we are boned. includes scary maps

everything I thought I knew about the North Atlantic conveyor is wrong

excellent article about the changing assumptions of climatologists on the time scale of large climactic changes

an unusual year of high temperatures and its effect on the strange antarctic dry valleys

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

very accurate assessment of the effects of a hurricane strike. Includes demographics and survey data on those who do not or cannot evacuate

old public radio special on how doomed New Orleans would be by a category 5 hurricane

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

hypercane - hypothetical hurricane with wind speeds approaching the speed of sound that might form over the hot water left by an asteroid impact

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

"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

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

explained quite rigorously

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

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

see long, interesting embedded description of what it's like to fly a NOAA plane through this stuff

detailed tutorial on interpreting weather radar images

intriguing paragraph on earthquake-related auroral phenomena

gallery and explanation of green flashes sometimes seen at sunset

Short explanation of great lakes climatology

possible feedback mechanism unleashed, we are doomed

crazy photos of flying through hurricanes. Too bad about the writing

hundreds of tornados hit on one day, 300+ dead

wikipedia definition of tornado alludes to some mysterious electric phenomena - one of many crank sites on this topic