Early China Coast

Network of GPS stations in Southern California provides unprecedented detail for tracking storm systems and shows promise in improving rainfall and flash-flood predictions. […]

Study to examine potential of utilizing underwater kite systems to generate power from ocean currents and tidal flows. […]

This year, daily record lows in the United States outnumber daily record highs--a huge change from last year, when there were four times as many record highs. […]

Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS) sends radar waves through ice to measure thickness and map subglacial rock. […]

Ice and heat flow model indicates existence of ice almost twice as old as oldest core drilled to date. […]

Study finds tropical locations will be some of the first areas to experience climate that exceeds historical limits. […]

Artist creates map showing track and wind intensity of almost 2,000 tornadoes that traveled at least 20 miles. […]

One of the risks in writing a blog as an adjunct to your day job is that occasionally you get tired or hurried and you leave out stuff. Stuff that matters. The previous post is a good example. All yesterday, … Continue reading → […]

Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.[1] Several years ago, the American Meteorological Society held its Annual Meeting in San Antonio – concurrently, as it happened, with a major ice storm. In fact, the ice  storm … Continue reading → […]

Aaron Goldner is this year’s AGU Congressional Science Fellow. Back in 2012, while still a graduate student at Purdue, he participated in the AMS Summer Policy Colloquium. Erik Hankin, writing on The Bridge: Connecting Science and Policy (part of the AGU … Continue reading → […]