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Wired
April 2003
Evan Ratliff |
The Green Wall Of China Desert storms from Central Asia are leaving a trail of global destruction. Now Beijing is drawing a line in the sand.   |
Popular Mechanics
August 21, 2008
Emily Gertz |
Desert Storm Watch: Scientists Observe Saharan Dust to Predict the Next Big Hurricane Season A University of Wisconsin researcher and his team have connected the dry, windswept plains of the Sahara to the intensity of the Atlantic hurricane season. |
Geotimes
July 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
African Dust Helps Islands Bloom A new study suggests that African dust helps build soil on some Western Atlantic islands that would otherwise lack enough fertile land for crops, including sugar cane, to thrive. |
BusinessWeek
January 16, 2006
Adam Aston |
The Worst Isn't Over Smarter science is helping companies and insurers plan for hurricanes. The bad news: This year could be another doozy. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2008 |
Dust-Devil Dynamo Natural electric fields can play a role in determining the amount of dust that makes it into the atmosphere, influencing weather and climate. |
National Defense
October 2010
Eric Beidel |
Satellite System Rides the Solar Wind A new system for observing space weather is bringing scientists closer to making accurate forecasts for conditions beyond Earth's atmosphere. |
Geotimes
December 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Corroding Pipe Organs Extreme Storms as Climate Warms Hurricanes, typhoons and drought. Aspects of these extreme weather conditions may be related to global climate change, some scientists say. |
Science News
April 2, 2005 |
From the March 30, 1935, Issue Dust Storms May Continue Late... 300 Generations Descended From One Pair of Insects... World's Oldest Cemetery Found in Palestine Caves... |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2012
John Kappenman |
A Perfect Storm of Planetary Proportions The approach of the solar maximum is an urgent reminder that power grids everywhere are more vulnerable than ever to geomagnetic effects |
BusinessWeek
March 29, 2004
Moon Ihlwan |
Korea's China Play They're partners now. But in the future, China will dominate this powerful relationship |
Geotimes
April 2005
Laura Stafford |
New Seasonal Hurricane Prediction Scientists are proposing a new method for assessing the probability of a "good" or "bad" hurricane season, which could give insurance companies the ability to plan in advance what sort of protection they may need for their clients. |
Geotimes
May 2003
Josh Chamot |
War in Iraq Iraqi forces ignited their country's own oil resources as the United States military began its attack in March. But the damage to the Southern Rumaila oil fields is orders of magnitude less than what the Iraqi forces wrought on their neighbor Kuwait in 1991. |
Popular Mechanics
October 26, 2009
Tyghe Trimble |
NASA's Orbiter Captures Strange Martian Tattoo Image These ornate markings were created by dust devils |
Geotimes
October 2005
Naomi Lubick |
China's Changing Landscape As China continues its economic metamorphosis into the gorilla in the global sandbox, it has rapidly changed its physical environment. Home to some of the world's largest cities, the country contains several of the most polluted cities in the world, partly because of its reliance on coal for energy. |
Geotimes
June 2003 |
Geophenomena Evidence for Dust Bowl dust in Greenland... New sinking rates for Louisiana |
Chemistry World
September 2, 2010
Phillip Broadwith |
Making waves for self-cleaning solar panels A system that generates electrostatic waves to sweep dust from solar panel surfaces has been developed by US scientists. |
Geotimes
December 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Global Climate Affects Storms? Experts caution that drawing a direct link between climate change and hurricane behavior is not yet possible, and that the El Nino-Southern Oscillation may have more of an impact on storm intensity and occurrence. |
Reason
July 2003
Doug Bandow |
Cutting the Tripwire It's time for the U.S. to get out of Korea |
Insurance & Technology
January 26, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
The Perfect Storm Model To help insurance carriers scientifically assess their exposure to those losses, EQECAT issued the first probabilistic catastrophe model for U.S. winter storms. |
Science News
June 17, 2000 |
Disaster Pix If you're one of those people who need to see the extent of intense weather events and great natural disasters---perferably as they are developing---this Web site is for you.... |
Geotimes
November 2003
Naomi Lubick |
Meeting updates: particles on Mars and Earth Ripples and dunes on Mars... The future of dust on Earth |
Geotimes
June 2003 |
Iraq's Desert Also Needs Healing The desert is protected by a delicate layer of gravel pieces, sorted and placed over time by wind. With the recent war in Iraq, military vehicles and digging destroyed this layer; but the military can take measures to begin to heal it. |
Geotimes
August 2005 |
Hurricane Outlook Updated With high activity early in the season, in addition to ripe oceanic and atmospheric conditions, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revised its hurricane outlook. The new outlook indicates an increase in the number of expected hurricanes. |
TIME Asia
December 13, 2010
Alex Perry |
Land of Hope Can combatting climate change actually offer a new future for Africa? Niger is one of the world's foremost examples of a green economy. Fighting climate change in Niger is development. Trees, soil and water have been reinstated as capital. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006 |
Modeling Toward Accurate Storm Forecasting For the time being, getting the weather right will still require a large dose of good fortune. But continued improvements in our weather predicting capabilities will eventually take the guessing out of storm prediction and bring us to the moment when wagering on the weather will be a safe bet indeed. |
Geotimes
June 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
Sun Cycle to Flare Back up in 2008 Although the new cycle is predicted to be moderate in intensity, scientists warn that it may still strongly impact space-based technologies. |
Geotimes
August 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Hurricane Katrina Hits Hard One of the largest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. Gulf Coast region since Hurricane Camille in 1969, Hurricane Katrina left a trail of devastation behind it as it touched down in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. |
