Image of the Day: Ice That Looks Like a Tiffany Lampshade
Ice formations hang on trees at the Unteres Odertal national park near Schwedt, Germany. The park is a shared German-Polish nature reserve.… Read More
Surf’s Up: The Web’s Best Reading of Heartland Scandal
The confession by climate researcher Peter Gleick that he obtained and leaked the documents has prompted much soul-searching throughout the climate science and policy communities. For those of you who haven’t had the time to surf through it all, here are the pieces that popped up on our radar, building off of our summary yesterday:… Read More
Image of the Day: A Super Earth Orbits a Red Dwarf Star
GJ1214b, shown in this artist's view, is a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth. New observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show that it is a water world enshrouded by a thick, steamy atmosphere. … Read More
Strong Reactions to Scientist’s Role in Heartland Case
Gleick, the director of the Pacific Institute, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a past recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant,” said he had received the files from an anonymous source, and in an effort to verify their authenticity, he solicited information using an assumed name.… Read More
Image of the Day: U.S. in for a Dry Spring Season
The NOAA Climate Prediction Center released its drought outlook for February — April 30 and the outlook is not good for much of the southern and western U.S. Shown in this color-coded map, much of the bottom half of the U.S. will experience persistent or intensifying drought conditions.… Read More
Image of the Day: A Plume of Volcanic Gas
Tinakula is a small, volcanic, South Pacific island located about 1,400 miles northeast of Brisbane, Australia. This natural-color satellite image shows a plume of volcanic gas, possibly mixed with a little ash, rising above the island’s summit several days ago. … Read More
Top 5 Faux Careers To Avoid Discussing Global Warming
The very existence of man-made global warming, not to mention the array of policy choices for responding to it, are such flash points in American politics that it’s nearly impossible to raise the subject in social settings without sparking an awkward conversation.… Read More
Image of the Day: Tall Trees Tell Telling Tale
The coastal Pacific Northwest of the U.S. has the tallest trees in North America, averaging as much as 131 feet in height. It has the densest biomass—the total mass of organisms living within a given area—in the country.… Read More
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