Category Archives: Atmosphere

Exploring the Intertropical Convergence Zone

Posted on 04/17/2013 by Jessica Mackaro

This week we have a guest post from Janis Steele, PhD and Brooks McCutchen, PhD.  They own and operate Berkshire Sweet Gold Maple and Marine, an agroforestry and ocean-going enterprise concerned with sustainable livelihoods and the preservation of wild and perennial … 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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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 →

Posted in Air Temperature, Asia and Pacific, Atmosphere, Carbon, Climate, Climate Change, Earth System Science, General Science, Great Global Investigation of Climate | 2 Comments

Trees in trouble: what affect does tree mortality have on climate change

Posted on 01/23/2013 by wordpressadmin

Through our trees in trouble series, we’ve examined trees in the Sahel zone in Africa and the United States.  This problem, climate change and dying trees, has been seen on every continent, the only exception being Antarctica, due to the … Continue reading →

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Record sea ice minimums and snowier winters – what’s the connection?

Posted on 08/22/2012 by wordpressadmin

As the northern hemisphere prepares to enter autumn on 22 September, scientists have been looking to the Arctic to gain clues as to what type of winter may be in store.  The winters of 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 produced the second … Continue reading →

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