DSN will be featuring some guest posts from Danny Richter – A Ph.D Student at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego studying diatoms stems from an interest in their potential to affect global biogeochemical cycles, and ultimately the climate. He is active in attempting to influence national climate policy by lobbying in California and in DC . . . → Read More: Where’s the Ocean Love?
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By Dr. M, on  December 15th, 2010  Leave a comment  Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Industry & Government, Weather  climate, climate change, Danny Richter, diatoms, Op-Ed, Scripps By Dr. M, on December 8th, 2010 One comment Life At Sea, Natural Disaster, Vessels and Equipment, Weather Antarctica, Drake Passage gCaptain brought my attention to cruise ship rather unfortunate encounter with the Drake Passage. For those who don’t know, the Drake Passage is the hell hole between the tip of South America and the Antarctica Peninsula infamous for the roughest seas in the world. Go ahead type “roughest seas in the world” into Google, . . . → Read More: Cruise ship encounters heavy seas in Drake Passage
By Dr. M, on November 11th, 2010 One comment Bringin' It, Carnivals & Link Love, Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Weather climate change, John Boehner, Republican In case you haven’t already read it, head over to Southern Fried Science where WhySharksMatter delivers an elegantly written, sincere, and ultimately balanced letter to John Boehner. Boehner is the soon-to-be Speaker of the House and will be leading the Republican majority on a predicted anti-climate change agenda. As a scientist, however, I am deeply . . . → Read More: An open letter about climate change
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 10th, 2010 7 comments Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Industry & Government, Weather atmosphere, CH4, Clean Air Act, climate change, Climate Contrarianism, graphs, methane, trends Confronting Climate Contrarianism looks into the claims made climate contrarians and how they (mis)use the scientific literature. —————————————————————– In a textbook example of climate contrarians misusing the primary literature for an anti-scientific agenda, Robinson et al. (2007) are seemingly flippant about decades of research showing how humans have affected the climate since the onset of . . . → Read More: Confronting Climate Contrarianism II: Methane Accumulation in the Atmosphere
By Dr. M, on November 6th, 2010 3 comments Adaptations, Critters, Natural Disaster, New Research, Weather barometric pressure, cyclone, earthquake, Hurricane, sea snake, Thailand, typhoon Undoubtedly you have heard that dogs can sense earthquakes before the tremors occur. While anecdotes are common, experimental evidence supporting these claims remains elusive. The USGS in the 1970′s even examined the ability of animals for prediction “but nothing concrete came out of [these experiments]“. Cueing on changes in the weather is frequent among the animal . . . → Read More: Can Sea Snakes Predict The Future? What About Hurricanes? Lottery Numbers?
By Dr. M, on October 31st, 2010 Leave a comment Environmental Sciences, Natural Disaster, Weather NOAA, tsunami The Indonesia tsunami event was generated by a Mw 7.7 earthquake (3.484°S, 100.114°E ), at 14:42:22 UTC, 240 km (150 miles) W of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia (according to the USGS). In a little under 2 hours, the tsunami was first recorded at DART® buoy 56001 and in a little under 3 hours, the tsunami . . . → Read More: NOAA maps October 25th Indonesian tsunami
By Dr. M, on October 18th, 2010 One comment Conservation & Environment, Coral, Environmental Sciences, Natural Disaster, Weather climate change, Coral, coral bleaching, global warming, reef, Temperature, warm water And to end you day on a uber-depressing note, sure to give you at least some nightmares Scientists studying Caribbean reefs say that 2010 may be the worst year ever for coral death there. Abnormally warm water since June appears to have dealt a blow to shallow and deep-sea corals that is likely to . . . → Read More: Caribbean Coral Die-Off Could Be Worst Ever
By Dr. M, on October 11th, 2010 One comment Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Natural Disaster, Weather I guess I need to start planning my trip Houston Many of us take for granted the notion that all of our beloved cities will be around for centuries to come. However, cities around the world seem to be vying for the title of “The Next Atlantis.” Shaky foundations and encroaching seas are posing significant . . . → Read More: 7 Cities About to Sink
By Miriam Goldstein, on September 8th, 2010 Leave a comment Weather atmosphere, satellite imagery, undular bore This gorgeous atmospheric wave pattern, caught by satellite, was visible off Baja California Sur on Sunday. Scripps graduate student James Means wrote: [Dr.] Larry Armi identifies this as an undular bore trapped by today’s very strong temperature inversion, and probably associated with an interaction between southeasterly flow at upper levels and the lower level . . . → Read More: Undular bores – not just for dinner parties
By Dr. M, on September 2nd, 2010 2 comments Natural Disaster, Weather Earl, Hurricane, North Carolina In Durham, I am nearly 2-3 hours from the North Carolina coast. With relation to Earl, the local forecast is that this far inland we are unlikely to see any rain and a just a moderate breeze. As of 7:45 am this morning the eye was 475 miles from Durham, yet the outer fingers of Hurricane . . . → Read More: You Sure Are a Big Fella Earl
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