If you live in Florida, one word you don't want to hear on the evening news is "hurricane." I lived in Florida in 1972 and 1975, and I don't recall a concern about hurricanes. But now, friends that I have that do live in Florida have been affected for the past...
One on the things that Al Gore's book has done is to bring the issue of climate change (global warming) to the surface via his book/film/appearances/interviews, and also independent reviews and discussions in local neswspapers. In the Atlanta Journal today, there was...
No. That's the short answer. No one factor causes hurricanes, cyclones or tornadoes. However, global warming, (especially the warming of ocean surface temperature) could contribute to an increase the frequency and intensity of hurricanes. Recent studies suggest that...
Well, hot temperatures are arriving in the Atlanta area; but its been hot in Texas. What's the fuss. It's summer. Well last year, 2005, was the hottest year during a period of temperature measurements from 1860 to today. These measurements include combined annual...
Well, hot temperatures are arriving in the Atlanta area; but its been hot in Texas. What's the fuss. It's summer. Well last year, 2005, was the hottest year during a period of temperature measurements from 1860 to today. These measurements include combined annual...
In 1958, Roger Revelle and Charles David Keeling developed with funding the Mauna Loa research station for measuring CO2 in the atmosphere. Samples are collected every hour from 5 towers standing above the volcano. According to their website, "Air samples at Mauna Loa...
