Pinboard: bookmarks for maciej tagged 'climate'

gravity waves are a.k.a. mountain waves - ripples in the atmosphere due to topography. These are the results of the CRISTA mission, a satellite sensitive to small differences in air temperature

space weather climate meteo nasa
january 2006 by maciej

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"Global Warming" at a glance

exhaustive graphed datasets from a variety of sources. The scare quotes are due to the slightness of the observed trend

climate eco data reference
september 2005 by maciej

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TDR Home Page: Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases

coordinated WHO effort at eradicating or mitigating the leading ten tropical diseases

health misery climate un
september 2005 by maciej

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Natural Hazards Observer - Colorado Drought Scenario

examines consequences of a ten-year drought in the West

drought climate eco disaster risk scenario
september 2005 by maciej

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Louisiana's Wetlands @ National Geographic Magazine

prescient national geographic disaster about the disaster facing Nola. Also a good section on the oil industry and wetlands loss

petro new_orleans hurricane disaster eco wetlands climate
september 2005 by maciej

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Limits on Hurricane Intensity

discussion theoretical limits on wind speed of hurricanes, derived from sea temperature and storm height

hurricane physics climate weather reference
august 2005 by maciej

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The Life System - Syllabus.

nice set of online lecture notes for evolutionary biology course

bio evolution reference climate
august 2005 by maciej

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Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)

2008 launch. Site notable for grating language about climate change being a matter for business leaders to decide. Also like the 'A-train' of earth science satellites

astro climate politics geo space nasa
august 2005 by maciej

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Evolutionary Accident Probably Caused The Worst Snowball Earth Episode

speculation that the evolution of oxygen-producing cyanobacteria sparked one hell of a glaciation 2.8 billion years ago

climate physics disaster evolution weather
august 2005 by maciej

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The Agulhas Current

powerful current off the Cape of Good Hope, sends rings of warm, salty water into the Atlantic and has a strong influence on climate. Also sinks ships by the dozen.

ocean marine climate trade
august 2005 by maciej

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Aetherometry, the Science of the Metrics of the Aether

"the aether component responsible for the electroscopic 'gravito-kinetoregenerative phenomenon' is a nonelectric form of massfree energy with antigravitic properties; it is associated with the molecules of matter and their phase states, and is loosely kno

physics weather climate crank aether electricity
july 2005 by maciej

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Orgone Biophysical Research Lab: Orgonomy & Wilhelm Reich

research lab dedicated to studying Reich's life-force theories. Director apparently got a Kansas University PhD for studying Reich's "cloudbuster"

bio physics weather climate crank
july 2005 by maciej

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New Scientist - Columbia's final launch left lingering sky glow

Columbia high-altitude launch plume apparently migrated to antarctic within four days

shuttle space nasa eco climate weather antarctica
july 2005 by maciej

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The Derecho

microtutorial on derechos, strong straight-line winds associated with thunderstorms (by analogy with tornado)