Archive for April, 2009

20 Things You Didn’t Know About… Tunnels

New York has a forgotten one, Texas has a $2 billion wasted one, and Switzerland’s building the longest.

The Gaping Hole in Greenhouse Theory

This is a very short study of the climate record for the zone between the equator and 10°south latitude. The chief forces responsible for  temperature in the troposphere are described.  There is

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A Short Demonstration of the Long-Term Effects of ENSO

In an old post, I explored the underlying temperature signal in each ocean by removing the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO).  I then compared the underlying signal to ENSO to explore any

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Eyes in the Sky Show That Air Pollution Is Way Worse Than We Thought

New satellite tracking gives a much more accurate read on global air pollution.

The World’s Biggest Tornado Hunt

Next month, 100 meteorologists will try to finally understand the dynamics of tornadoes—like the one that killed three people in Mena, Arkansas, last night.

Future Tech: Can Smart Tech Keep Chevy Volt’s Battery Running Longer Than Your Laptop’s?

GM says that tightly controlling how the battery charges will keep it alive for 10 years/150,000 miles.

Diamonds Are a Geologist’s Best Friend

Tiny carbon spheres hidden under rock and ice may be telltales of cataclysmic comet strikes.

Solar warming – Solar cooling

This paper provides a radical reinterpretation of the dynamics that drive atmospheric temperature in the stratosphere and upper troposphere and how this drives temperature at the surface. It is

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Open Thread #12

Open thread #11 is getting very big, so here’s a new one for faster loading.

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