Meteorology & Climatology

Country works with clean energy technology team to minimize carbon footprint. Maldives resort tourist trade is an issue as carbon neutral travel is difficult to achieve.

Dec 2, 2009 - Dawn M. Smith

Folklore says the forthcoming winter weather can be predicted by the fruit of the persimmon tree.

Nov 27, 2009 - Beverly Bright

Now more than ever people are curious about how rising ocean levels will affect our cities. If or when the polar ice caps melt, what will be waterfront property?

Nov 22, 2009 - Tara Lynne Brown

Home weather stations provide information about conditions outside the house and can even predict the weather. This article looks at their features and limitations.

Nov 16, 2009 - Yuen Kit Mun

The ice fields of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania may disappear in the next 20 years according to a study by Ohio State University.

Nov 9, 2009 - Manda Trevarthen

Different measures of global greenhouse gas emissions have China as either a major carbon polluter or a minor emitter of CO2. The U.S. is a major polluter in all methods.

Nov 5, 2009 - Laurence O'Sullivan

After much argument and controversy, the biggest public works project in Italian history is under way, but is it too little, too late?

Oct 30, 2009 - Paris Franz

An inquiry by Australian parliamentarians has found that the coastline faces a major threat from climate change.

Oct 29, 2009 - Kevin Rennie

The summer ice coverage in the Far North is declining and this will have serious consequences elsewhere on the planet.

Oct 26, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

The loss of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is accelerating with temperatures rising far faster in the region than anywhere else on Earth.

Oct 26, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Aboriginal rangers in Australia are helping to combat global warming in an innovative project with a natural gas producer by applying traditional indigenous knowledge.

Oct 26, 2009 - Kevin Rennie

A glimmer of hope is on the horizon for Kenyans as the long drought that had faced the country is about to come to an end as predicted by the Meteorological Department.

Oct 21, 2009 - Michael Onderi

Arctic climate feedbacks, such as declining sea ice, glacier retreat, warming ocean surface and thawing permafrost, will have severe global environmental impacts.

Oct 20, 2009 - Laurence O'Sullivan

Changing weather patterns across the U.S., from dwindling ice cover in Alaska to increasing frequency of North Atlantic storms, all confirm the reality of climate change.

Oct 13, 2009 - Laurence O'Sullivan

According to the United Nations rising sea levels, largely as a result of climate change, may potentially displace millions of people from coastal areas and river deltas.

Oct 13, 2009 - Manda Trevarthen

The 2010 Farmers' Almanac has released its U.S. winter forecast, confident that its secret recipe for weather predicting remains overwhelmingly accurate after 191 years.

Oct 1, 2009 - Estelle Rodis-Brown

Experts predict hybrid El Nino Modoki will arrive this winter causing an increase in Atlantic hurricanes resulting in greater potential for hurricane landfall.

Sep 25, 2009 - Allen Williams

Scientists are collecting data on the mesospheric phenomenon that is increasing in frequency and at lower latitudes.

Sep 25, 2009 - Sara E. Lewis

Sydney residents were understandably confused as they woke to an orange-colored sky. See some of the photos of this phenomenon.

Sep 22, 2009 - Christine Fadhley

Santa Ana winds are known for their destructive power when they blow across across Southern California, but they are also a very interesting weather event.

Sep 22, 2009 - Ret Talbot

At the outer reaches of the Earth's atmosphere lie the little understood mesosphere and the highly charged thermosphere.

Sep 21, 2009 - Dennis Holley

Sandwiched between the troposphere layer below and several layers above, the stratosphere layer is a place of calm that contains the ozone layer within it.

Sep 20, 2009 - Dennis Holley

Like the planet itself, the atmosphere is layered. Working upward from the surface, the first layer is the one humans live in, the troposphere.

Sep 20, 2009 - Dennis Holley

A new study conducted for the first time by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association found that nitrous oxide is now the top ozone-depleting gas.

Sep 18, 2009 - Annie Spiegelman

Venezuela's Catatumbo Lightning phenomenon spawns more lightning than any other storm in the world, and has helped shape the history of the region for centuries.

Sep 14, 2009 - Matthew Miller

Some scientists believe global warming is causing an increase in the intensity and the number of hurricanes. However, not everybody agrees.

Sep 10, 2009 - Megan Jungwi

The link between human activity and global warming continues to grow stronger.

Sep 9, 2009 - Wendy Roltgen

The history and folklore surrounding the Santa Rosa Storm of Argentina are charming. The storm appears every year, just as the legend has it.

Sep 5, 2009 - Tracey Chandler

Iron fertilization is one possible solution to correcting damage caused by greenhouse gas by adding iron to the upper ocean to encourage phytoplankton to bloom.

Aug 26, 2009 - Janice Heffernan

An urban heat island is a metropolitan area which is significantly warmer than its surroundings, a phenomenon caused by buildings, roads, and similar elements.

Aug 14, 2009 - Arlene Miles

During the last decade there has been an average of 17 hurricanes and tropical storms in the Atlantic each year; that's double the number of earlier in the 20th century.

Aug 13, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

The U.S. Global Change Research Program releases a report describing climate change impacts on the U.S. and how the country might mitigate and adapt to the changes.

Aug 8, 2009 - R.H. Sheldon

Barometers have been used by weather forecasters since the 17th century. Today, it's easy to measure pressure by using a hand-crafted barometer.

Aug 3, 2009 - Kelly Rowe

Climate change is having visible impacts in the United States, and the choices Americans make will determine the severity of its effects, according to a new report.

Jul 31, 2009 - Louise Harris

Several times over the last 500 years low sunspots numbers have coincided with much cooler global temperatures. Is there a connection or is it coincidence?

Jul 23, 2009 - Dennis Holley

Hurricanes are destructive and fierce tropical storms, known for their devastating force and power.

Jul 15, 2009 - Cynthia Graham

High humidity, the danger of heat stroke, and the risk of sunburn are top reasons why many southbound vacationers are likely to reconsider Florida travel plans.

Jul 9, 2009 - Mary King

U.S. Global Change Research Program shows evaporation is dominating other effects of higher temperatures, challenging the future of a huge fresh-water supply.

Jul 1, 2009 - Mike Perricone

Touring this fascinating country could well be enhanced with some prior knowledge of the weather to expect at any particular time of year.

Jun 21, 2009 - Rachel Wills

The climate of Britain is notoriously variable. However, records do reveal tendencies within seasons and in areas. The tourist might find the following summary useful.

Jun 19, 2009 - Rachel Wills

Death Valley has a sinister ring to it, but what are the reasons for its status as one of the most inhospitable places on earth?

Jun 16, 2009 - Rachel Wills

Death Valley is aptly named for an oven-like basin in Eastern California. Since the turn of the last century, records have been collated on its temperature and rainfall.

Jun 16, 2009 - Rachel Wills

Many scientists, governments, and individuals are convinced the planet is warming and that the atmosphere is changing. Why do they believe what they believe?

Jun 7, 2009 - Dennis Holley

Learn how to properly analyze the severity of a storm and where to report your observations.

Apr 28, 2009 - Kelly Whitt

A recent study sheds light on the causes of global Warming. The results suggest that black particles from burning oil and solid fuels may contribute to climate change.

Apr 26, 2009 - Christine Fadhley

A 4° Celsius rise in temperature because of global warming could mean widespread destruction of trees and large-scale disruption of eco-communities.

Apr 24, 2009 - Mary Desaulniers

Forests are rated as great carbon sinks. But the ill effects of global warming are lurking round the corner, as villains, threatening to make them carbon sources.

Apr 20, 2009 - Mohan Alembath

Warmer temperatures in the Antarctic summer are causing massive ice sheets to break up and float away.

Apr 6, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and sulfuryl fluoride (SO2F2), powerful greenhouse gases used in industrial processes, have been shown to be growing quickly in the atmosphere.

Mar 28, 2009 - Sue Cartledge

Though today global warming is a popular subject, that wasn't always the case. Now, a new idea presented by Garret Gruener and Daniel Kammen might be the best solution

Mar 25, 2009 - Mary Faler