Winter Storm, Lake Vostok
When you look outside today it is hard to imagine that a blizzard is raging just a couple hundred miles to our west in Minnesota and North Dakota. In North Dakota they have already shut down sections...
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South Pole Intrigue
I see in the previous blog post, Kristen reported on how the NCDC calculations indicate that April of 2010 was the warmest on record (since 1880). On a related note, the Amundsen-Scott South Pole...
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“New” Life on Earth
While many scientists and space enthusiasts (such as myself) dream of discovering life on other planets (and for good reason), I also have been following a different endeavor right here on this planet...
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In yesterday’s blog I mentioned the race to discover what life might exist in Antarctic lakes trapped for millions of years under miles of ice. For those wanting a few more details, lo and behold, here...
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Another Solar Minimum on the Horizon?
In yesterday’s blog post I delved into the topic of less ice in the arctic and how it has changed through the centuries including during the Little Ice Age and other periods. Recent research has...
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Solar Power, More Affordable Every Year
Good news! The price of solar panels continues to fall. Although I would temper this news with the acknowledgement that most solar panel producers around the world are supported by government...
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More on the Future of Biofuel
Yesterday I profiled a solar power company that is furthering progress in alternative energy as solar still looks to be one of the better options for cleaner energy production in the near future. What...
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Cold and Warm Parts of the Earth
During the last week or so I have been updating the blog with news about the attempt to drill into Lake Vostok in Antarctica. It is a story I have followed for a few years because it could turn out to...
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Polar Ice Conundrums
One of the many research stations in Antarctica Here is some hard to understand (or reconcile) research (on the surface anyway) about the ice sheet covering Antarctica and its potential future...
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Record Cold vs. Record Heat
In a little follow-up note to the previous blog entry detailing the complexity and confusion that sometimes follows the AGW topic, notice that many record low temps have been occurring in the desert...
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