Category Archives: General Science

Weather vs. Climate Analogies: Lessons learned from a student-driven climate change video project

Posted on 03/27/2013 by Jessica Mackaro

This week we have a guest blogger, Margi Dashevsky.  Margi currently serves as the Co-Director of the Latin American Center for Arts Science and Education (CLACE).  She has a passion for sharing her love of learning with others and has … Continue reading →

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A new location for mosquito research: Europe

Posted on 03/20/2013 by Jessica Mackaro

Students from countries in the Tropics, from Thailand, Madagascar and Benin, to the United States have looked at mosquitoes and their connection to climate change.  GLOBE International Scientist Network members Dr. Krisanadej Jaroensutasinee and Dr. Mullica Jaroensutasinee presented their research on mosquitoes … Continue reading →

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From Lake Superior to the Mississippi River – a renewed commitment to fresh water

Posted on 03/13/2013 by Jessica Mackaro

This week we are beginning our Full Length Mississippi series, and we will team back up with Mike Link and Kate Crowley.  Link and Crowley highlighted pieces of their Full Circle Superior journey with the GLOBE Scientists’ Blog last year … Continue reading →

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Connecting pollutants and air temperature in the Maldives

Posted on 03/06/2013 by Jessica Mackaro

With climate change, there are many relationships that are understood, and many others that are not.  Dr. Veerabhadran Ramanathan from The Scripps Institute in San Diego has spent the last fifteen years in the Maldives, a nation south of India that … Continue reading →

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The wolverine: new proposals may renew hope in their survival

Posted on 02/27/2013 by Jessica Mackaro

A couple of years ago, I attended a seminar sponsored by the Climate and Global Dynamics Division (CGD) of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) on how climate change is threatening the survival of wolverines (Gulo gulo).  This scientist, Synte Peacock … Continue reading →

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