosphere made an unprecedented jump in 2010, according to the US Department of Energy’s latest world data on carbon dioxide emissions. The 512 million metric ton increase amounted to a near six percent rise between 2009 and 2010, going from 8.6 billion metric tons to 9.1 […]
Cyanobacteria Absorbs CO2 and Could Be a Used to Ward off Global Warming
November 2, 2011
Cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue green algae or bacteria, are unlike most bacteria. It photosynthesizes like algae and plants, making its own food using water and energy from light, with a by-product of oxygen. They are one of the earliest life forms to evolve on earth. Most likely they are responsible for creating the oxygen […]
Bangladesh Named Country Most Vulnerable to Natural Disasters
July 12, 2010
Environmental risk advisory firm Maplecroft has named Bangladesh the country most vulnerable to natural disasters on their Natural Disasters Risk Index. Surveying incidents of natural disasters, and the material and human costs of those disasters over a period of 30 years, Maplecroft placed Bangladesh at the head of the 15 countries with an “extreme risk” […]