by Beth Holmes | Sep 24, 2023 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Uncategorized
A supermoon and a hurricane are making Florida and Georgia very uncomfortable,with high tides and 125 mph winds. Hurricane Idalia met Florida’s west coast on Wednesday, a category 3 landfall near Keaton Beach, a fortunately sparsely populated area. At the same...
by Admin | Mar 22, 2019 | Climate Change
New research from Stockholm University in Sweden has shown that climate change is making it increasingly difficult to predict some aspects of the weather. Before we go any deeper into this news, I’ll explain the difference between weather and climate, since even...
by Admin | Sep 26, 2016 | Climate Change, Information
The stratosphere is the layer of the atmosphere between about 10 and 30 miles above the surface of the Earth. Over the tropics, there is an event called the quasi-biennial oscillation, which scientists have been observing since the 1950s. This event is actually pretty...
by Admin | Nov 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Hurricane Sandy has left millions of Americans without access to food, power, transportation, and other essential services. What does this extreme weather event have to do with climate change? Was the hurricane an effect of global warming? Many people have been asking...
