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Geotimes
August 2004
Naomi Lubick |
New Explanations for Western Drought Arizona Wildfires Four separate fires raged across Arizona at the end of June and the beginning of July. The potential for fires across the West this summer was normal to above normal, exacerbated by the region's ongoing drought.   |
Geotimes
February 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
Past El Ninos Portend Future Climates A new study examining evidence of long-term variability at El Nino's source suggests the strength of the phenomenon is highly sensitive to even small changes in climate. That sensitivity could have implications for how it plays into future climate change. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Katherine Unger |
Indian Ocean to Face Extreme Weather New evidence from climate patterns of the distant past suggests that Indonesia and other regions bordering the Indian Ocean may experience devastating weather extremes, from powerful monsoons to lengthy droughts. |
Geotimes
October 2003
Megan Sever |
Defined at last: El Nino and La Nina Scientists have been studying El Nino and the later-named La Nina for more than 100 years, but only now have they reached a consensus on defining the climatic events. |
Geotimes
April 2003
Greg Peterson |
El Nino's future While forecasters can now predict El Nino events up to a year before they reach their peak, the impacts of long-term climate change on El Nino remain difficult to pin down. |
Geotimes
December 2006 |
Top Climate News Stories of 2006 A new public face for climate change... Strong debate over storms... Thawing ice shifts water cycles... Methane climate menagerie... etc. |
Geotimes
June 2004
Sara Pratt |
Making El Nino Predictions The phenomenon may be more predictable than previously thought, according to a new climate model tested with a century and a half of data. |
Geotimes
November 2005
Megan Sever |
New Appalachian Tale New research indicates that conventional thinking about the timing of the building of the Appalachian Mountains may be incorrect. |
Geotimes
January 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
2005 Was Warmest Year on Record The record-breaking number of named storms during the 2005 hurricane season may have dominated weather news, but at the same time, another record was in the making: The year now stands as the warmest on record, according to some climatologists. |
Geotimes
February 2006
Megan Sever |
Carving on Glacial Time A new technique for calculating the rate in which glaciers and rivers erode the landscape is shedding light on the timing of these glacial processes. |
Geotimes
December 2005
Kevin E. Trenberth |
A Warming World Climate change is with us; we cannot stop it, although we can slow it down. It behooves us therefore to track how and why the climate is changing. |
Geotimes
January 2005
Sara Pratt |
El Nino Drives Rainfall For the first time, scientists have been able to quantify the causes of year-to-year variability in global rainfall. |
Geotimes
August 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
River of Data Decodes Nile Cycles A story from the book of Genesis -- in which Joseph predicts seven years of abundant crops, followed by seven years of famine for Egypt -- drove researchers to scour centuries of water-level data for the Nile River to determine if such a cycle actually exists, and if so, what causes it. |
Geotimes
July 2006
Megan Sever |
Stormy Debate on Hurricanes and Global Warming Last year, several studies linked rising sea-surface temperatures -- possibly caused by increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases -- to increased hurricane intensities. But new research is suggesting that warming may not be to blame. |
Outside
April 2003 |
Keep Walking Movements to extend the Appalachian Trail along the full length of its namesake mountain system are gaining momentum on both ends of the venerable footpath. |
