at twice the rate of lower latitudes. As a result, sea ice has become a dwindling commodity in the far north frequently exposing the southern path through the Northwest Passage—the oft-talked about sh ...

out. On August 31, a fast-forming Hurricane Fred became the easternmost hurricane ever recorded in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and the cause of the first hurricane warnings ever issued for the Cape Ve ...

to seeing in the ocean, which move up and down (vertically). Instead, Rossby waves in the atmosphere travel in the north-south direction (horizontally) due to the Earth rotating faster at the equator ...

In June 2012, snow cover extent over Eurasia and North America hit a new record low. It is the third time in five years that North America has set a new record low, and the fifth year in a row that Eu ...

conditions tend to enhance the overall global temperature with stronger events, such as those in 1997-1998 and 2009-2010, associated with higher temperatures." Of the experts, Krakauer came closest to ...

needs, an eight-station average of precipitation amounts put the 2018 water year at 41 inches in total, more than 10 inches below average. Meanwhile, across higher elevations in the San Joaquin Valley ...

points. If part 2 on the student handout is used for homework, educator must provide compiled CO2 curve ahead of time. Students could be challenged to investigate why CO2 is increasing (natural varia ...

air and ocean temperatures, caused by increasing levels of greenhouse gases trapped in the atmosphere. URL to Main Site for Report : Issuing Agencies : . The Centr ...

produced, processed, packaged, distributed, sold, and consumed is between 15 to 20 pounds of CO2-equivalent. The study data also show the relative contribution of greenhouse gases from each phase of ...

National temperatures range from the mid-30s to the mid-40s over the historical record. Starting in the early 1980s, however, temperature in the first part of the year has rarely been below average, e ...