Atmospheric Chemist’s Companion

Study finds warming would slow during 50-year minimum and for a short time afterward, then temperatures would return to levels as if there had not been a minimum. […]

Tampa area has long avoided major hurricanes. […]

A wet summer helped to bring down ozone levels. […]

Tropical storms that curve out to sea still have an impact. […]

Sediment-core study reveals past temperature disparity between Bay of Biscay and European mainland. […]

Study of 50,000 home sales in nine states supports other recent findings that wind turbines have no effect on home values. […]

Comparison of reports of depressive symptoms with local weather conditions reveals that weather and seasons may be less influential on depression than previously believed. […]

The storm established many records and near-superlatives. It was arguably the greatest natural disaster ever to hit New England, killing some 800 people (and injuring that many more), destroying or damaging nearly 60,000 homes and structures, producing losses in the … Continue reading → […]

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments … Continue reading → […]

“Don’t build a town on the mountainside unless you like high stakes…” The above line is part of the refrain from a blues number written and performed by none other than blogger Andy Revkin, following the 1995 flooding event in … Continue reading → […]