February 2011 Blog Posts (3)

Abstract deadline updated for "Practical Solutions for a Warming World: AMS Conference on Climate Adaptation"!

Just as an FYI, the AMS adaptation meeting scheduled for July 18-20 in Asheville has updated the abstract deadline to March 18!  For more info about the meeting, see Lisa Adams' original blog post (http://sgccnetwork.ning.com/profiles/blogs/call-for-papers-ams), or check out the AMS web site (… Continue

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April was cool, wet and had more snow on the ground for the contiguous U.S.; April temperatures were coolest since 1997

According to NOAA scientists, the average temperature for the contiguous United States during April was 49.7°F, 1.4°F below the 20th-century average. It was the 23rd coolest April on record. Below-average temperatures dominated the central United States.

First GOES-R instrument ready to be installed onto spacecraft

The first of six instruments that will fly on GOES-R, NOAA’s next-generation of geostationary operational environmental satellites, has been completed seven months before its scheduled installation onto the spacecraft.

NOAA releases final report of Sandy service assessment

After a thoughtful and deliberate review, today NOAA released a report on the National Weather Service’s performance during hurricane/post tropical cyclone Sandy. The report, Hurricane/Post Tropical Cyclone Sandy Service Assessment, reaffirms that the National Weather Service provided accurate forecasts for Sandy, giving people early awareness of the significant storm churning toward the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

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Scientists find ancient microbes in Antarctic lake

In one of the most remote lakes of Antarctica, nearly 65 feet (19.8 meters) beneath the icy surface, scientists have uncovered a community of bacteria.

Drygalski Ice Tongue, Antarctica

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Ice sheet loss at both poles increasing, study finds

An international team of experts has produced the most comprehensive and accurate assessment to date of ice sheet losses in Greenland and Antarctica and their contributions to sea level rise.

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Climate change may have little impact on tropical lizards: Study contradicts predictions of widespread extinction

Climate change may have little impact on many species of tropical lizards, contradicting a host of recent studies that predict their widespread extinction in a rapidly warming planet.

Topography of Eastern Seaboard muddles ancient sea level changes

The distortion of the ancient shoreline and flooding surface of the US Atlantic Coastal Plain are the direct result of fluctuations in topography in the region and could have implications on understanding long-term climate change, according to a new study.

Team wins Cubesat berth to gather Earth energy imbalance measurements

A team of scientists has won a berth on a tiny satellite to explore one of NASA's most important frontiers in climate studies: the imbalance in Earth's energy budget and the extent to which fast-changing phenomena, like clouds, contribute to that imbalance.

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