Climatology
Understanding Climate Change Through Historical Shipping Logs
Geographic information and weather data recorded by ship crews are a valuable source of historical information that could be utilized to understand how our climate has changed.
How Often Does it Snow in the Sahara Desert?
The sight of snow in the Sahara Desert is rare, but it does happen on occasion.
Study Examines Trends in Global Warming
A multi-institutional study has recently come out with new research that studied the temporary slowdown of rising temperatures around the Earth.
Geography and Paleoclimate
Paleoclimate has had a major effect in shaping not only physical geography but also biodiversity in different parts of the Earth.
What Causes Gaps in the Clouds?
Air will rise and fall around large geographic features such as islands and icebergs, affecting the formation of clouds.
NASA: September 2016 Warmest on Record:
Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has announced that September 2016 was the warmest September ever recorded around the globe.
The Moon’s Influence on Rainfall: A Closer Look
When the moon rises it creates a ‘bulge’ in the Earth’s atmosphere which can influence how much rain is able to fall to the ground.
The U.S. Has Doubled the Number of Blizzards in the Last Two Decades
The number of blizzards that occur in the United States has nearly doubled in the last two decades.
Lodos (Wind)
The Lodos has been classified as a powerful south westerly wind (blowing from the south west) that can be found at regular intervals throughout the year in the Marmara Sea and Aegean Sea, as well as the Black Sea and Turkey's Mediterranean coast.
Tule Fog Declining in California’s Central Valley
A group of researchers analyzed satellite imagery over a 33 year span to establish an understanding of the fog climatology in the Central Valley.
Ancient Pluvial Lakes of North America and What They Can Tell Us about Climate Change
Datasets of paleoenvironmental variability contained in a variety of pluvial lakes is a treasure-trove of past climate conditions.
Deadly Cold Across Europe and Russia
This image shows the impact of the cold snap on land surface temperatures across the region from December 11 to 18, 2009, compared to the 2000-2008 average.