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Monthly Archives: November 2013

Even though many people may associate itsy bitsy spiders with waterspouts, you won’t see...
Air, Sea

Waterspout sprouts in Norway

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date November 29, 2013
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
Tagged storm, tornado, Vortex, water spout, waterspout, Wind | Leave a comment |
A beautiful, yet daunting, image of the sunset taken during the 2011 Thailand floods...
Air, Land, People

Global flood risk under climate change (part 1): observational evidence

Author Matthias Schmid Date November 28, 2013
Matthias Schmid
Tagged 1-in-a-100-year flood, Climate change, Floods, Stream flow, Thailand | Leave a comment |
Imagine trying to explain whether or not it is a wet and warm winter...
Air, Systems

To index or not to index?

Author Iselin Medhaug Date November 26, 2013
Iselin Medhaug
Tagged Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, Azores, Iceland, Index, Low-pressure area, NAO, North Atlantic Oscillation, Norway | Leave a comment |
Last Friday saw the launch of a new ClimateSnack group at UCL (University College...
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UCL joins ClimateSnack

Author SciSnack Date November 25, 2013
SciSnack
Tagged Climate, climatesnack, Geography, london, UCL | Leave a comment |
I can hardly believe my luck: to interview the greatest climate researcher of our...
Air, People

Captain Climate (Part 1) – Talking to Wally Broecker

Author Hella Wittmeier Date November 21, 2013
Hella Wittmeier
Tagged Antarctic Cold Reversal, Antarctica, Climatology, Columbia University, Environment, Global warming, National Medal of Science, Younger Dryas | 2 Comments |
As my niece just turned 8 and is incredibly curious about sciences, I thought...
Ice, Sea

Fun with fluids: ocean mixing and hot chocolate

Author Céline Heuzé Date November 14, 2013
Céline Heuzé
Tagged Home, Hot chocolate, Ocean, Physics for kids | 1 Comment |
In order to quantify the role that the Sun has played in recent climate...
Systems

Our variable star (part 1): Getting trends in solar observations right

Author Will Ball Date November 11, 2013
Will Ball
Tagged Energy, Irradiance, solar cycle, Sun, total solar irradiance | 2 Comments |
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